Just in Time Training = giving people the training they need when and where they need it. The people who are actually carrying out the building and renovating, labourers, framers, insulators, those folks don't often (never) get invited to sit through days of in-class training to improve their understanding of building science and how to apply that understanding to what they are being asked to do on site. Why? Because they are so very valuable on site. If they are in class, the site shuts down. Or someone needs to step into their role for the days they are in class. X
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Value Chain and Core Competencies
Shawna HendersonMarch 05, 20141 comment
Training in building science and energy efficiency is essential to moving the house building industry forward into Net Zero Energy, successfully. Many people in our industry do not see the entire value chain. It’s a complicated one – easy to see in this diagram how the home building industry is a hot, fragmented mess of experts and expertise, completely at odds with itself sometimes.
Online training and core competencies
Shawna HendersonMarch 03, 2014
Building a self-directed online training program is a real challenge...it's hard to determine what level of understanding your audience starts out with because you have no interaction with them. Unlike face-to-face training, you have no chance to gear the course to the learners on the fly, or offer other resources or extra explanations. In any case, when you are creating a program for learning, core competencies are what you want to establish and improve. A core competency is fundamental knowledge, ability, or expertise in a specific subject area or skill set. There needs to be a way of benchmarking understanding of the basic concepts so that you can create a foundation for a useful learning program.X
Blue House Energy Launches Building Science Basics Online
Shawna HendersonFebruary 27, 2014
Toot Toot!! We sent out a press release/announcement today launching Building Science Basics, which is now eligible for BPI Continuing Education Credits. The full press release can be found here.Here's the intro... Building Science Basics course enables builders to hone their knowledge of building science and energy efficiency and lower...