2. October 4, 2019
How to Successfully Integrate and Implement the YouthBuild Construction Component

3. Toni Wilson Workforce Analyst/National Liaison U. S
Toni Wilson Workforce Analyst/National Liaison U.S. Department of Labor

4. David Burch Rossie D. Cherry
Director, Construction and Vocational Training
YouthBuild International
Rossie D. Cherry
DOL YouthBuild Technical Assistance Coach

5. This webinar will highlight strategies and promising practices to integrate and strengthen the construction pre-apprenticeship component into the overall YouthBuild model. Grantee staff will learn:
Construction work site planning and operation considerations;
How the requirements of the work site agreement help to drive programmatic elements of the overall construction component;
Promising practices used to teach construction skills and manage construction projects;
Strategies for engaging participants in construction training and learning;
How best to integrate the construction component with education, case management, and career readiness;
On-boarding best practices for new construction staff; and
Employer engagement strategies within the construction industry.

6. What is Your Role at YouthBuild?
Construction Trainer
Executive Director/Program Manager
Job Developer
Case Manager
Other

7. What Construction Credential Do You Offer?
NCCER
HBI
MC3
BPI
Other
You may select more than one answer.

8. Work Site Planning and Operations
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9. Formal Work Site Agreement
ETA-9143 Form Overview:
Framework for work site – one for each work site
Work site address, housing units to be built, what type of housing, who will live there after completion.
Establishes “owner” obligations, including Restrictive Covenants and who will own or manage property after completion.
Important Attachments: Right of Access – when will YouthBuild participants be allowed on work site; What type of training activities will YouthBuild participants be doing at the work site?
Construction Materials – Will any grant funds be used for this? Who will be paying for materials, equipment, etc.
Has your construction staff reviewed this form?

10. Construction Work Site Partnership Agreement
It's important to understand the agreement details and their impact on program outcomes
New construction? Rehab? Remodel? 
What are the program's responsibilities for completion of the project?
What quality standards are expected from the work site partner?
When will the site be available for participant access?
What is the timeframe for completion?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a housing partner?
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11. Construction Work Site Partnership Agreement
What hands-on technical work will YouthBuild participants perform? 
Will the work-based learning at the work site be equivalent to 500 hours for each participant? (see TEGL on resource page)
Tools, materials, equipment list.  Security?
Transportation for participants to and from the work site
Construction manual and safety plan
Does the housing partnership provide what is needed for your participants’ training?

12. Construction Manual How will the construction component operate?
Policies and Procedures Related To:
ETA-9143 work site details with attachments for right of access, activities and materials
Curriculum Implementation – participant classroom and work site schedules
Program integration – Schedule of activities and communication protocols for all YouthBuild COMPONENTS with construction
Employer engagement – when will construction team work with employers? Have you scheduled time for them to do so?
Construction staff professional development plan (when, where, who, why and how). Supervision policy and ratio
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE – gloves, hard hats, safety glasses).
Tool list and policies (includes first aid kits)
How will the construction component operate?
Write it down so that it happens!
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13. Safety Plan
Part of the Construction Plan that includes policies and procedures regarding all aspects of safety related to the classroom and work site.
Things you may consider include:
Prevention strategies to keep ALL safe including pre- and post-work site safety tailgate meetings and daily training plans/goals
Emergency plans in case of injury (i.e. who to call, which medical facility to take participant/staff to, how to document process, etc.)
Staff and YouthBuild participant training around safety protocols
OSHA 10/First Aid & CPR
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14. Promising Practices for Teaching Construction Skills
Credential considerations from DOL (see TEGL 35-12, Change 1 on resource page)
What credential will be used and WHY?
HBI
MC3
NCCER
Others
Essential, non-industry- recognized credentials:
OSHA 10
First Aid
CPR
Industry-Recognized Credential Considerations

15. Promising Practices for Teaching Construction Skills
Important classroom and lab work to do prior to attending work site:
Engage participants in the classroom
Build interest through interaction
Apply classroom and lab learning competencies to work site
Align lab training with upcoming work site projects
Coordinate work site and classroom schedules
Construction classroom instructors need staff support and development time
Credentialing starts in the classroom.
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16. Strategies for Engaging Participants at the Work Site
Classroom and lab training prepares participants for work site project
Provide significant “hands-on” activities (i.e. framing, drywall, doors and windows, etc.)
Pre- and post-learning briefings (what we expect to learn compared to what did we learn)
Tailgate/Toolbox “Talks” 
Leadership opportunities (safety monitoring – checking for safe practices)
The work site is where applied learning comes alive.
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17. How To Best Integrate Program Components
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18. How To Best Integrate Program Components
Things to consider:
Schedules! Consider academic and work site training schedules and its impact on all program component outcomes (Education, Counseling/Case Management, Construction, Leadership, Transition Services for Graduate Success).
Work site project timeline - does it offer enough opportunities for YouthBuild participants to get adequate work-based learning experiences?
Mental Toughness includes all staff and partners – include a construction related aspect to it.
How To Best Integrate Program Components
Be intentional!
It all matters!
Schedules, Timelines and Mental Toughness

19. How To Best Integrate Program Components
What classroom and work site training opportunities exist and how can they be supported by other components?
Find creative ways to integrate reading, writing, and math activities with construction.
Include academics at the work site.
How To Best Integrate Program Components
It all matters!
Education

20. How To Best Integrate Program Components
Staff meetings are critical for updates, concerns, and acknowledgement.
All program staff collaborating on case notes can help support case managers with documenting interactions with YouthBuild participants across components (ex. every staff member provides a case note for a YouthBuild participant at a case management meeting).
Case management and program directors visit work site and participate in a brief career readiness activity.
How To Best Integrate Program Components
It all matters!
Counseling/Case Management

21. How To Best Integrate Program Components
Find Leadership opportunities for participants across program components:
Identify participants who excel in math and develop “Math Team Leaders.”
“Safety Quality Control Leaders” – assess and document how well participants are being safe at work site and in the lab and have them make recommendations based on OSHA standards/Safety plan.
Have participants lead tool recognition activities with an opportunity to lead at work site as “Tool Inventory Leader.”
It all matters!
Leadership

22. How To Best Integrate Program Components
Invite and coordinate employer partners to visit the construction class/lab and work site as a guest speaker or co- instructor.
Invite graduates to provide demo projects, mock interviews, or a construction math related activity.
Make time for construction staff, job developer, case manager, academic instructors, and program leadership to meet with employer partners to discuss areas they can all contribute to prepare participants for placement.
It all matters!
Employer Engagement and Transition Services for Graduate Success

23. Hiring & On-Boarding New Construction Staff
What are the skills and qualifications needed for work to be done?
Aging and experienced workers ready to slow down
Ready to “give back”
Enthusiastic yet patient, can relate or willing to learn to relate to opportunity youth
Can serve as a role model
What is your professional development plan for construction staff?
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24. Employer Engagement
What is your strategy to engage employers?
Construction companies, trade associations, etc.
Construction staff connections
Local government contacts
Your program as pre- apprenticeship training program
Certification as first step
Building interest and making connections
What are the opportunities?
What are employers looking for?
Think placement strategies and opportunities on Day One!
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25. Employer Engagement
Build employer interest in your program:
Supply companies have an interest in the community – connect
Invite employers to visit work site
Volunteer community and work site events – clean up, spruce up
Prepare participants for engagement
Which employers are willing to hire YouthBuild participants?

26. Participant Engagement
Building participants’ interest in construction
What are the local opportunities?
Guest speakers, field trips, etc.
Construction will be with us – not easily made obsolete
Technology (drones, virtual reality, etc.)
Construction instructors as role models
How to build participant engagement in construction component?
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28. Construction Training at a YouthBuild Program
TEGL 35-12, Change 1
Qualifying Construction Credentials
03/14/18/04/TEGL_35-12-_Change_1- _Clarification_on_Definition_and_Guidance_of_Allo wable_Construction_Credentials
Construction Training at a YouthBuild Program
Overview of Construction Components
hhttps://youthbuild.workforcegps.org/resources/201 5/05/04/10/32/Construction-Training
TEGL 06-15
Qualifying Work Sites and Construction Projects for YouthBuild Grantees and their Role in Training
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Form ETA-9143
Work Site and Annual Housing Census (select “Form ETA-9143; Work Site and Annual Housing Census” from YouthBuild Forms section) m
Construction Credentialing Structure
Construction Credentials at a Glance and Credential Overview Chart
02/16/14/46/Construction-Credentialing-Structure
Implementing Building Trades Multi-Craft Core Curriculum
06/08/13/06/Implementing-Building-Trades-Multi- Craft-Core-Curriculum

29. YouthBuild Webinar Series: Case Management
June 11, 2019
YouthBuild Webinar Series: Education
July 16, 2019
OSHA 510/500 Construction Training – Save the date (tentative)!
August 19-30, 2019

30. David Burch Rossie Cherry
Director, Construction and Vocational Training
YouthBuild International
Rossie Cherry
DOL YouthBuild Technical Assistance Coach
YouthBuild USA

31. Toni Wilson Workforce Analyst/National Liaison
U.S. Department of Labor