Interviewing a site supervisor: questions that reveal real competence
A site supervisor interview should test how a candidate handles a late pour, a defect and a difficult subcontractor. These scenario questions show what a sound answer sounds like.
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Supervision
Articles and news about Supervision for Australian builders.
Interviewing a site supervisor: questions that reveal real competence
A site supervisor interview should test how a candidate handles a late pour, a defect and a difficult subcontractor. These scenario questions show what a sound answer sounds like.
11 min read
Getting experienced subbies to follow site rules without a standoff
Experienced subbies know their trade better than most supervisors, and that is exactly why the old ‘because I said so’ approach fails. Here is how to influence behaviour and hold the line without a standoff.
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Toolbox talks that suit the stage of the build
Toolbox talks work best when the topic matches the stage of the build. A talk about excavation hazards is wasted on a framing crew. This article organises talks by construction stage and covers how to run them, not how to file the paperwork.
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Keeping good apprentices and trades on your team
Getting a good apprentice onto the books is the easy part. Keeping them past the point where they can read a plan and run a small job is a supervision and business problem, and it is cheaper to solve than to keep re-hiring.
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Supervising apprentices: your WHS duties and the competency record
An apprentice is a worker under WHS law, and a young one with almost no ability to see risk. The duty sits with you, and the evidence of how you discharged it sits in your records.
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Heat illness prevention on NSW sites: rostering, water and shade as management controls
Heat illness is a management problem before it is a medical one. The controls that hold up are the ones you build into the programme, the site layout and the supervision routine before the first hot week.
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Managing subcontractors on NSW residential sites: the day-to-day controls that keep a job moving
Contract terms set the frame, but a job is won or lost in how you run the trades each day. Sequencing, supervision, written direction and defect close-out are what stop a programme sliding.
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Supervision duties for NSW builders: what you actually have to do on site
Your supervisor’s licence is the easy part. The harder part is running a site so that the decisions you make, the trades you direct and the products you install can all be accounted for afterwards.
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