Training Courses
SJA offer four courses for new and experienced users of Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
Our in-house Planning and Programming software training courses have been developed to assist you in the management of your construction projects.
Our comprehensive courses are designed to cater to professionals at all levels, from introductory to intermediate, ensuring that participants gain practical insights and hands-on experience.
Each course can be specifically tailored to our clients’ needs and we offer specialised modules focused on two key industry-standard software platforms: Primavera 6 and Microsoft Project. These modules are crafted to enhance proficiency in scheduling, forecasting, and leveraging analytical capabilities, empowering participants to effectively manage projects with precision and efficiency.
Our Planning and Programming Courses
We are currently offering:
Designed for new users of Primavera P6, this course is for Project Managers, Senior Project Engineers, Planners overseeing project schedule development and maintenance. Tailored with language relevant to the construction industry, this 8-hour session is available both virtually or at your office.
Course content:
- Creating a project schedule
- Creating a WBS, understanding the different tasks and relationships
- Setting a baseline, to monitor performance against
- Project status updating
- Tips and tools
This Intermediate P6 course is designed for Project Managers, Senior Project Engineers and Planners and other regular users of Primavera P6 seeking to advance their skills. Tailored with industry-specific language for the construction sector, this 8-hour session is available both virtually and in person.
Course content:
- Adding baselines
- Creating and applying filters
- Resources and labour histograms
- Global change
- Total float path analysis
- Addition of variation and extension of time activities
- Tips and tools
This Microsoft Project Introduction course is tailored for Project Managers, Site Managers, Senior Project Engineers, Planners and other management personnel new to using Microsoft Project. This guided course spans 4 hours and covers essential planning principles, program types and foundational tool utilisation.
Course content:
- The importance of planning and programming
- Schedule types
- Navigating the software functions
- Creating a project schedule
- Printing the schedule
- Understanding the different tasks and relationships
- Setting a baseline, to monitor performance against
- Project status updating
- Tips and tools
Building on the fundamentals covered in our Introduction to Microsoft Project course, this intermediate-level course is designed for Project Managers, Site Managers, Senior Project Engineers, Planners and other management personnel in the construction industry.
Course content:
- Formatting and layouts
- Tracking progress and analysis of variances
- Checking the schedule quality
- Creating project filters
- Record keeping
- Incorporation of variation and extension of time activities
- Tips and tools
Would like to know more about our courses?
Please contact enquiries@sja.com.au for more information.
