Yeah..and there won't be a short term class that can do both - there shouldn't be. Totally different training goals.

Send him to AFSA first...then to software training.

Nothing worse than the guy in software training class asking basic design questions that you are supposed to know prior to the class.

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On 6/27/2016 12:32 PM, Brian Harris wrote:

Travis-

I guess the separate class thing may be the way to go now that you mention it. I guess there’s really no point in learning it on AutoCAD when we have (2) seats of AutoSPRINK here J

*Brian Harris, CET*

BVS Systems Inc.

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IMO: 2 week designer training class with AFSA. When I worked in a contractor's office, we used to send people there after they have been working for 6 months. We wanted to make sure they were going to stay. I was never disappointed with the results from that program.

Then, send them to the 1 week Autosprink training class. AS does not require AutoCAD background. They just need to know how to use a computer. Everything else is taught in that first week class. 6 months later send them to intermediate training.

Those two programs would provide the best bang for the buck.

Remember the old question / answer: What if I train them and they leave? What if you don't and they stay?

Travis Mack, SET
MFP Design, LLC
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Gilbert, AZ 85298
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On 6/27/2016 12:24 PM, Brian Harris wrote:

    We have a guy here at the office that was originally brought in to
    help with the estimating and material take-off. He’s been here 3
    years now and has a good grasp of the industry and we’d like to
    move him into more of a designer role. We’d like to send him to a
    class for a week or two and have found some on the internet but
    from what I can tell they’re mostly book based and not really
    hands on designing. Any suggestion out there for something that
    covers the book and the cadd side of it?

    *Brian Harris, CET*

    BVS Systems Inc.

    Sprinkler Division

    bvssystemsinc.com <http://bvssystemsinc.com/>

    Phone: 704.896.9989

    Fax: 704.896.1935




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