The One Stop Shop is proud to present our education menu for 2010. Our educational courses are available to all property managers. The purpose of these courses is to provide another resource to you in order to expand your knowledge of building matters, keep you updated on new and relevant topics, and most importantly, offer new ways to save money on your buildings. All courses can be scheduled at your building and at your convenience! To schedule a course regarding the education menu please contact any One Stop Shop member or Benjamin Bojda, Education Chair, at
702-368-2700.
LANDSCAPING
Preparing your property for fall & winter: Managers will learn how to prepare their landscapes and what to expect in the winter months.
Xeriscape Conversions: Mangers will learn how to properly bid xeriscape conversions to ensure apples to apples bids and how to properly remove turf for a successful conversion.
Tree Pruning & Plant Health Programs: Managers will learn proper pruning techniques and about products and services that will help their trees and shrubs flourish and continue to gain value.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Water Damage Mitigation: Protecting your Properties, Lowering Costs. Managers will gain a thorough understanding of proper water mitigation procedure, as well as proper steps that can be taken to minimize the damage and reduce the overall cost of the loss. Managers will gain an understanding of black water and sewage issues, as well as how to tell if they’re being over-billed.
Mold Remediation: Know the Basics: Protect your Clients. Managers will learn the basics of mold remediation, as well as core principles of dealing with a mold situation properly. They will be educated on what should be done, how to avoid legal issues that can arise from cutting corners, and proper verbiage to use with their own clientele.
Fire Damage Restoration and Deodorization: Managers will gain knowledge of modern fire restoration and deodorization techniques and services. They will learn how to help their clients during a crisis, and gain a better understanding of how to properly handle a smoke damaged building with minimal cost to the building owner.
WORK PLACE SAFETY
Protecting Your Assets: Liability, Safety, and Compliance Creating a Safe Work Environment. Property Managers will learn the importance of creating a Safe Work environment compliant with IWCA and OSHA regulations. They will learn about the cost of an unsafe work environment and who responsibility falls upon in the case of an accident.
BIDDING
Advantages of bidding from a Scope of Work: Manager will gain a thorough understanding of the advantages of bidding through a Scope of Work
PARKING ENFORCEMENT
Guide to an Effective Parking Enforcement Program: Managers will learn the basics of parking enforcement, including setting up the HOA documents, picking a vendor, the different tools available for enforcement, and how to decide which is best for their situation. Managers will also learn the laws regarding towing of vehicles, and the regulations concerning tow companies.
PEST CONTROL
Intergraded Pest Management: Learning the different types of applications that will allow managers to communicate to their clients in the safest and most affordable way to control their pest issues.
Green Pest Control: Managers will learn the advantages and disadvantages of “Green Pest Control”. Is “Green” always the best choice for everyone? Gain an understanding of the costs associated with having a Green Service verses traditional pest control.
Rodent Control: Are roof rats driving your clients crazy? Managers will learn how their Pest Control Company can work with their landscapers, roofers, and maintenance crews to establish a rodent free environment for their clients.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING
EPA Lead Renovator Rule: Managers will gain thorough understanding of the new Lead Rule taking effect in April 2010. Managers will learn whether or not their buildings are affected and the importance of hiring certified contractors.
Asbestos Regulation Summary: Managers will learn all the history of asbestos, basics of which building materials must be sampled, and the liability concerns regarding their properties.
Mold Investigation: Liability Protection and Cost Savings: Managers will be walked through how to approach a mold problem, all liability concerns, and the benefits of a 3rd party scope of work before a remediation takes place.
SECURITY
Workplace Violence: This in-depth seminar on workplace violence will address the current deadly trends emerging in today’s difficult world and the methods, techniques, and technologies that can help to limit your company’s exposure to the liability.
Managing Risk Though assessments: List who should use Risk Assessments, the reasons for using them and what they provide clients, understand what a Risk Assessment is and is not, Explain the value of conducting Risk Assessments, C & I Methodology and key components of any assessment, Become Familiar with Key Terms in Consulting.
Emergency preparedness: this in depth seminar will address key issues in the planning for, or recovery from an emergency situation. It identifies the classification of different emergencies and disasters that may affect business continuity.
Securing your business: This presentation will take an objective look at the differences between contracted and in-house security programs, the use of security managers, consultants, and investigators in your business security planning, and Key elements to consider when developing and reviewing Security RFP’s.
Identity Theft: this presentation addresses how identity theft is accomplished, the harm that identity theft can cause, how to recover from identity theft, and how to protect yourself from identity theft.