Canadian Production & Quality School Level II Production (PQS II

Canadian Production & Quality School Level II Production (PQS II - Production)

Description

The Canadian Production and Quality School (PQS) Level II – Production expands on PQS I fundamentals, focusing on four key pillars: lifting and handling, production practices, lean manufacturing, and patching and repair

Core Focus Areas

The curriculum challenges participants to think critically about production challenges and safety issues through hands-on learning:

Lifting & Handling: Advanced techniques and considerations for safely moving heavy, complex precast concrete elements.
Production Practices: In-depth examination of common casting techniques, reinforcement details, and overcoming plant-specific hurdles.
Lean Manufacturing: Principles of continuous improvement, waste reduction, and workflow optimization on the production floor.
Patching & Repair: Best practices, procedures, and material techniques for finishing and restoring precast products.

Who Should Attend

This course is highly recommended for shift supervisors, team leaders, production managers, batch plant operators, and engineering or drafting personnel. It is one of the mandatory courses required to achieve the Master Precaster designation.

Prerequisite

Completion of PQS I from NPCA or Canadian PQS I from CPCI.

Certification Information

Those who obtain and maintain any of the PQS II certificates or the Master Precaster title will not be required to keep their PQS I certification up to date, as those certifications will override PQS I.

The Canadian PQS courses and the NPCA PQS courses are considered equivalent and fully interchangeable. Therefore, you can take the NPCA PQS I and upgrade to Canadian PQS II.

Course Topics

Ch 1 - Production Challenges
Ch 2 - Lifting and Handling
Ch 3 - Patching Repair
Ch 4 - Structural Repair
Ch 5 - Lean Manufacturing

Instructor

Wayne Kassian is a Principal at Kassian Dyck & Associates, Consulting Engineers in Calgary.

Wayne is a professional engineer with more than 38 years of diverse structural experience in the design of various structures across North America and is very active in the Canadian and US Precast Concrete Institutes.

Wayne is chair of the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Technical Committee and is a member of PCI’s Technical Activities Council (TAC) overseeing various PCI technical committees on precast and prestressed concrete. Wayne is also a member of Canada’s Concrete Design Code CSA A23.3, is a member of CSA A23.4 Precast Concrete – Materials and Construction. Wayne is a Chapter Editor for the CPCI Design Manual and also the Cement Association of Canada’s Concrete Design Handbook, regarded as Canada’s foremost reference handbook related to the design of concrete structures in Canada.

Wayne is one of Canada’s delegates for the Canadian national group of fib (International Federation for Structural Concrete), is a member of fib’s General Assembly, and participates on fib Commission 6 related to precast concrete prefabrication.

Wayne was awarded the Distinction of Fellow to the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute in 2017 and CPCI Industry Titan in 2021.

Summary

Availability:

On-Demand

Expires 365 days after start

Cost:

C$400.00

Credit Offered:

16 CE Credits

Contains:

6 Courses

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