NAWICGainesville

OSHA 10 Hour Construction Industry Course

Includes Florida Contractor Continuing Education Credits

All proceeds for course tuition are donated to NAWIC Greater Gainesville Chapter

Reserve your spot today to contacting NAWIC Chapter President, Amanda Wilson at amanda@wilsonbuildingsolutions.com

What you receive:

• OSHA 10 Hour Construction Industry Card
• Florida Contractor Continuing Education Credits
• Course Handouts

Instructor: Dr. Isabel Perry, TheSafetyDoctor.com, Inc. is an internationally known safety expert.  Presentations are full of content and peppered with humor.  Come enjoy a fund day of training, safety videos and discussions.  Dr. Perry’s credentials include OSHA Authorized Course Instructior, FL CILB Course Provider #0004817, Owned a construction company for 13 years, the Former Safety Executive for Fortune 50 global corporation, Safety Committee Chair for NAWIC Region 3.

$125.00 per attendee, $95.00 per attendee after 3 or more from same company

Friday June 22 1:00pm – 5:00pm & Saturday June 23 8:00am – 3:00pm

Snacks, Drinks and Lunch on Saturday included

Family Life Center at Westside Baptist Church, 10000 W. Newberry Road, Gainesville, Fl

Register soon to ensure you have a seat!  rsvp to amanda@wilsonbuildingsolutions.com

February is Block Kids’ month!  The Block-Kids Building Program is a national building program competition that is sponsored on the local level by NAWIC chapters and other organizations. The award-winning program introduces children to the construction industry in an effort to create an awareness of and to promote an interest in future careers in one of the many facets of the industry. The program is open to all elementary school children in grades 1-6. The competition involves the construction of various structures with interlocking blocks and three of the following additional items: A small rock, string, foil and poster board. Local winners advance to Regional Competition and one semi-finalist from each region is entered in the National Program competions. National prizes are awarded to the top three projects.

Our chapter had the pleasure of holding our annual Block Kids event at Archer Elementary on February 17th.  As usual, it was a blast.  It is amazing what children can construction with 100 legos and an unlimited imagination.

Here are the children anxiously awaiting their instructions.  You can see they are very eager to get started.  They are each given 100 legos of various colors and sizes.  They are allowed to trade in their legos for different sizes or colors.  They are also allowed 3 additional accessories which could include any combination of the following: a rock, a piece of string, a piece of construction paper and a piece of aluminum foil.

I helped to (wo)man the trade-in table.  It had been a long time since I played with Legos and was surprised that these children had this down to a science.  They would come to the table with a handful of legos that they wanted to trade.  And they were VERY specific as to what they wanted to trade for. A flat 12-piece, a tall 8 piece.  I had to learn the lingo quick as they were anxious to get back to their project.

Here are some of pictures of the event for your enjoyment.

Hi-Rise Hospital

A Coast Guard Station

Hurricane Shelter (the foil is a satellite)

We had the opportunity to participate in “Career Talks” with a local girl scout troop.  Our members Amanda Wilson of AG Wilson Building Solutions and Joy Gotwalt of Joytech Construction headed to keystone heights to share with several young ladies what it meant to be a woman in construction.

Amanda and Joy talked about career experiences and how much NAWIC meant to them personally and professionally.  They talked of how so many trades work together to accomplish a completed building.

The Greater Gainesville Chapter of Nawic wants to thank the Keystone Heights Girl Scout Troop for a fun and educational night!