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Take Advantage of PQS Online

Learn the key fundamentals of precasting anytime and anywhere. NPCA proudly broadens its educational offerings with the launch of PQS Online, a Web-based program that covers material presented during the association’s Production & Quality School.

Developed through the leadership of the Education Committee, PQS Online allows precast personnel to discover the steps of the manufactured concrete production process without ever having to leave their plants. The new training module
offers those unable to travel to PQS classes held throughout the country to take the course from the comfort of their computers.

Kirby O’Malley, president of Garden State Precast Inc. in Farmingdale, N.J., believes the new PQS Online program represents a significant opportunity to offer expanded training to plant personnel across the country.

“NPCA educational courses are by far the best bang for the buck,” said O’Malley. “The option of offering the PQS course online allows plants to train multiple employees who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate due to budget issues,” O’Malley added.

The PQS Online program is available in nine chapters. The chapters may be purchased individually or as an entire set. The cost is $25 per chapter and $199 for the nine-chapter set. As with the standard PQS course, the completion of all nine PQS Online chapters satisfies the educational requirement of NPCA’s Plant Certification Program.

We encourage you to explore everything that online learning has to offer by signing up for one PQS Online chapter at no charge. Visit www.precast.org/portal to learn more and to preview a portion of the PQS Online course. Use the discount code PRECAST to redeem a free chapter for all of the employees at your plant. This special offer is valid through Dec. 31, 2006.

Please contact Kathy Shelton, at (317) 571-9500 for additional details.

Prefer the traditional classroom?
NPCA is excited to announce that its Precast Quality School schedule will visit Chicago in September and Austin, Texas in October 2006. For more details, visit www.precast.org/education.