SP-BG101 · Estimating & Job Costing
Build an estimate you can explain, track the actual cost and correct the next bid.
Choose one format below. Tuition is a one-time price per person; confirm your session before payment.
Who should attend
Owners, estimators and operations managers in trades, cleaning, landscaping and property services.
Bring a redacted completed estimate and actual labor hours, material costs and subcontractor invoices. If unavailable, use the classroom case.
The curriculum
A useful estimate begins with an observable result.
Your practice: Rewrite one vague service description into five measurable scope statements. Add two exclusions and one discovery question. Exchange with a partner who acts as the customer.
Direct job cost includes productive labor and the job expenses your accounting policy assigns directly.
Your practice: Calculate the example both ways. Then increase labor by 16 hours with price unchanged. Calculate revised cost, gross profit and margin. Explain the difference to a customer-facing colleague.
A pricing decision includes execution capacity and timing.
Your practice: Prepare a change request for this case. Identify who approves it, when the crew may start and how the office updates the job budget. Map the week in which costs and collections occur.
Close the loop after completion.
Your practice: Complete a variance review. Name the cause, the controllable action and the owner. Select one metric for the next three similar jobs.
Two ways to learn
Understand the core ideas, work through an example and complete one business tool. A focused option for networking groups and team meetings.
Includes: guided discussion, a worksheet and a next-step commitment. Attendance acknowledgment only.
Build your own tools through instruction, paired practice and an application lab. Includes two ten-minute breaks.
Includes: workbook, four editable business templates, knowledge check, capstone feedback and a 30-day action plan.
One-time tuition per person, in USD, before applicable tax. Member pricing requires verified active Safer Pros membership.
Set a baseline, choose an owner, test a change and review the result. Select measures relevant to your business:
Opening and case study; four teaching and practice modules; application lab; knowledge check; action planning.
The four-hour format includes 220 instructional minutes and two ten-minute breaks. Course examples are educational and do not guarantee financial or business results.
Request information for upcoming public sessions or private company training. We will confirm dates, instructor, format, tuition and participant terms before you enroll. Submitting an inquiry does not reserve a seat or charge a payment.
The four-hour workshop requires all 220 instructional minutes, at least four of five knowledge-check answers correct, and all four capstone criteria met. Coaching and reassessment are available. The certificate documents course completion; it does not provide a professional license, CEU credit, accreditation or Safer Pros provider verification.
Yes. Request private company training and include your location, preferred format and approximate group size. Examples can be adapted to your service category.
Contact info@saferpros.com with your participation needs. We can discuss accessible materials and alternatives to verbal role-play before the session.
Ask about a public session, a networking-group introduction or private team training.
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