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Monday, January 13, 2025

Spanish Construction: A 6-week language training course 1/13/25-2/21/25

Start Date: 1/13/2025 12:00 AM EST
End Date: 1/13/2025 12:00 AM EST

Venue Name: Virtual


Organization Name: AGCVA | Bradley Hartmann & Company

Contact:
Courtney Baker
Email: courtney@agcva.org
Phone: (804) 364-5504 x212



Spanish Construction:  A 6-week language training course focused on construction-specific Spanish skills.

**Now with an optional 1 Year Subscription to the Construction Spanish App.  Details Highlighted Below**
 

Course Type Blended-learning, construction specific language training course
Who Should Enroll Construction professionals responsible for communicating with Spanish-speakers
What's Included - 6 weeks (30 days) of brief, daily videos
- Construction Spanish book
- Mobile audio content
- Digital flash card app
- Virtual kickoff call
Start Date January 13, 2025
Time Investment 10-15 minutes per day, self-paced
Monday - Friday for 6 weeks
Financial Investment $249.95 ($324.95 with optional app subscription)

Description:
The Construction Spanish program is designed for daily (Monday - Friday) construction specific Spanish language practice, driven by brief daily videos delivered each morning to you via email.  This daily email serves as a trigger to engage with the daily videos.  The videos are relevant, entertaining, and brief, each lasting between 4 - 6 minutes in duration.

This course includes:
  • 2.5 hours of on-demand video (totaling 6 weeks of learning content)
  • Daily videos emailed directly to your email
  • Construction Spanish workbook
  • 12 job site conversations recommended by top GCs
  • Construction Spanish flash card app
  • Weekly scoreboard to track progress and engagement
  • Access on mobile and desktop
  • Certificate of Completion

Learning Objectives:
  • Communicate the most important Spanish language terms and phrases related to key construction terms.
  • Learn conversational techniques to engage Spanish speakers without fluency.
  • Understand the structure of cognates (aka Spanish Twins™) in English and Spanish to dramatically increase your active Spanish vocabulary.
  • Learn and retain high-frequency terms used in spoken conversations on projects
View and Download Flyer Here
Additional Training Add-On Option:

Graduates of the 6-Week Spanish Course can continue their construction Spanish journey with this optional app subscription.  See all the details on the flyer in the link below.  During your 6-Week course registration, you will have the option of adding on access to this app for $75.

The Construction Spanish App is a language learning app that has key construction specific language you can use on the job site
immediately.  Quick and easy with fresh content, this app offers continued learning that expands from Construction Spanish, Safety Spanish, and Paint Spanish with new modules dropping monthly.

https://agcva.org/files/CSAPP_Flyer 10_30_24.pdf
AGCVA will be offering this 6-week program a total of 4 times this year.  If you are interested in registering for a different cohort, please click the desired date in the links below.

• January 13, 2025
• March 10, 2025
• September 15, 2025 
• October 13, 2025 
Meet course designerBRADLEY HARTMANN.  Bradley is one of the most sought-after thought leaders in the construction industry today. He has written 12 books and hosts
The Construction Leadership Podcast, one of the most popular construction podcasts in the world.

Hartmann advises leaders of LBM dealers, distributors, and manufacturers across the country and trains thousands of commercial and residential construction leaders annually through his executive coaching and consulting, online training programs, custom workshops, and keynote speeches.

Having worked in lumber yards, trained as an apprentice carpenter, built more than 1,000 homes, and consulted with commercial construction firms for more than a decade, Hartmann has a unique perspective on how the industry builds—with, and against, each other.

Hartmann’s passion is bridging language gaps—between buyers and sellers as well as between English and Spanish speakers—to develop stronger teams in the construction industry, so that we can all build more efficiently, safely, and profitably.
Bradley was a quarterback at Eastern Illinois University, graduated from The University of Illinois with a degree in Spanish, and later earned his MBA.

He teaches at Texas A&M University, University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University.
Hartmann lives near Dallas, Texas, with his wife and two sons.


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