FieldWise Foundations™
An introduction to field-leadership thinking, planning, constraints, communication, work-front readiness, and the FieldWise Training™ approach.
FieldWise Training™In-person, instructor-led construction training
Choose a two-hour introduction, a standalone four-hour module, a full-day pairing, or a customized company program. Each course strengthens practical thinking without adding another pile of theory.
Request training01 / Flexible delivery
An introduction to field-leadership thinking, planning, constraints, communication, work-front readiness, and the FieldWise Training™ approach.
Select the subject your people need now. Every core module is designed to work as an independent, instructor-led class.
Combine two related modules into a focused training day, or schedule the complete curriculum as four full-day courses.
Adapt examples, exercises, pacing, and subject mix for a company, association, project team, general contractor, or specialty trade.
02 / Core curriculum
Organizations may select one module, combine several into a focused series, or complete the full 32-hour program. Scheduling may be weekly, monthly, or arranged around company and project needs.
Responsibilities, mindset, authority, documentation, better questions, and the habits that build field credibility and judgment.
Break large projects into manageable work fronts, identify constraints, confirm readiness, and protect manpower before crews are committed.
Use schedules as honest planning tools. Learn activities, handoffs, look-ahead planning, constraint awareness, and where pull planning fits.
Run short, useful meetings focused on future work, constraints, ownership, action, and due dates—not schedule reading or history lessons.
Build it right before it is covered through planning, mockups, first-work inspections, hold points, concealed-work documentation, and protection.
Plan access, deliveries, staging, equipment movement, temporary facilities, public protection, and how the site must support the work.
Integrate safety into daily field leadership while recognizing when company safety programs and qualified professionals must lead.
Build credibility, manage workload, ask for help early, lead with humility, protect personal health, and develop people as well as projects.
03 / Inside the classroom
FieldWise Training™ is built around real field situations—not lectures alone. Participants examine the work, identify what could stop it, make a reasoned decision, and explain what should happen next. Open any module below for a brief course preview.
The schedule says an overhead rough-in crew will arrive in Area C at 7:00 tomorrow morning. The layout changed last week, material is onsite but not staged, and other work may still affect access.
What participants practice: Walking the work, checking readiness, catching scope gaps, leading trade partners, documenting facts, and planning tomorrow before leaving today.
Request this trainingA large amount of work can be ready and still be held back by one small restriction—an unanswered RFI, missed inspection, blocked access point, unconfirmed delivery, or unfinished predecessor activity.
What participants practice: Finding constraints before crews arrive, asking better planning questions, assigning ownership, and turning tomorrow’s work into a usable field plan.
Request this trainingParticipants look beyond bars and dates to find the building’s backbone: the activities, handoffs, and trades that actually control flow. They break broad activities into manageable areas and test whether movement is producing real progress.
What participants practice: Work breakdown, sequencing, look-ahead planning, constraint tracking, crew flow, pull-planning concepts when appropriate, and honest schedule updates.
Request this trainingParticipants build a short constraint-based meeting around four points: the next work, what can stop it, who owns the action, and when it is due.
What participants practice: Running focused coordination meetings, maintaining a constraint log, asking commitment questions, escalating unresolved items, and protecting the work instead of merely reporting it.
Request this trainingA crew says an area is complete. Before the next trade covers the work, participants determine what done right means using the approved mock-up, drawings, specifications, submittals, testing requirements, and the planned handoff.
What participants practice: Defining acceptance criteria before installation, comparing the work with the approved mock-up, using first-work reviews, preventing rework, documenting deficiencies, and protecting trade handoffs.
Development preview: the complete Quality Control module is still being developed.
Request this trainingA delivery is approaching, laydown space is shrinking, access routes cross active work, and tomorrow’s crew needs material near its work area. Participants review the live site plan as conditions change.
What participants practice: Updating logistics drawings, planning deliveries and laydown areas, protecting access and egress, anticipating changing conditions, and connecting logistics decisions to schedule and safety.
Request this trainingBefore releasing work, participants walk the area and compare actual conditions with the pre-task plan. They identify what changed, who has the knowledge and authority to correct it, and what would require the work to stop.
What participants practice: Daily safety leadership, competent-person awareness, specific pre-task questions, worker engagement, changing-condition checks, and job-relevant safety meetings. This supports—not replaces—company safety programs or required OSHA training.
Request this trainingParticipants examine a week filled with urgent calls, repeat questions, meetings, field walks, and unfinished planning. They sort interruptions by what truly needs immediate attention and decide where protected thinking time belongs.
What participants practice: Building credibility, managing interruptions, learning from mistakes, adapting to technology, leading with humility, developing others, and finishing a career without burning out.
Request this training04 / Full-day pairings
Modules 1 and 2
Modules 3 and 4
Modules 5 and 6
Modules 7 and 8
Field engineers, assistant superintendents, superintendents, foremen, project engineers, construction-management students, general contractors, electrical and plumbing contractors, specialty trades, associations, and project teams.
05 / Practical outcomes
Research the condition, consider the consequences, and bring a reasoned recommendation.
Read the work, identify constraints, and recognize handoffs before they disrupt production.
Communicate clearly, document what matters, and lead people with preparation and purpose.
06 / How scheduling works
Tell us about your organization, the people you want to develop, the subjects that matter most, and the timing you have in mind. We’ll recommend a two-hour introduction, one or more standalone modules, full-day pairings, or a customized program.
Share your audience, priorities, location, and preferred timeframe.
Choose a focused module, a full training day, or a customized series.
We’ll align the content, schedule, and delivery with your organization’s needs.
07 / Independent development
FieldWise Training™ is an independently developed construction-education platform created by Clyde Pershall. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Clyde’s employer or any project owner, contractor, architect, or subcontractor unless expressly stated in writing.
08 / Request training
Share your company, audience, training interests, location, and preferred timeframe. We’ll recommend the right format.