Category: Training

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Good Morning Managers,

 Click the link below to print and save instructions for creating and maintaining an onsite Emergency Procedures Binder. The binder will aid in quick and effective response to the unexpected emergencies.

Emergency Procedures Binder Instructions

 For those who assembled a similar binder following Symposium 2018, thank you for your follow-through. If you haven’t assembled a binder, we ask that this project be considered a priority for August 2018, as Property Supervisors have been asked to review binders during their September 2018 visits.

 Please review the instructions and create or update your binder as necessary.

 

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June/July Safety Training

Property Managers:

 Find attached the training handout Heat Illness Prevention, as well as a Safety Training Form (Sign-In Sheet) to present at your June/July monthly meeting.

 For additional training resources, see Grace Hill’s “Heat Stress”.  It is an approximately 40-minute training that you can assign to your staff.  The Grace Hill training is optional however will apply toward the elective training requirement for the quarter.

 The training must be completed with the Training Sign-In Sheet returned to me (acooper@cambridgeres.com) no later than Friday, July 13, 2018. 

 Be sure to let me know if you have any questions!

 Thank you,

Angela Cooper, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Director of Human Resources & Safety

 

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Ladder Safety / Safety Meeting Training Form

Property Managers:

 Find attached the April training handout, Ladder Safety as well as a Safety Training Form (Sign-In Sheet). 

 Please present this in your April monthly meeting.  For additional training resources, see Grace Hill’s “Ladder Safety 1: Best Practices”.  It is a 30-minute training that you can assign to your staff.  The Grace Hill training will apply toward the 2 class elective training requirement for the quarter.

 The training must be completed with the Training Sign-In Sheet returned to me no later than Friday, April 27, 2018. 

 Be sure to let Angela Cooper (acooper@cambridgeres.com) know if you have any questions!

 

 

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March Safety Training

Property Managers:

 Find attached the March training handout, “Back Injury Prevention”  as well as a Training Sign-In Sheet. 

 Please present this in your March monthly meeting.  For additional training resources, see Grace Hill’s “Safety Series: Preventing Back Injury”.  It is a 30-minute training that you can assign to your staff.  The Grace Hill training will apply toward the 2 class elective training requirement for the quarter.

 The training must be completed with the Training Sign-In Sheet returned to me no later than Thursday, March 29, 2018. 

 Be sure to let Angela Cooper (acooper@cambridgeres.com) in the HR Department know if you have any questions!

 

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Spring Into Action 2018

Hello Managers,

Please see the Spring Into Action 2018 packet for information on community clean up dates, the spring maintenance checklist, flag and uniform ordering, safety and wellness updates and much more! If you have specific questions regarding the your property’s community clean up, please contact your supervisor. Happy Spring Everyone!

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Grace Hill Training

We wish to recognized those who remain diligent with Grace Hill Training objectives, and to communicate for everyone the parameters for this form of continuing education.

http://gracehill.com/

Recall that the priority training assignments include:

For All New Hires – Within 2 Days of Hire

  • Fair Housing or Fair Housing for Maintenance
  • Sexual Harassment or Sexual Harassment for Supervisors

For All Employees – Including But Not Limited To New Hires

On A Quarterly Basis

  • 2 Electives*

Annually

  • Fair Housing II
  • Sexual Harassment or Sexual Harassment for Supervisors

*Electives can be anything you are interested in that relates to your current job, potential promotional opportunities, improvement of skills or safety.  You can find the complete list of elective classes on Grace Hill in My Library > Online Courses.

If you choose to take safety classes, your name will be entered into a drawing to win one of three $100 gift cards, per quarter.  The safety classes can also be taken in conjunction with the monthly safety training which is assigned to all sites.

The deadline for completing First Quarter 2018 training is Saturday, March 31, 2018.

Remember that completion of Grace Hill Training is a criteria for maximizing NOI bonuses which may be earned.

To All Site Managers:  Thank you for ensuring each of your fellow site employees receive a copy of this and are given adequate opportunity to complete their training by the due date.

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Recording Hours Worked for Symposium Attendees

Site managers –

If you or any other staff members from your property attended symposium last week, please ensure that time records are accurate for the hours spent attending training.

As a general guideline,

  • All hours spent in training, including meals where training materials are being presented, would be considered hours worked.
  • Time spent at strictly social events, social meals, or on your own time would not be entered as work hours.
  • Employees travelling during normal work hours AND outside their normal commuting area will be paid for their travel time.

The symposium training hours for Tuesday (if applicable), Wednesday and Thursday were as follows:

  • Tuesday, Feb 6th (affordable housing & maintenance only):  1:30pm – 5:00pm
  • Wednesday, Feb 7th:  7:30am – 5:30pm
  • Thursday, Feb 8th:  8:00am – 4:15pm

*No lunch time break should be entered on Tuesday (if applicable), Wednesday, or Thursday, since those lunches included training.

*If you worked hours in addition to those hours spent at the symposium on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, please add those into your time record in addition to the hours listed above.

If you traveled to symposium from out of town, please record your travel time as work hours.

  • For example, work hours for Friday, Feb 9th would begin at the time you departed the hotel in Portland and would end when you reach your personal destination.
  • If you performed any additional work duties before or after your travel time, you would add those hours onto your time record as well.

Please contact Angela Cooper, Hope Vance or Lisa Holtz if you have any questions or concerns regarding how to record your hours for the days that you attended symposium.

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Complete your Grace Hill Training for 2016!

This is a reminder for all management and maintenance staff to complete a minimum of 8 online classes for the year 2016.

Grace Hill Course Requirement-

  • All site employees are required to complete three mandatory courses – Fair Housing-I, Fair Housing-II and Preventing Sexual Harassment.
  • All site employees have the freedom to select 5 additional classes from the course list included in the attachment  based on their own individual interests.
  • Class completions are tracked electronically, so you do not need to send the course completion certificate to the Site Employee Resource Center.
  • Please see the attachment for further details.
  • Employees who work 5 or less hours are exempt from taking this training course.

Link to Grace Hill website – www.gracehill.com

Please contact Grace Hill Support line at 1.866.472.4455 if you do not remember your login and/or password.

Grace Hill Training Packet 2016

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Get Started With Your Grace Hill Training! Now Offerring New Safety Classes

This is a reminder for all management and maintenance staff to complete a minimum of 8 online classes for the year 2014. Each calendar quarter you are required to take 2 courses.
So, to help keep this initiative moving forward before this quarter ends on March 31, 2014…

Grace Hill Course Requirement–
• All site employees are required to complete three mandatory courses – Fair Housing-I, Fair Housing-II and Preventing Sexual Harassment.
• All site employees have the freedom to select 5 additional classes from the course list included in the attachment based on their own individual interests.
• Class completions are tracked electronically, so you do not need to send the course completion certificate to the Site Employee Resource Center.
• Please see the attachment for further details.
• Employees who work 5 or less hours are exempt from taking this training course.

New SAFETY SERIES have been added – see attachment for all courses offered.

Link to Grace Hill website – www.gracehill.com
Please contact Grace Hill Support line at 1.866.472.4455 if you do not remember your login and/or password.

Grace Hill Employee Training Packet 2014

Please call/email Jasmine Kwatra with any questions or concerns
jkwatra@cambridgeres.com
503.445.2793

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Outlook Tips & Tricks

Learn how to master your Outlook email!

Calendar

If you attended Janeen’s “Managing your Calendar” class during last week’s Symposium, you probably took home a useful booklet called “Time Management for Microsoft Outlook: Increasing Your Productivity Through the Effective Use of Outlook 2010”.  We want to make sure that all of our staffs have access to this training material, so the booklet has been posted to the eExchange.

Inside, you will find tons of tips and step-by-step instructions for how to master Outlook and use functions like Tasks, Calendar, and the To Do list to help organize your schedule.  Want to turn an email into a task?  Use multiple calendars?  Color code your incoming emails?  Find emails quickly by viewing them in conversations?  You’ll be able to do all of this plus lots more!

You can download and print the booklet here: Outlook 2010 Tips.

It is also saved on the eExchange under https://cresapts.com/eexchange/filing-cabiinet/it-help/outlook-email/outlook-2010-tips/.