NADRA Designation Courses

Earn Credit toward NADRA Designation Certificate!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 | 8:00am - 5:00pm
(Continued on Tuesday, February 27, from 8:00am - 12:00pm)
Wood Deck Restoration & Preservation
Speaker: Everett Abrams (Deck Restoration Plus)
Course Code: N1
Credits/ Designations: 12 Hour Course | 2 Course Credits toward a NADRA Education Program Certificate
Contains all of the information you need to professionally restore and preserve wood exposed to the weather.
Get facts about equipment and tools. Learn how to extend your season by offering this service to your customers.
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Extend your season by offering restoration services.
•Efficiently strip and prep a deck surface for application of new coatings.
•Properly apply coatings to extend the life of deck material.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Project Management: Profitability & Efficiency In Deck Building
Speakers: John Mortimer (NADRA President) - as Moderator/Speaker
Dave Lombardo (American Decks)
Rich Oesterreicher (DeckTools)
Course Code: N2
Credits/Designations: 4 Hour Course | 1 Course Credit toward a NADRA Education Program Certificate
Key areas of project management such as design, fastening, treating, and the latest construction
techniques, working with crew chiefs, getting higher service levels from lumber yards, pre-buying
product from dealers, reducing waste, and project planning so you can schedule your labor
more efficiently and build more projects in a year
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Interact more effectively with your workers and suppliers
•Better manage your materials
•Plan your projects more efficiently

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 | 8:00am - 12:00pm
Marketing: Tools To Improve Your Bottom Line
Speakers: Mark DeMarco (NADRA Vice President) – as Moderator/speaker
Tim Gillis (Fastenmaster)
Jay Strum (The Halos Group)
Rich Oesterreicher (DeckTools)
Course Code: N3
Credits/Designations: 4 Hour Course| 1 Course Credit toward a NADRA Education Program Certificate
Strategic aspects of marketing to sell more profitable projects, obtain better closing rates, efficiently
use lead generating tools, use post-sale efforts to generate new leads, learn residual business and
cross-promotional networking opportunities.
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Improve the return on investment for your marketing dollars.
•Increase your ability to generate leads.
•Obtain a higher lead to customer conversion ratio