Training is one of the core values that began when Long Painting was founded. Our people are the cornerstone of a good job or a bad job; they are our most cherished asset. We are proud of the many employees who began their careers in the field have grown into Estimators, Project Managers and Corporate Officers.

Painters are trained at scheduled company training forums on how to work safely. Every employee of Long Painting is given a safety orientation. Individual training continues the first day a painter arrives on a project site, utilizing a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA). This process is ongoing with newly assigned workers also participating. Each month a foreman's meeting is held to discuss a scheduled safety topic along with the status of current jobs.

All employees attend an annual General Safety Meeting where guest speakers present topics relavant to our safety program. Additional training is conducted by Long's safety department, and by safety training organizations and vendors. An example of this is the OSHA 10 hour and OSHA 30 hour training courses in Construction Safety.

Based on our 5 Diamond program a "Foreman of the Year" is selected. A plaque is displayed in the lobby of our Kent office recognizing these foremen.

Union Apprenticeship and Training Program

• Apprentice painters complete six brackets of training to accomplish Journeyman status; 72 classroom hours and 750 field hours per bracket are required before advancement.
• Complete 432 classroom hours and 4,500 field hours (3 years) by the time they graduate.
• Decide whether to pursue a career in either commercial work or industrial work.
• We at Long attempt to team highly skilled individuals with apprentices to help mentor them and expose them to experienced based skills associated with our trade.
• The Goal is for them to master their apprenticeship years, pick the disciplines that best fit them, continue advanced training as Journeyman, become a site lead, then a Foreman and perhaps one of our future superintendents or offce staff.

Supervisory Training

• In addition to training given our employees on Safety and Craft upgrades, our top performers attend a Supervisor Training Program of nine units of advance training on subjects necessary to excel as leaders in the field.
• Fourty hours of training in subjects such as managing labor, quality control, project documentation and communication are provided each year with the opportunity to attend management training once all supervisor units are complete.

On-Going Journeymen Training

• Courses on management skills to help stay current with new state, local and job requirements.
• As new tools and products become avalible we endeavor to stay on the cutting edge of emerging technologies and application techniques training, implementing and taking full advantage of them.
• Joint programs are also utilized both in house and at the Joint Training Center. These include but not limited to First-Aid, CPR, Health and Safety, Hazardous Materials Handling Certifications, Scaffold and Aerial Lift, Lead Awareness and Lead Competent Person Certification and Confined Space Training.
• Skills based training usually takes place on our various job sites.

Mentoring

• A Mentor is a role model; a person who inspires learning, training and investing his/her knowledge and time in others.
• Our Mentoring Program will enable the Apprentice, Journeyman, Leadman or Forman to become more proficient at his/her skill.
• The benefits from this program have and are creating an increase in employee morale, team spirit, standardization, consistency, increased employee retention, ultimately allowing for additional growth and promotional opportunities.