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CHENG 3-day Professional Concrete Countertop Training
The CHENG 3-day Professional Concrete Countertop Training is designed to teach the professional all facets of crafting, marketing and selling high quality concrete countertops. With the focus of this seminar being the efficient and profitable creation of concrete pieces for the home, whether you craft one countertop a week or five, this class will prepare you to operate a successful concrete fabrication business. The intensive, 3-day program is conducted by professional CHENG instructors who possess real world experience in the concrete countertop business. Participants will learn advanced mold-making, while also crafting full-scale concrete countertops.
What will I learn at the CHENG 3-Day Professional Concrete Countertop Training?
- Knowledge of materials
- Advanced forming methods for maximum time and dollar efficiency
- Mixing and Finishing techniques
- Sealing and Waxing
- Maintenance
- Marketing, How to work with specificers, Pricing & Estimating
Session Time and Capacity
- 3 full days of training at the CHENG Concrete Training Academy in Berkeley, CA
- 8 am to 5 pm daily
- These sessions are limited to 15 participants to ensure hands-on learning and class participation
- Complete course manual
- Materials including forms, molds, mixes and related materials
- Post training technical support
- Continental breakfast, fully catered lunches, and snacks each day of training
- Selection of Coffee, Teas, Sodas, Water and Juices
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Buddy Rhodes 2-day Comprehensive Training
Buddy Rhodes Studio training programs provide the opportunity to network with colleagues, expand your materials knowledge base and spend one on one time with master craftsmen.
Every two-day training is comprehensive and informative about each phase of concrete fabrication, with individual attention and opportunity for hands-on learning about concrete countertops and other decorative concrete projects. Buddy’s team of master concrete craftsmen conduct training with Buddy in the San Francisco studio.
What will I learn at the Buddy Rhodes 2-day Comprehensive Training?
- Knowledge of materials
- Forming, mixing and placing the concrete mix
- Finishing techniques
- Sealing
- Maintenance
- Marketing tips
Session Time and Capacity
- 2 full days of training Buddy Rhodes studio in San Francisco, CA
- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily
- These sessions are limited to 15 participants to ensure hands-on learning and class participation
- Complete course manual
- Materials including forms, molds, mixes and related materials
- Post training technical support
- Continental breakfast each day
- Friday Japanese lunch next door to Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products and a Saturday walk down the street for burgers outdoors on the Bay
- Selection of Coffee, Teas, Sodas, Water and Juices
Accommodations: Buddy Rhodes recommends the The Mosser Hotel. Call or email to inquire about the room discount program.
54 Fourth St.
SF, CA 94103
(800) 227.3804
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CHENG GFRC Countertop + Sink Training
Lighter, stronger, seamless concrete countertop projects in one-third the time. CHENG GFRC Countertop + Sink Training offers advanced in-depth instruction on how to build a concrete countertop that will provide the benefits of being lighter at 9 lbs./s.f. (on average) and allow up to 20 l.f. of seamless countertop runs. Time savings is another key benefit for the GFRC method—projects can be de-molded 24 hours after casting. Learn how an entire project can be turned around from template to installation within 72 hours.
Go greener with GFRC. The GFRC method requires one-third less material and does not require any steel reinforcement as compared to standard wet cast methods. Learn more in the GFRC FAQs.
This 3-day intensive training is a complete hands-on course led by exclusive CHENG Concrete Instructor Jim Ralston, owner of URBAN Concrete Design, and the first and foremost authority on how to apply the GFRC method to concrete countertops. Ralston is a skilled craftsman and commercial restoration specialist with 25 years of masonry and architectural precast experience.
What will I learn at the CHENG GFRC Countertop + Sink Training?
- Complex countertop molds
- Large-scale molds for seamless installations
- Drop-down edges and integral sink
- Spray-applied face coats
- Multiple application-specific back coats
- Custom color development and white Portland mix designs
- Hands-on mixing
- Spray application methods
- Pouring and placing
- Marbling
- Polishing
- Texturing
- Staining
- Sand-blasting
Review a list of GFRC Frequently Asked Questions.
Session Time and Capacity
- 3 full days of training at the CHENG Concrete Training Academy in Berkeley, CA
- 8 am to 5 pm daily
- These sessions are limited to 15 participants to ensure hands-on learning and class participation
- Complete course manual
- Materials including forms, molds, mixes and related materials
- Post training technical support
- Continental breakfast, fully catered lunches, and snacks each day of training
- Selection of Coffee, Teas, Sodas, Water and Juices
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Experience this exciting opportunity to learn from
the most respected leaders in the concrete countertop industry.
REGISTER TODAY:
510-849-3272, extension 222 or 217
training@chengdesign.com
The Ultimate Concrete Countertop Training Registration Payment + Policy: Because this is a Special Event Training Program, Registration must be accompanied by full payment. Credit Cards are the only accepted method of payment. Cancellations are subject to the following: 1) Notification 7 days or earlier before training program and reschedule comparable training for a later date at no charge. 2) Notification 14 days or earlier before a training class and cancel for a $200 processing fee. 3) Notification within 14 days or less of class and cancel for a $600 cancellation fee. 4) There are no reimbursements for no-shows or cancellations seven days or less of selected program.
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