The Presto 17 Course It is an essential tool in the world of construction and project management, where efficiency and cost control are vital. In a booming sector, the ability to draw up sales budgets, manage procurement and cost allocations, and validate financial and technical planning is highly valued. This course will equip you with the skills needed to analyse cost and schedule variances and create detailed reports from scratch, enabling you to stand out in a competitive job market. The online learning approach offers you the flexibility to balance your studies with other commitments, whilst gaining practical knowledge on managing consumption, suppliers and clients. With Presto 17, you’ll be able to optimise resources and improve the profitability of your projects, becoming a sought-after professional who is well-prepared for the sector’s current challenges.
Presto 17
Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure
45 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- Be proficient in preparing projects to ensure they are budgeted correctly.
- To learn how to draw up accurate sales and target cost budgets.
- Identify and manage direct costs through pricing and offers.
- To analyse and control indirect costs and overheads efficiently.
- To optimise the management of procurement and cost allocation.
- To certify the financial and technical planning of projects.
- Assess cost and schedule variances using advanced tools.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. PREPARING PROJECTS FOR QUOTATION
Preparing projects for costing
TEACHING UNIT 2. SALES FORECASTS AND TARGET COSTS
Sales budgets and target costs
TEACHING UNIT 3. DIRECT COSTS: RATES, OFFERS AND COMPARISONS
Direct costs: rates, offers and comparisons
TEACHING UNIT 4. INDIRECT COSTS AND OVERHEADS
Indirect costs and overheads
TEACHING UNIT 5. PURCHASING MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATIONS
Purchasing and Allocation Management
TEACHING UNIT 6. CERTIFICATION
Certify
TEACHING UNIT 7. ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL PLANNING
Economic and technical planning
TEACHING UNIT 8. CONTROL: PURCHASES, CONSUMPTION, SUPPLIERS, CUSTOMERS AND DUE DATES
Monitoring of purchases, consumption and expiry dates. Certification and production
TEACHING UNIT 9. THE WINDOW: CONCEPTS, ANALYSING COST AND TIME VARIANCES
The ‘Concepts’ window. Analysing cost and schedule variances
TEACHING UNIT 10. GRAPHICAL MEASUREMENTS ON DRAWINGS USING PRESTOCAD
Graphical measurements on drawings using Presto CAD.
TEACHING UNIT 11. STRUCTURE OF PREST REPORTS
Structure of loan reports
TEACHING UNIT 12. BASIC MODIFICATION OF REPORTS
Basic report modification
TEACHING UNIT 13. ADVANCED REPORT CUSTOMISATION
Advanced report customisation.
TEACHING UNIT 14. CREATING REPORTS FROM SCRATCH. SINGLE-LEVEL REPORTS. TOTALS
Creating reports from scratch. Single-level reports. Totals
TEACHING UNIT 15. CREATING TWO-LEVEL REPORTS. SUBTOTALS
Creating two-level reports. Subtotals
TEACHING UNIT 16. CREATING MULTI-LEVEL REPORTS: COMPARISONS
Creation of multi-level reports. Comparative reports.
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