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Virtual May 20th - 21st Online Project Management 101 - General Admission
Most fire alarm project managers were never taught how to manage a project. They were handed one.
PM 101 is where that changes. This is a full-day, instructor-led course covering the foundational skills every fire alarm PM needs before they touch a schedule, sign a submittal, or walk into a pre-construction meeting. No prerequisites. No assumed knowledge. Just the fundamentals, taught by someone who has lived them.
What You'll Learn
The PM Role — What It Actually Means Being a project manager is not a title. It is a set of responsibilities that most people in this industry learn through trial, error, and expensive mistakes. This module establishes what the job actually requires — and what it costs when those expectations aren't met.
Project Setup & Scope Management A project that starts without proper setup is already behind. You'll learn how to read a contract, define your scope, identify what's not in your contract, and build the foundation that every other project decision rests on.
Submittals & the Approval Process Submittals are not paperwork. They are the gateway to procurement, installation, and inspection. You'll learn how to manage the submittal log, work with the engineer of record, and keep the process from becoming the reason your project stalls.
Scheduling Fundamentals Before you can build a Gantt chart, you need to understand how a project moves — what follows what, what blocks what, and where the critical path actually lives. This module builds the scheduling instincts that PM 102 will put to work.
Communication & Documentation The PMs who win disputes, collect on claims, and get paid on time have one thing in common: they wrote it down. You'll learn the discipline of daily logs, meeting minutes, email trails, and written notices that protect your company and your project.
Inspection & Closeout Projects don't end when installation is complete. They end when the AHJ signs off, the punch list is closed, and the closeout package is delivered. You'll learn what a complete closeout looks like and how to plan for it from Day 1.
What's Included
2 Half-day instruction (4 hours with a breaks)
Participant reference guide — a printed field document you'll reference long after the course
Format
PM 101 is available both in-person and virtually via live online session. Pricing varies by format and group size. Contact us for individual registration dates, group rates, or association licensing inquiries.
Who This Is For
New and recently promoted fire alarm project managers who came up through the field and are stepping into a PM role for the first time — or experienced PMs who want to build on an informal foundation with structured, practical training. No prerequisites required.
Instructor
Joseph Cervantes brings nearly 30 years of fire and life safety experience to every course — field operations, project management, operations leadership, and code consulting. He built this curriculum because the training he needed early in his career didn't exist. It does now.
Ready to go deeper? PM 101 pairs with PM 102: Financial Controls, Schedule Management & Billing Mastery — the next course in the C3 PM Training Series.
Most fire alarm project managers were never taught how to manage a project. They were handed one.
PM 101 is where that changes. This is a full-day, instructor-led course covering the foundational skills every fire alarm PM needs before they touch a schedule, sign a submittal, or walk into a pre-construction meeting. No prerequisites. No assumed knowledge. Just the fundamentals, taught by someone who has lived them.
What You'll Learn
The PM Role — What It Actually Means Being a project manager is not a title. It is a set of responsibilities that most people in this industry learn through trial, error, and expensive mistakes. This module establishes what the job actually requires — and what it costs when those expectations aren't met.
Project Setup & Scope Management A project that starts without proper setup is already behind. You'll learn how to read a contract, define your scope, identify what's not in your contract, and build the foundation that every other project decision rests on.
Submittals & the Approval Process Submittals are not paperwork. They are the gateway to procurement, installation, and inspection. You'll learn how to manage the submittal log, work with the engineer of record, and keep the process from becoming the reason your project stalls.
Scheduling Fundamentals Before you can build a Gantt chart, you need to understand how a project moves — what follows what, what blocks what, and where the critical path actually lives. This module builds the scheduling instincts that PM 102 will put to work.
Communication & Documentation The PMs who win disputes, collect on claims, and get paid on time have one thing in common: they wrote it down. You'll learn the discipline of daily logs, meeting minutes, email trails, and written notices that protect your company and your project.
Inspection & Closeout Projects don't end when installation is complete. They end when the AHJ signs off, the punch list is closed, and the closeout package is delivered. You'll learn what a complete closeout looks like and how to plan for it from Day 1.
What's Included
2 Half-day instruction (4 hours with a breaks)
Participant reference guide — a printed field document you'll reference long after the course
Format
PM 101 is available both in-person and virtually via live online session. Pricing varies by format and group size. Contact us for individual registration dates, group rates, or association licensing inquiries.
Who This Is For
New and recently promoted fire alarm project managers who came up through the field and are stepping into a PM role for the first time — or experienced PMs who want to build on an informal foundation with structured, practical training. No prerequisites required.
Instructor
Joseph Cervantes brings nearly 30 years of fire and life safety experience to every course — field operations, project management, operations leadership, and code consulting. He built this curriculum because the training he needed early in his career didn't exist. It does now.
Ready to go deeper? PM 101 pairs with PM 102: Financial Controls, Schedule Management & Billing Mastery — the next course in the C3 PM Training Series.