Overview of Hands-On Concrete Countertop Training

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Hands-On Concrete Countertop Training

CCI's concrete countertop training and support program is designed for professionals who are serious about building a successful concrete countertop business.

View the video to the left to see for yourself what the CCI training experience is like. Or, jump to the benefits and descriptions below: Class benefits Class descriptions Class comparison Class schedule

Class Benefits

Far more than just a class on how to make pretty concrete, our hands on concrete countertop training teaches you how to build high-quality countertops, prevent problems, minimize callbacks and maximize profitability. Here's how:

• You'll get solid information from an engineer:

  Our instructor, Jeffrey Girard, P.E., is a licensed professional civil engineer who personally teaches all classes. He will teach you far more than just the basics of creating concrete countertops. He will educate you on how to utilize different materials and methods and why they work.

• We don't sell proprietary products:

  The Concrete Countertop Institute does not push products. Our no BS approach helps you find the best materials from the best vendors. We don't push proprietary products on you. All classes teach inexpensive, versatile, high-performance from-scratch mix designs, and our textbooks include lists of all the equipment and materials you need and where to get them directly from the manufacturer. This means you get the best prices on the best materials and equipment, not overpriced proprietary products.

• Learn not just how, but why:

  Our classes are extremely comprehensive, teaching you not just how to make concrete countertops but WHY to do it that way. You will completely understand mix designs, reinforcing, sealing, etc. so there is no more trial and error or experimenting. You will have total confidence in your countertops.

Our classes are designed exclusively for professionals who want to make concrete countertops as a business. If you want to have a successful business, not be a starving artist, learn from The Concrete Countertop Institute.

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Class Descriptions

Choose from these hands-on concrete countertop training classes:

• NEW! Fast Track Concrete Countertops

  2 days, $695

  Learn how to make high quality concrete countertops using a from-scratch GFRC mix.

  Choose this class if: You have limited time and money and are a quick learner, or you already make precast concrete countertops and want quick and inexpensive training on GFRC, or you are a granite or solid surface countertop fabricator.

• Intensive Precast Countertops

  3 days, $1795

  Learn everything from templating to installation, 100% hands on, using from-scratch precast mixes.

  Choose this class if you want to learn absolutely everything about precast concrete countertops completely hands on.

• GFRC for Countertop Pros

  2 days, $995

  Learn high production GFRC countertops - from-scratch mix, spraying, CSA cements, UV sealer.

  Choose this class if you already know how to make precast concrete countertops and want to learn high production GFRC using production level equipment. Or, you may take this class immediately after Intensive Precast for a 100% hands-on precast and GFRC learning experience.

  Prerequisite: Intensive Precast Countertops or 1 year of experience.

Which class is right for you? Compare classes

 

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Still not sure that concrete countertop training with CCI is right for you? Does this sound like you:

• You are serious about your concrete countertop business and want to learn from a trusted source, not base your business on online forums full of misinformation and varying opinions.
• You want to minimize mistakes and callbacks, and increase profits.
• You believe that manufacturing technically superior products that provide long-term performance is key to gaining market dominance and growing your business.
• You want the freedom to choose your own materials and not buy a mysterious proprietary mix.
• You want to understand why concrete countertop construction is done a certain way, not just blindly follow a recipe.
• You don't like taking shortcuts, but you do want to avoid the pitfalls.
• You take pride in producing high quality designs for the most discerning clients.

To see what engineering can accomplish, read about some of the high-performance countertops Jeff has designed and taught students to create.