Project and ContractContract Awareness for Non Contract Professionals
Engineers, supervisors and site staff create contractual consequences daily without seeing a contract, by instructing work, accepting deliverables, signing timesheets and writing emails. This course tells them what they are doing. Delegates work through how a contract forms and what actually binds the organisation, the obligations their day to day actions trigger, and the difference between a variation and free work. Notice provisions are covered because missing one destroys an entitlement. Record keeping and correspondence are treated as the evidence they later become. The course closes on knowing when to stop and involve the contracts function.
Course objectives
- Explain how a contract forms and what binds the organisation
- Recognise the contractual consequences of everyday actions
- Distinguish a variation from work given away free
- Comply with notice provisions and understand why they matter
- Keep records and write correspondence that will hold up later
- Avoid the informal agreements that create unfunded obligations
- Recognise when to stop and involve the contracts function
Who should attend
- Engineers and technical staff instructing contractors
- Site supervisors and construction managers
- Operations and maintenance staff
- Finance and administration staff processing contract paperwork
- Anybody who signs or approves against a contract
Course outline
- 01How a contract forms and what binds you
- 02Everyday actions and their consequences
- 03Variations against free work
- 04Notice provisions and lost entitlements
- 05Instructions, acceptance and sign off
- 06Records and correspondence as evidence
- 07Informal agreements and their cost
- 08When to escalate to contracts
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 October 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R11,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 12 November 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 16 to 17 December 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | USD 795 per delegate | Register Now |
| 14 to 15 January 2027 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R11,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 25 to 26 March 2027 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R11,950 per delegate | Register Now |