JUNE 22, 2015
LADDER CHATTER #4
LADDER CHATTER - ISSUE #4
HOW TO BEAT BUDGET
- Nick Capozzi, GM, US East Division
Over my 8 years with College Pro I have noticed that the crews that have the
best experiences over the course of the summer are the crews that are
beating budgets every week. I have some tips for everyone on how to beat a
budget.
1) Show Up Early Every Day: Depending on when your manager
wants you at the job site, you should always arrive fifteen minutes
early. With fifteen minutes you and your crew can set up the crew kit,
do your daily safety walk around, set goals for the day, and get all
your paint and tools ready to go for your painting. You can’t beat
budgets without being prepared to do so.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE 1: How to Beat
Budget (Nick Capozzi),
Painter of the Week
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PAGE 2: Top Painters by
the Numbers
• PAGE 3: Crew of the Week,
2) Always Set Goals for Lunch and End Day: Each morning you
and your crew should have a meeting and take a work around the
Stories From the Field &
house. You then want to set lunch time and the end day goals.
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These goals should be set off of the go sheet and should be
measured for the time a task should take. If your crew has three
members and starts at 7am and you want to eat at noon that gives
you 5 hours for three painters totaling 15 total hours. You should pick
task that add up to 18 hours and not eat lunch until the goal is hit. By
doing this you will be 3 hours ahead of the budget by the time you take lunch!! The same goal setting should
be done with the 15 hours in the afternoon. If you always hit your lunch and end day goals you will be ahead of
the budget.
3) Paint Systematically: Always paint in order top down, left to right. When you paint systematically
and all work as a team on the same side of the house you will get more accomplished and also have
no missed spots because you will be able to communicate and check each other’s work. Follow the
correct order to completion: Prep the house, paint the siding, paint the trim, do decks/doors last. If you
do it this way, systematic and in order you will be a great crew and make your customers very happy!
4) Start with the Hardest and Highest: When starting the job you should always start with the
highest peaks or the roof work. On Monday morning you have the most energy for the week and it is
cool in the morning for the roof work. If all of the tall sections get done first at the end of the week you
are doing all of the easiest parts of the home that go the quickest.
5) Don’t Leave Touch Ups and Make Sure Each Section is Perfect Before Moving On: At the
end of each section you paint before you move the ladder you should check your area and touch
up every spot. Each time you have to move a ladder back to an old spot it takes between 30 seconds
to 1 minute. If you have 50 touch ups that will take 30 minutes to 1 hour every day.
6) Always Have a Wet Rag with You While Painting: While you are painting if you get any
paint on something that does not need to have paint get it off right away. If you let that paint
dry it could take hours to get the paint off.
7) Have Fun and Compete with Crew Members: If you are painting on the same side as
another painter each pick a section that will take 1 hour and race to see who can get done
first, have some competition. Once you are done check each other’s work and for each touchup you lose one minute worth of time for the mistake.
I hope these tips are helpful and will help you and your crew beat budgets over the
rest of the summer and make good money!
JUNE 22, 2015
LADDER CHATTER #4
TOP PAINTERS BY THE NUMBERS
The Top Painters are determined using a year-to-date measurement of all the painters in the US (838). The rating is determined by a
point system, which is the total hours worked multiplied by the exact percentage of their homeowners that would recommend College
Pro Painters. This report can be found on CPOWER and is called Painter Results at a Glance - US.
US EAST DIVISION
MIDWEST DIVISION
Painter
Franchisee
State
Points
Painter
Franchisee
State
Points
Zach Rozeboom
Matt Miedema
MI
290.5
Carl Richardson
Brian Schaller
CT
372.3
Don Anzalone
Jeston Evans
MI
290.0
Scott Miller
Ben Hudson
NY
308.5
Austin Sahutske
Brandon Hyland
MI
274.0
Mary Kathryn Sims
Brian Schaller
CT
338.3
Anthony Gonzales
Brandon Hyland
MI
255.5
Andrew Price
Ben Hudson
NY
278.5
Tyler Johnson
Zach Jones
OH
247.3
Anthony Beeman
Brian Schaller
CT
228.8
Tyler Arquette
Zach Jones
OH
244.3
Nicholas Sneider
Brian Schaller
CT
218.8
Shelby Emens
Brandon Hyland
MI
240.3
Lauren Frayne
Ben Hudson
NY
215.5
Tyler Whisler
Jeston Evans
MI
237.0
William Teas
John Flynn
NH
200.0
UPPER MIDWEST DIVISION
US WEST DIVISION
Painter
Franchisee
State
Points
Painter
Franchisee
State
Points
Don Branchaud
Vincent Branchaud
MN
269.0
Christian Lipscomb
Jens Dahl-Davis
MT
289.8
Montana Schowalter
Nathan Bruen-O’Brien
MN
252.5
Given Campbell
Jens Dahl-Davis
MT
289.0
Melvin Combs Jr.
Vincent Branchaud
MN
243.3
Corey Price
Josh Engelbrecht
WA
260.0
Jesus Cardenas
Robert Berg
CO
230.5
Hagen Daniels
Brenton Tartaglino
MT
250.3
Jerid Kluck
Jacob Wszelaki
WI
205.8
Avery Walsh
Josh Engelbrecht
WA
231.3
Colton Weisser
Vincent Branchaud
MN
202.3
Kyle Czaban
Josh Engelbrecht
WA
218.5
Cameron Cronkite
Nathan Bruen-O’Brien
MN
201.8
Janarro Ealy-Peredo
Jared Holland
WA
194.8
Tavar Baines
Jacob Wszelaki
WI
200.8
Zacary Barta
Jens Dahl-Davis
MT
178.0
JUNE 22, 2015
LADDER CHATTER #4
CREW OF THE WEEK
Clyde Miller's team of Alex Vadas, Aaron Lefebvre, Eric Knauf and Ryan
Steimer are the crew to count on in the east side of Rochester, NY! They are
hitting budgets and more importantly making every customer they work with
extremely happy. These four guys are working well together and I got the
feeling after seeing them work yesterday that they only slow down when
Clyde is on the site!! You guys are starting to truly understand what it's like to
be a great crew, keep up the hard work and the more houses you paint the
more you will make this summer.
— Nick Capozzi, GM, US East Division
STORIES FROM THE FIELD
“Rayner Ferrer's crew of Austin Hatfield, Adam Last, Connor Vertrees and Nick Zayas was doing a great
job when I stopped and visited their project last week. It was a tougher oil based stain job and I couldn't find a
single drip or touch up. They were on budget and working as a team, keep up the good work guys!”
— Brogan Moffet, GM, Upper Midwest Division
“Tevin Jensen’s crew of Camron Roath, Seth Fineran and Zach Roberts has continued to beat
budgets week in and week out. They're hard work has paid off with tips from happy customers. Quality is
on point as well with every customer willing to recommend Tevin’s crew. Keep up the good work guys!”
— Grant Dostal, Franchise Owner, Midwest Division
“Happy Painters - Happy Business”
“Did this rather large deck, lots of
Catherine Morrison, Franchise
prep work.” -
Owner, US West
-CJ Fee, Franchise Owner, UMW
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