ROII Class: Aging Workforce: Protecting Your Legacy Workers
Name:
ROII Class: Aging Workforce: Protecting Your Legacy Workers
Date:
July 21, 2026
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Event Description:
Construction experience is earned over time—and protecting that experience is key to a strong, sustainable workforce.
ROII’s new class, Aging Workforce: Protecting Your Legacy Workers, focuses on practical strategies that help employers support long careers in a physically demanding industry while reinforcing a strong safety culture.
This class explores ways to strengthen safety, reduce strain, and keep skilled workers engaged and productive through:
- Jobsite planning and organization
- Ergonomics and task design
- Mentoring and knowledge transfer
- Job modifications and workforce flexibility
- Return-to-work options and financial incentives
At the end of the day, the goal is simple—helping everyone go home safe while preserving the experience that keeps our industry healthy and moving forward.
Please register at the BIAW Website
Meet your Instructor;
Bob White, BIAW
Bob White has served the members of BIAW since 1999. In 2011, he was appointed as the safety services director for BIAW’s ROII program, helping participants work safer, avoiding costly workers’ compensation claims and expensive safety violations. Previously, he handled all of the association’s logistics and oversaw the restoration, repair and remodel of the historic McCleary Mansion that served as the BIAW headquarters until 2020. Before that, he worked as a professional driver in the timber industry for 13 years, hauling logs and heavy equipment throughout the Pacific Northwest.
ROII’s new class, Aging Workforce: Protecting Your Legacy Workers, focuses on practical strategies that help employers support long careers in a physically demanding industry while reinforcing a strong safety culture.
This class explores ways to strengthen safety, reduce strain, and keep skilled workers engaged and productive through:
- Jobsite planning and organization
- Ergonomics and task design
- Mentoring and knowledge transfer
- Job modifications and workforce flexibility
- Return-to-work options and financial incentives
At the end of the day, the goal is simple—helping everyone go home safe while preserving the experience that keeps our industry healthy and moving forward.
Please register at the BIAW Website
Meet your Instructor;
Bob White, BIAW
Bob White has served the members of BIAW since 1999. In 2011, he was appointed as the safety services director for BIAW’s ROII program, helping participants work safer, avoiding costly workers’ compensation claims and expensive safety violations. Previously, he handled all of the association’s logistics and oversaw the restoration, repair and remodel of the historic McCleary Mansion that served as the BIAW headquarters until 2020. Before that, he worked as a professional driver in the timber industry for 13 years, hauling logs and heavy equipment throughout the Pacific Northwest.
