Builder
The supervisor app, and the training that makes it stick.
Foremen and superintendents get promoted because they are excellent at the work. Few are ever trained to teach it. Builder gives them a proven method for teaching any jobsite task right, safely and the same way every time, and an app to run inspections, toolbox talks and records for their people long after the course is over.
Teach your supervisors the skill of instruction
The Builder program has three parts: the supervisor course, the Builder app, and an optional monthly on-site coaching day.
It is built for construction teams and jobsite tasks, so what supervisors learn in the course is what they use on the job the next morning. Builder runs in a browser on a phone or a computer. There is nothing to install.
Who it’s for
- General contractors and specialty trades whose foremen, assistant superintendents and lead hands bring new people up to speed
- Safety and operations leaders who want one standard way to teach each task across teams and jobsites
- Companies that want their veterans’ know-how written down and passed on
Train. Apply. Sustain.
Three steps that take a supervisor from learning the method to using it every day.
Train
The supervisor course teaches the TWI Job Instruction method, hands-on, using construction tasks.
Apply
Each supervisor breaks down a real task from their own scope and leaves with a finished breakdown and a plan to teach the next one.
Sustain
Supervisors keep building, sharing and using breakdowns in the Builder app, alongside checklists, toolbox talks and their people’s records.
Teach the job right. Every time.
A hands-on course built on TWI Job Instruction and taught for construction. Four steps that turn a skilled worker into a good teacher.
Builder keeps a written breakdown for each task: the important steps, the key points and the reason behind each one. Supervisors teach from it, then tick off each worker as they are shown the job, tried it out and put on their own. The record stays with the worker.
The four steps of Job Instruction
The same four steps, in the same order, for any task on the job. Builder keeps the breakdown in front of the supervisor and the record behind it.
Prepare
Get the worker ready.
Put them at ease. Say what the job is and find out what they already know. Have the breakdown, tools and materials ready.
Present
Show and tell, one step at a time.
Go through each important step. Say the key points and the reason behind each one. Give them no more than they can take in.
Try out
Let them do it.
Have the worker do the job, then explain the key points back to you. Fix mistakes on the spot. Keep going until you know they understand.
Follow up
Put them on their own.
Tell them who to go to with questions. Check on them often, then less and less as they get good. Mark the day they are on their own.
Builder screens shown with sample company data.
What supervisors practice in the course
The Job Breakdown Sheet
Important steps, with key points tagged SAFETY QUALITY KNACK and the reason behind each key point.
Practice and teach-back
Supervisors practice in pairs, then teach a task back and get feedback.
A real task from their own work
Each supervisor brings one real task and leaves with a finished breakdown for it.
The Builder app
Live at app.uptownsafety.com. Eight parts that share one set of people, jobs and records.
TWI - JI-JR
- myJIB: each supervisor’s own breakdowns, searchable with the company’s.
- New JIB: name a task for an AI-drafted first pass, or talk the job through out loud. The supervisor reviews, edits or rejects every step.
- Share as a PDF, printout, link or QR code.
- TWI Card: the Job Instruction pocket card, always on hand.
Checklists
- Run inspections from company checklists or a built-in template admins can copy.
- Pass / Fail / N/A by default, renamable per checklist. Photos and notes on any item.
- Failed items can be left open and stay on the list until someone closes them and says what was fixed.
- If the signal drops, answers are kept on the phone and sent again when it returns.
- Sign and finish for a branded PDF, filed in the Library.
Employees
- A roster with trade, phone, job and supervisor.
- Certs with expiry dates and colour-coded status, and a renew form.
- Skills from your own list.
- Training records: Shown, Tried out, Put on their own. When a JIB has a skill attached, it is added to the worker’s record. Workers are flagged Needs refresher when a company JIB is changed.
Toolbox talks
- A talk library of your own talks, plus Uptown Safety templates you can copy.
- Start a talk on a job. The talking points are on screen.
- Workers scan a QR code and check in on their own phone. No sign-in needed. The page works in English and Spanish.
- Supervisors can also tag people in. A talk record PDF lists who was there.
Job tree
- Company, job, supervisor, people, in the job button at the top of every screen.
- Supervisors see their own people and can add or remove them.
- Admins see every supervisor on a job, including ones with nobody yet, and can move a whole group.
- A person has one supervisor at a time. Removing someone sends them back to the pool; nothing is deleted.
Library and SDS
- Company files in folders, searchable with checklists, talks and JIBs.
- Safety Plans and procedures in one place.
- SDS search: find a safety data sheet by product, maker or product number, or photograph the label, then save the PDF to your SDS folder.
- Completed inspections filed by year and month.
Analytics
- Overview, Inspections, Training and Toolbox views with date and job filters.
- Expiring certs at a glance.
- Export the tab you are on as CSV or PDF.
- The Archive keeps finished checklists, talks and training sessions by month.
Admin and access
- Invite people by email as Admin, Supervisor or Viewer.
- Set access by module for any one person.
- Your logo on PDFs, your time zone on dates and certificate countdowns.
- Your own lists for jobs, cert types, trades and hazards. An activity log of what people did.
Roles that fit your team
Admins run the company. Supervisors run their own work and people. Viewers can look but not change.
English and Spanish
Each person picks a language. Menus, hints, messages, PDFs and exports follow it.
Phone and computer
Tabs across the top on a computer, a thumb bar on a phone. Pin your favorite modules.
Private to your company
People in one company never see another company’s sheets, checklists, talks, files, workers or records.
Workers do not need accounts
Workers are roster records. At a talk they check in from a QR code, with no sign-in.
Careful saving
A double tap does not make a duplicate, and if two people edit the same record the second save asks you to reload first.
Monthly on-site coaching day
An optional coaching day on your jobsite each month, to help supervisors put Job Instruction to work on real tasks with their teams.
What the program costs
Simple, published prices.
Setup
The supervisor course, plus Builder app setup for your first 5 supervisors.
Supervisors 1–10
Monthly Builder app access.
Supervisors 11–20
Monthly Builder app access.
On-site coaching
A monthly coaching day on your jobsite.
Each client can have up to 20 supervisors on the program.
From first call to first inspection
Request a demo
Tell us about your teams and jobs. We will show you Builder with sample data.
We set up your company
Your company gets its own private space in Builder, and your admin is invited by email.
Your supervisors start
Supervisors take the course and begin building breakdowns, running checklists and holding talks.
James Alexander, CSP, CHST
James has effectively implemented the TWI program at construction organizations. The course and the app are built for construction teams and jobsite tasks, by a construction safety professional with 25 years in the construction industry.
Good to know
- Builder sits alongside OSHA 10/30 and your own hazard assessments: those cover hazard awareness, while this course teaches supervisors how to teach a task safely.
- The app does not replace your hazard assessments, manufacturer instructions or applicable OSHA rules.
- Job Instruction is one of the TWI programs. It builds a supervisor’s skill in instructing; TWI Job Methods and Job Relations cover improving methods and leading.
- The AI draft of a job breakdown is a first pass. The supervisor reviews, edits or rejects every step.
Before you ask
Do my workers need a login?
No. Workers are records on your roster. Supervisors and admins sign in. At a toolbox talk, anyone present can check in from a QR code without signing in.
Is there something to install?
No. Builder runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer at app.uptownsafety.com.
Can my people use it in Spanish?
Yes. Each person chooses English or Spanish in My account. Text your people typed, such as checklist questions and notes, stays as it was written.
Who sees our information?
Only people in your company. Each company has its own private space in Builder.
What if there is no signal on the job?
On an inspection, an answer that cannot be saved is kept on the phone, marked Not saved yet, will retry, and sent again when the phone is back online.
Where is the manual?
In the Builder help pages, step by step.
Hands-on safety support for contractors
Uptown Safety also works side by side with superintendents, project managers and their teams in Charlotte and the Carolinas.
Safety culture
Safety systems that supervisors and craft employees actually take part in.
OSHA compliance
Simple safety systems, investigation support and citation defense.
On-site audits
Tailored site and shop audits with actionable outputs.
Incident investigation
Cause mapping and root cause analysis, claims support and return-to-work.
Pre-construction preparation
Site-specific safety plans and JHAs for trade partners; plan vetting for general contractors.
Safety technology
Choosing, setting up and tuning your safety tech stack.
Start your supervisors on Builder.
Ask for a demo, or book the course for your team.