For the last couple of years we having been delivering a workshop called Building Procedures with the SOP Toolkit to water treatment plant operators in a nearby province. The workshop has been well attended and the reviews indicate that the participants have been extremely satisfied with the contents and delivery of the course. That certainly has been satisfying to me since it took a lot of work to develop the course. But I probably haven’t been proactive enough in marketing the workshop to other geographic locations or industries.

Building Procedures with the SOP Toolkit is a very practical course, and it includes the Toolkit, an assortment of useful forms, lists, planners and worksheets. Most importantly it includes comprehensive information gained from real life (and sometimes painful) experience developing SOPs for clients from several industries. The process works for us, and I believe there must be many clients out there that could put it to good use as well.

So I’ve decided to turn the course and Toolkit into a package that can be purchased online. It will include all the contents of The SOP Toolkit, as well as an ebook based on the workshop. I should say that for those of you who might be interested in taking the workshop, that is still a very viable way to access this material. The workshop is intensive and focused, and includes group interaction and exercises that are invaluable. (If any of you want the workshop delivered to your organization just contact us and we will make arrangements.)

However, if you would like to obtain the same information and study it on your own I will be making the ebook and Toolkit available for purchase online. You will be able to download the whole package as a zip file. In addition,  I will include one hour of telephone consultation with the package. If you have questions you can contact me for help. Any consultation required beyond that can be purchased at our normal hourly rates, or we can provide an estimate for additional services.

The ebook isn’t quite finished yet, but will be soon. I wanted to put an advanced notice out there to see how many might be interested in the offer. It’s a great value. If you learn just one key piece of information that helps you in your documentation project it would be worth the price of the package.

The package includes the following items:

• Building Procedures with the SOP Toolkit ebook
• SOP Assessment Questionnaire
• SOP Data Gathering Questions
• SOP Development Worksheet
• SOP Document Plan Worksheet
• SOP Planner
• List of Example SOPs (for a water treatment plant)
• Sample of a Typical SOP (for a water treatment plant)
• Sample of a Typical SOP (for a potash mill)
• One hour of consultation

So drop me an email and let me know what you think. I’ll be getting more information out on the price and availability soon…