Episode 12: An AI Skill Every Trades Owner Should Learn...Now

Guest: Zac Engler (Chief AI Officer at C4 Tech Services) AI can feel overwhelming - too many tools, not enough clarity. In this episode, Zac Engler cuts through the noise and shows why prompting is the foundational skill that unlocks real results for trades businesses. He walks through a simple framework you can use today to estimate jobs, build bids, schedule crews, summarize specs, and more. You'll learn: What “prompting” actually is—and why it beats copying random prompts off the internet A four-word framework (Role → Task → Context → Goal) to get accurate, usable outputs Common prompting mistakes to avoid  Practical trades use cases: bids, schedules, spec summaries, multilingual comms Episode links: Metabo HPT: https://www.metabo-hpt.com/ Zac’s Website: https://zacengler.com/turningonmachines C4 Tech Services Website: https://c4techservices.com/ 0:00  Introduction 0:43  Welcome 2:16  Introducing Zac Engler 6:00  What you need to do first - Learn to Prompt! 7:49  How YOU can get better at prompting 10:10  Remember these FOUR words for prompting 10:49  The First Word: ROLE 11:33  The Second Word: TASK 12:22  The Third Word: CONTEXT 12:52  The Fourth Word: GOAL 13:45  How it works for a Trades goal (bidding a job) 16:00  Common prompting mistakes 17:23  A real example 19:35  What you should do TODAY 20:25  How to find Zac