Course Details

Training Classes for Visual Strength Grading on Hardwood - Temperate - Tropical is available here for the interested students. A practical three-day course to grade hardwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 5756: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of hardwood'. Through classroom based interactive learning, practical days spent in the timber yard and a practical examination, this course will provide delegates with:

• an introduction to timber, including the uses of strength graded timber
• the meaning of strength classes, an explanation of strength grading and the
• marking systems
• an understanding of the responsibilities of the grader and the grading company
• an introduction to the natural growth characteristics of wood using hand held samples
• practical exercises grading lengths of hardwood timber