Course Details

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the BM TRADA Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of Visual strength grading - softwood. Course details are as listed below:

• review of grading rules
• species recognition with practical exercises
• timed grading exercises for long length grading to both GS and SS
• mock examination including grading long lengths, drawing knot plots and timber
• species identification under timed conditions