Lumber Grading Training
Gain mastery in timber grading for carpentry and construction tasks. The course covers visual grading rules, defect spotting, basic strength principles, and precise documentation techniques. This equips you to confidently approve, reject, or reassign boards, ensuring safe and regulation-compliant builds in every project.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides hands-on skills for quickly and accurately assessing timber boards. You'll learn visual grading standards, how to identify defects, and straightforward pass/fail guidelines for structural and non-structural applications. Gain expertise in evaluating boards one by one, understanding strength characteristics, and handling documentation, photos, and records to ensure all timber is safe, compliant, and appropriately utilised.
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Develop skills
- Apply visual grading standards: swiftly classify boards using ASTM and certification marks.
- Identify key timber defects: detect knots, wane, rot, shakes, and splits.
- Assess structural components: grade beams, joists, posts, and columns on location.
- Record grading outcomes: produce detailed notes, photographs, and auditable logs.
- Employ clear pass/fail criteria: approve, reject, or downgrade boards assuredly.
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