Course Details

Visual Strength Grading Course on Softwood is provided here to the interested students. A practical five-day course to grade softwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 4978: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of softwood'. 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 softwood timber