Top level
Caring for the environment
Introduction
Laws and regulations
Waste and hazardous substances
Air, power and water
- Your job
- Keeping the air clean
- Using less power
- Stormwater and wastewater
- The greenhouse effect
- Case study
- Task
- Stormwater and wastewater (Popup)
- The greenhouse effect (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
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Unit guide
Preventing fires
Introduction
Bushfires
- Your job
- Elements of a fire
- Fire danger ratings
- Clothing and equipment
- Constructing a fire break
- Case study
- Task
- Elements of a fire (Popup)
On-site fires
- Your job
- Fuels and ignition sources
- On-site fire-fighting equipment
- Dealing with emergencies
- Case study
- Task
- Classes of fire (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
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Unit guide
Working safely
Introduction
Following procedures
Hazards and emergencies
Glossary
Resources
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Unit guide
Maintaining product quality
Maintaining product quality
- Introduction
- Your job
- Having a good attitude
- Meeting industry standards
- Checking a product's quality
- Case study
- Task
Glossary
Resources
RPL checklist
Unit guide
Grading structural softwoods
Introduction
Principles of stress grading
- MGP grading (Popup)
- Visual over rides (Popup)
- Your job
- Types of stresses
- Strength groups
- Structural / stress grades
- F grading with a machine
- MGP grading
- Visual over-rides
- Case study
- Task
- Strength groups (Popup)
- Seasoned strength grades (Popup)
- Unseasoned strength grades (Popup)
- Visual over-rides for machine stress graded softwoods (Popup)
- Types of stresses (Popup)
- Structural / stress grades (Popup)
- F grading with a machine (Popup)
Assessing characteristics
- Your job
- Looking at the piece
- Knots
- Resin pockets
- Slope of grain
- Other characteristics
- Combinations
- Case study
- Task
- Central region for Structural grades 1 and 2 (Popup)
- Central region for Structural grades 3, 4 and 5 (Popup)
- KAR of 50% (Popup)
- KAR of 25% (Popup)
- KAR of 30% (Popup)
- 1 in 15 slope of grain (Popup)
- Checks (Popup)
- Splits (Popup)
- Shakes (Popup)
- Bow (Popup)
- Spring (Popup)
- Twist (Popup)
- Cup (Popup)
- Looking at the piece (Popup)
- Knots (Popup)
- Resin pockets (Popup)
- Combinations (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
RPL checklist
Unit guide
Using hand-held tools
Introduction
Types of hand-held tools
Operating power tools
- Your job
- Using electricity
- Using compressed air
- General safety
- Case study
- Task
- Using extension leads safely (Popup)
- Testing and tagging of power tools (Popup)
- Routine maintenance for air compressors (Popup)
- General safety (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
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Unit guide
Assembling wall frames
Introduction
Wall frame components
- Your job
- Parts of a wall frame
- Stresses in wall frames
- Loads, spacings and spans
- F grades and MGP grades
- Case study
- Task
- Trenched and untreched plates (Popup)
- Stud clusters at corners (Popup)
- Wind loads and bracing (Popup)
- Stress grades for seasoned softwoods (Popup)
- Visual over-rides (Popup)
- Stresses in wall frames (Popup)
- Loads, spacings and spans (Popup)
Putting the frame together
- Your job
- Jobs and processes
- Checking timber quality
- Case study
- Task
- Bow (Popup)
- Spring (Popup)
- Twist (Popup)
- Cup (Popup)
- Want and wane (Popup)
- Splits (Popup)
- Shakes (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
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Unit guide
Laying up roof trusses
Introduction
Roof truss principles
- Your job
- Parts of a roof truss
- Basic truss design
- Roof shapes and truss layouts
- F grades and MGP grades
- Nail plates
- Jigs and presses
- Case study
- Task
- Stress grades for seasoned softwoods (Popup)
- Visual over-rides (Popup)
- Wind loads and uplift (Popup)
- Basic stresses (Popup)
- Common truss designs (Popup)
- Gable roof (Popup)
- Hip roof (Popup)
- Dutch hip roof (Popup)
- Bell roof (Popup)
- T shaped roof (Popup)
- Parts of a roof truss (Popup)
- Basic truss design (Popup)
- Roof shapes and truss layouts (Popup)
Assembling a truss
- Your job
- Checking timber quality
- Understanding EqA
- Building a truss
- Case study
- Task
- Bow (Popup)
- Spring (Popup)
- Twist (Popup)
- Cup (Popup)
- Want and wane (Popup)
- Splits (Popup)
- Shakes (Popup)
- Understanding EqA (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
RPL checklist
Unit guide
Selecting timber
Introduction
Wood in a living tree
Characteristics of timber
- Your job
- Structure of hardwoods
- Structure of softwoods
- Growth rings
- Reaction wood
- Durability
- Density
- Case study
- Task
- Durability Table (Popup)
- Durability Table For Mobiles
- Density Table (Popup)
- Density Table For Mobiles
- Structure of softwoods (Popup)
- Reaction wood (Popup)
Destroyers of wood
- Your job
- Fungi
- Borers
- Termites
- Case study
- Task
- Brown rot (Popup)
- White rot (Popup)
- Soft rot (Popup)
- Sap stain (Popup)
- Surface moulds (Popup)
Seasoning of timber
- Your job
- Measuring moisture content
- The drying process
- Shrinkage and movement
- Case study
- Task
- Weight of moisture (Popup)
- Moisture Content (MC) (Popup)
- Moisture meter (Popup)
- Oven dry method (Popup)
- Air drying (Popup)
- Kiln drying (Popup)
- The drying process (Popup)
- Shrinkage and movement (Popup)
Glossary
Resources
RPL checklist
Unit guide
RPL expressway
Introduction
How the recognition process works
Types of acceptable evidence
Glossary of RPL terms
Checklists
- Caring for the environment
- Preventing fires
- Working safely
- Maintaining product quality
- Grading structural softwoods
- Using hand-held tools
- Assembling wall frames
- Laying up roof trusses
- Selecting timber