Summary

Created for designers, this full Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course covers the important issues you need to be familiar with if you are selling timber for interiors and helps you understand your customers’ needs. It has been produced by Wood Campus in collaboration with the Timber Trade Federation, the British Woodworking Federation and Swedish Wood, working with the British Institute of Interior Design.

Target Staff

Senior staff involved in buying, stocking, merchandising and selling planed timber and decorative mouldings, as well as yard, and warehouse staff.

What you'll learn

• About timber’s sustainability
• About timber the common sizes, grades and profiles of softwood panelling, as well as plywood and pre-finished products
• About the different types of structural and decorative timber flooring, including wear resistance
• The dimensional movement of different species and joist spans for different board thicknesses, underfloor heating, and finishes
• About timber doors, including fire doors and doorsets
• About timber stairs, the names of the different sections, standards and regulations
• About the different types of timber mouldings available, including door frames and casings
• About the suitability of different softwood and hardwood timber species

Course Benefits

Provides a detailed overview of the different segments of planed and decorative timber and helps you deliver the product and advice your customers need.