Lumber Grading Short Course

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Lumber Grading course
The value of “rules conscious” employees is a more carefully manufactured product, a more profitable yield from the log, and a better sense of the value of the lumber being handled. This three-day workshop will include a thorough study and explanation of the NHLA Rule Book, emphasizing the basics of hardwood lumber inspection.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Anyone wanting to become familiar with the lumber grading rules and process. This popular workshop gives yardmen, sawyers, edgermen, and management-level personnel such as sales and office staff, an introduction to lumber inspection.

INSTRUCTOR
Mark Horne, a 1977 graduate of the NHLA Inspection Training School in Memphis, TN has worked in the hardwood lumber industry for over thirty years. He was the director of the NHLA Inspection Training School from 1988-1992 and was also the main lecturer. He has been the Chief Inspector for the NHLA for ten years and supervise all of the NHLA "national" inspectors throughout the US & Canada. I am also the final say in all rules interpretations.

Day One   
Definitions
Miscut Lumber
Minimum Widths
Stain, Streaks & Spots
Measurement & Tally                              
Use of the Lumber Rule
Cutting Unit Method
Useful Math Review

Day Two
Standard Grades
#1 Common
#2A Com & Below
FAS
Selects                               
FAS1FACE

Day Three
Standard Grades
Surfaced Lumber
Kiln-Dried Lumber
Practice Grading
Regional Species                        
NHLA Sales Code

Supplies
A Lumber Grading Stick is Required-Preferably a 4 Line

Class Time
8am-4pm except Thursday will end at 2:30pm

To register for this class please complete the information below:

Missouri Forest Products Association
505 East State Street
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
For more information, call Brandon O'Neal at (573) 634-3252 or email brandon@moforest.org.