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Improve Your Knowledge of Lumber Grading
SPIB is excited to offer these unique courses as a way to improve the grading process and the quality of softwood lumber. The courses are tailored for industry professionals, such as lumber graders and lumber quality technicians. However, anyone in the industry with an interest in improving their understanding of lumber grading will benefit from these online courses. Lessons are designed to help students better understand lumber grading rules, grading techniques and different types of defects and characteristics common to Southern Pine, West Coast and Canadian species of dimension lumber. These West Coast and Canadian courses now include lessons, rules reviews, and knot tests for the Light Framing Grades of Construction, Standard, and Utility; as well as Select Structural, and Studs.
Benefits for Lumber Graders
SPIB's eLearning offers these benefits:
- Improves competency and efficiency of experienced graders as well as trainees
- Allows mills to train and improve graders as needed
- Significantly reduces time for candidate selection process
- Cuts down training time of new graders from months to weeks
Benefits for Others in the Lumber Industry
- Provides an in depth understanding of how dimension lumber grades are classified and graded, and provides unique insight on how the rules are actually applied
- Functions as a valuable source of reference
- Access for a year allows users to complete course at their pace and convenience
- Saves time and money compared to onsite training classes for sales and support staff
There are two ways to purchase your eLearning Courses:
1) Offline purchase for multiple seats:
If you are a mill looking to make a purchase for multiple seats, please contact April Infinger:
E: aminfinger@spib.org
P: 850-262-9994
Multiple Seats:
5 - 10 Seats - 5% off
Above 10 Seats - 10% off
2) Secure online purchase for a single seat:
If you are seeking to buy a single seat with your credit card, please click on one of the LEARN MORE buttons below, select your course and click BUY NOW to get started.
Southern Pine
The Southern Pine Course focuses on the grades of Dimension Lumber produced in the Southeast for the Southern Yellow Pine Species group.
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Western Species
The Western Course focuses on the grades of dimension lumber produced by mills in the Western half of the US.
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Canadian Species
The Canadian Basic Course covers grades of dimension lumber produced in Canada. You can also add species identification groups and light framing grades.
Learn MoreNew - SPIB eLearning Short Courses
These new short courses are intended for anyone seeking to increase their knowledge and understanding of how 2” dimension lumber is graded. Managers, supervisors, planer and dry kiln operators, corporate sales and support staff at companies producing, or pressure treating dimension lumber, are ideal students for these short courses. Architects, structural engineers, builders and those involved in wholesale distribution or retail sales of dimension lumber will all benefit from these courses. These Short Courses contain all the same lesson content as the original versions, however, the grading rules memorization drills and the simulated video knot tests and reviews have been removed. These short courses contain 6 to 8 hours of lesson and quiz content and must be completed within 60 days of your initial login.
NOTE: These Short Courses ARE NOT INTENDED FOR LINE GRADERS OR QC TECHNICIANS who must be able to make quick accurate decisions on the line or in the shed when inspecting lumber. If you must be able to demonstrate both competency and proficiency grading knots and accurately applying all the grading rules in a production or inspection environment, then the original versions of these courses are required for you. The original courses contain 6 to 8 hours of lesson and quiz content and 5 to 10 hours of grading rules memorization drills and simulated video knot tests and reviews.
Southern Pine Short Course
The Southern Pine Course focuses on the grades of Dimension Lumber produced in the Southeast for the Southern Yellow Pine Species group.
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The Western Course focuses on the grades of dimension lumber produced by mills in the Western half of the US.
Learn MoreCanadian Species Short Course
The Canadian Basic Course covers grades of dimension lumber produced in Canada. You can also add species identification groups and light framing grades.
Learn MoreBryan Smalley, President of SLMA
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