Updated training courses with the purpose of developing new skills
In order to meet growing needs of members faced with new technical challenges, the ATIBT diversifies its training offer within the framework of a department dedicated to that purpose.
The ATIBT has put in great efforts during the past years in order to meet the members’ requests for training, cooperating closely with the various commissions and priorities set by these latter.
Targeted training courses in Europe and Africa
The ATIBT has in this respect proposed a number of targeted training courses intended for timber professionals from different backgrounds, both in Europe and in Africa.
Training courses in Forest management planning in Cameroon: In 2008, the ATIBT, in collaboration with three technical partners – ONFI, CIRAD and Nature+ – , trained several management planners from different Central African countries thanks to teaching modules elaborated by these partners and their great field experience from Central Africa.
Training courses for timber graders and experts in timber grading and identification: Since the integration of the so-called SATA (Tropical African Square-edged Sawn Timber) grading rules, which provide more transparency regarding the quality of commercialised batches, the ATIBT has carried out several training courses.
Technical assistance in forest certification: In September 2009 and in partnership with IFIA and the Forest Trust, the ATIBT initiated an in-company certification training cycle within the framework of a contract with the Centre for the development of enterprise (CDE).
The training cycle comprises 3 focus areas:
- consciousness raising of personnel on logging sites, organised by experts from the FORTEA consulting office,
- training in forest management planning, with special focus on HCVF.
- training courses in social requirements within certification.
ATIBT technical training courses 2011-2012
General knowledge on tropical timber species (intended for all)
1st part: in a dedicated training room
- Wood composition and formation in trees;
- Awareness on wood anatomy;
- Wood definitions and glossary;
- Wood behaviour confronted with moisture;
- Physical properties;
- Durability and preservation;
- Fire behaviour of wood
2nd part: in a dedicated training room
- Regulations;
- Standardisation;
- Certification;
- Labelling;
- Mechanical properties;
- Raising awareness on dimensioning.
3rd part: In a dedicated training room and workshop
- The Company’s timber products and related constraints;
- Common wood species on the market and areas of use;
- Market specificities;
- Individual assessment.
CE marking (intended for the management, technical staff and workers)
1st part: theoretical training, in a dedicated training room on site
- Reminder of CE Marking essentials (European referential, regulatory framework, attestation level, notified bodies);
- Detailed analysis of the standard corresponding to the product subject to CE marking (overview of the standard, requirements, interpretations, popularisation);
- Examples of quality documentation (procedures and registration forms.
2nd part: a workshop of practical training on the production site for the product to be CE marked
- Informing the production staff of control requirement details;
- Demonstrating the standard’s requirements, item per item;
- Exercises on detecting non-compliance on manufactured products;
- Practical control implementation by completing the different sheet (instructions worksheets or record sheets), item per item
- Determining the different possibilities for dealing with non-compliances (corrective actions).
NB: At the end of the training course, a framework for the elaboration of the FPC (Factory Production Control) manual, which the company must keep, will be delivered. This type of training can be adapted to another certification (for example CTB-LCA) or for the purpose of obtaining a label (for example menuiserie 21).
Tropical timber grading (intended for technical staff and traders)
Program:
- Detailed study of SATA grading rules for sawnwood and square-edged timber (presentation, interpretation, popularisation)
- Detailed study of ATIBT rules for log grading
- Practical implementation in the field
This training course leads to the qualification as “tropical timber grader”, attested by an ATIBT diploma valid for three years.
Dimensioning of structural elements (intended for technical staff, designers and carpenters)
Program
- Reminder of material strength
- Mechanical properties of wood
- Parameters altering the properties
- Calculation of joints
- Calculation of fire resistance.
Rules for use of wood in wood constructions
Training session title :
- Building dwelling structures
- Civil engineering
- Decking
- Skidding.
Charges for ATIBT members
Net price per person without travel expenses, nor document delivery, or hardware, depending on the total number of people in training and the number of training days:
