Carpentry

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Carpentry tools and equipment

• Electrical power tools (streamed video)
• Hand tools - safety and technique (streamed video)
• Metalwork tools (streamed video)
• Hand Tool Basics : Woodworking Tools and How to Use Them
• Setting out tools (DVD)
• Tools : The Ultimate Guide
• Machine Tools (Workshop Technology)

Doors and Windows

• Carpentry and joinery: doors and windows
• Windows and doors: expert advice from start to finish
• Windows and Doors: Verifying Structural Strength (journal article)
• Building simply: wooden windows
• Woodworking for dummies

Height safety

• Construction skills: work safety at heights; use expolosive power tools; operate elevated work platforms; erect & dismantle restricted height scaffolding
• Height safety essentials (DVD)
• Elevating work platforms (streamed video)
• Step ladders: General guidelines (streamed video)

Joinery and Formwork

• Advanced building and joinery skills
• The complete illustrated guide to joinery
• Carpentry and Joinery 1
• Carpentry and Joinery 2
• The City and Guilds Textbook: Carpentry and Joinery for the Level 1 Diploma
• The City and Guilds Textbook: Site Carpentry and Architectural Joinery for the Level 3 Apprenticeship (6571), Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma (7906) and Level 3 Diploma (670)
• Site establishment, formwork and framing
• Cement and Concrete

Roof trusses 

• The roof building manual
• Erecting timber roof trusses (DVD)
• Truss rafter roof support: How risk from inherent building defects is being exacerbated by changing climatic conditions

Sustainable construction

• Sustainable construction
• Sustainable Construction Techniques : From Structural Design to Interior Fit-out: Assessing and Improving the Environmental Impact of Buildings
• Construction Materials, Methods, and Techniques : Building for a Sustainable Future

Workplace Health and Safety

• Net zero energy building: predicted and unintended consequences
• Construction safety
• Construction safety management
• Integrating Work Health and Safety into Construction Project Management
• Healthy Buildings : How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick--Or Keep You Well