Carpentry

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Carpentry tools & equipment

• Hand tool basics: woodworking tools and how to use them
• Carpentry
• Electrical power tools (streamed video)
• Hand tools - safety and technique (streamed video)
• Metalwork tools (streamed video)
• Setting out tools (DVD)
• Tools : The Ultimate Guide
• Machine Tools (Workshop Technology)

Computer Aided Design

• Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations II
• Residential design using Autodesk Revit 2022
• Introduction to commercial design using Autodesk Revit Building 9
• Construction documents using Sketchup Pro
• Digital design: a critical introduction
• Sketchup for site design: a guide to modeling site plans, terrain & architecture

Construction

• Introduction to estimating, plan reading and construction techniques
• Applied methods of the analysis of static and dynamic loads of structures and Machines
• Applied methods of the analysis of static and dynamic loads of structures and Machines II
• Construction mathematics
• Construction microeconomics

Construction materials

• Testing of construction materials
• Construction materials, methods and techniques: building for a sustainable future
• Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods
• Cement and Concrete

Timber-framed buildings

• Construction and Building : Design, Materials, and Techniques
• Light Earth Building : A Handbook for Building with Wood and Earth
• Turning point in timber construction: a new economy
• Basics of construction & framing
• Woodworking for dummies

Workplace Health & 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