Course Title: Apply timber technology to engineering

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6066

Course Title: Apply timber technology to engineering

Portfolio: SET

Nominal Hours: 40.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
CIVE5584	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Tony Skinner Program Coordinator

Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 4444

Course Contact Email: tony.skinner@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit covers the competency to outline the use of timber as a civil engineering material including processing to end use as timber, or manufactured timber products, including fixing and construction techniques in accordance with the accepted practices as outlined in relevant codes of practice and Australian Standards.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

EDX010 - Communicate and apply standard industry procedures and
policies in an engineering design office.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	EDX160 Apply timber technology to engineering
Elements:	List the properties and report on specifications of commonly used engineered timber products in construction
	Code to select sizes of timber for specified building purposes
	List and describe common methods of fixing timber and timber joints
	List and describe defects, causes of degradation, preservation and protection systems, suitable for engineering timber products
	State the properties, quality standards, testing, performance and visual characteristics of timber and timber products
	Timber Framing
	Use the National

Learning Outcomes

List the properties and report on specifications of commonly used engineered timber products in construction


Code to select sizes of timber for specified building purposes

List and describe common methods of fixing timber and timber joints

List and describe defects, causes of degradation, preservation and protection systems, suitable for engineering timber products

State the properties, quality standards, testing, performance and visual characteristics of timber and timber products

Timber Framing

Use the National

Overview of Assessment

This unit will be assessed in the classroom environment using holistic assessment, based on typical workplace activities.
Assessment of this unit will involve completion of a 2 hour end-of-course examination