Thanks to all those who contributed to the projects listed below, Australia’s forest and timber industry will soon have access to updated skills standards for timber truss and frame estimating and manufacture, timber building products supply, and working with new harvesting technologies.
The units, skill sets and qualifications have been endorsed by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee and will soon be considered for endorsement by the State and Territory Ministers, before being published on training.gov.au and available for RTOs to put on scope.
For further information visit the individual project pages.
New Timber Harvesting Technologies Project
With new technologies providing ways to make work more productive, sustainable and safe, the skills required to work in the forestry industry have been changing. These updated technical and digital skills have been captured in the review and development of units of competency for the harvesting sector. This includes:
- The development of five new units of competency capturing skills for using a range of technical equipment and machinery
- The revision of four cable logging units
- The revision of seven environmental care (forestry operations) units
- An update of two transporting forestry logs and produce units
- The review of nine tree felling/chainsaw operations units
- The revision of three wood chipping units
- The proposal to delete one unit in pest control to be replaced with a similar unit to reduce duplication
For more detail on these outcomes, visit the project page.
Timber Truss and Frame Estimating and Design Project
Timber trusses and frames are used to build the majority of Australian homes and many other buildings. The technical skills required for both the design and manufacture of timber trusses and frames have been captured in the qualifications, skill sets and units reviewed by industry over the past 12 months. They include:
- Three revised qualifications
- Four qualifications proposed for deletion due to low demand for training and availability of alternative qualifications
- The development of five skills sets, so that fabricators can develop technical skills related to a job function as opposed to a complete end-to-end manufacturing process
- Twenty revised units
- One unit developed for working effectively in the timber systems design industry
- Seven additional units revised, relating to job tasks in the broader timber manufactured products and sawmilling and processing industry sectors
For more information, visit the project page.
Timber Merchandising Project
Timber supply employees possess specific skills and knowledge of timber and timber products, enabling them to provide customers with appropriate products and services. Thanks to all those who contributed to this project, the skills needed to support this essential step in the supply chain have been captured in an updated qualification and units. This includes:
- The renaming and redesign of the Certificate III in Timber Merchandising to the Certificate III in Timber Building Products Supply
- The proposal to delete the Certificate II in Timber Merchandising, as appropriate alternative training is available at this level
- The revision of four units
- The proposal to delete the unit FWPCOT3251 Promote the carbon benefits of wood products, as industry has not indicated a need for it
- The revision of three additional units relating to job tasks in the broader timber manufactured products and sawmilling and processing industry sectors.
For further details about these outcomes, visit the project page
