The first day is a general session on applying pesticides correctly. The second day is a specialty session on wood treatment. The course will combine both classroom presentations and laboratory demonstrations to provide both the knowledge and practical experience necessary to form a good glue joint. The course targets supervisors, lead persons, engineers, and plant managers involved in or responsible for wood gluing operations. Attendance will be limited.
Quality is critical in order to be successful in the dry lumber market.
One of the best and most cost effective methods of insuring quality is by providing training for your dry kiln operators and their supervisors. In order to help in this task, North Carolina State University, Wood Products Extension, will conduct its 32nd annual Dry Kiln Operator's Short Course at Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina, September 11-14, 2001. The course is sponsored by the Southeastern Dry Kiln Club. The main thrust of the course is to teach the participants how to operate a kiln on a daily basis including sample selection and preparation, schedule selection, kiln monitoring, equalizing, and conditioning. The course participants will not only hear the theory of dry kiln operation, but will gain hands on experience drying a kiln load of lumber.