Wood Manufacturing Technology Education

9121  Wood  Manufacturing I  One year One credit course

Pathway:   Engineering, Science & Technology
     A course of study that develops skills related to the manufacturing processes representative of the wood industries^‡. Students develop an understanding of the types of wood that are used in construction processes. Basic blueprint techniques are taught as they relate to the projects constructed in the class.

9122  Wood  Manufacturing II  One year One credit course

Pathway:   Engineering, Science & Technology
     A course of study that develops skills related to the manufacturing processes representative of the wood industries^‡. Students develop an understanding of the types of wood that are used in construction processes. Basic blueprint techniques are taught as they relate to the projects constructed in the class.

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  Industries in the wood product manufacturing industry prefabricate wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes), and prefabricated wood buildings.
  The production processes of the wood product manufacturing industry include sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools. The lumber or other transformed wood shapes may also be subsequently planed or smoothed, and assembled into finished products, such as wood containers.
  The wood product manufacturing industry includes establishments that make wood products from logs and bolts that are sawed and shaped, and establishments that purchase sawed lumber and make wood products. With the exception of sawmills and wood preservation establishments, the establishments are grouped into industries mainly based on the specific products manufactured.