Curriculum for Qualification Course that gives Warranty for Certification of Quality Wood Processing

During the project period the group will develop a curriculum for a specialized course that gives warranty for certification of quality wood processing in Iceland. The course will be based on the quality standards that are being translated and developed by the project partners and associated partners and the teaching material used in the project. The experience of Sweden and Denmark of certifying quality wood processing will be a valuable input into the curriculum. A course of that kind does not exist in Iceland since the certification process is not in place yet and the curriculum will be written in both Icelandic and English to ensure its availability to all participants.

This course curriculum also needs to be developed in close cooperation with the Icelandic Standards, which is the national standards body of Iceland, as well as the Icelandic Construction Authority, in order to fulfill the necessary requirements for issuing certifications. The Icelandic Standards and the Icelandic Construction Authority will be associated partners regarding this intellectual output and there will be a close exchange during the work in this output. Final result will be a course that qualifies successful participants to apply for a certification of Quality Wood Processing at the National Standard Organization. This Certification will approve that the holder is capable of wood processing according to specific quality standards.

The standard we are using is INSTA 142:2009

INSTA 142:2009 is Nordic visual strength grading rules for coniferous timber. This Nordic standard INSTA 142 is a revision of INSTA 142:1997.

No similar Work Item is allocated to CEN. Hence application for derogation from Stand-Still is not relevant.

INSTA 142 fulfills the principles of EN 14081- 1 and is introduced in EN 1912.

CEN/TC 124 will be notified in order to formally include in EN 1912 the revised English version of INSTA 142.

This English version of INSTA 142 are published by the Nordic Standardisation bodies in cooperation. Based on this English version of INSTA 142 the National Standardisation Bodies of Denmark (DS), Finland (SFS), Iceland (IST), Norway (SN) and Sweden (SIS) can publish national language versions in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish respectively.

INSTA 142 fulfills the principles of EN 14081- 1 and is introduced in EN 1912
EN 14081-1:2016+A1:2019 (E) 6

This European Standard specifies requirements for strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross-sections either visual or machine graded, shaped by sawing, planning or other methods and with cross-sectional dimensions complying with EN 336 (referred to as structural timber in the following clauses). This European Standard includes provisions for test methods, Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance and marking of structural timber. NOTE 1 For machine strength graded timber additional provisions for type testing (TT) are given in EN 14081– 2 and for factory production control (FPC) in EN 14081–3. NOTE 2 An acceptance procedure for verification of a lot is given in EN 14358 which may be used for a delivery of structural timber. This European Standard identifies characteristics for which limits have to be given in visual grading standards. This European Standard covers structural timber, untreated or treated against biological attack. This European Standard does not cover: — timber treated by fire retardant products to improve its fire performance; — thermally and/or chemically modified timber; — structural finger jointed timber

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 338, Structural timber — Strength classes

EN 350-1, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Natural durability of solid wood — Part 1: Guide to the principles of testing and classification of the natural durability of wood

EN 350-2, Durability of wood and wood-based products — Natural durability of solid wood — Part 2: Guide to natural durability and treatability of selected wood species of importance in Europe

EN 384, Structural timber — Determination of characteristic values of mechanical properties and density

EN 844-7, Round and sawn timber — Terminology — Part 7: Terms relating to anatomical structure of timber

EN 844-9, Round and sawn timber — Terminology — Part 9: Terms relating to features of sawn timber

EN 844-10, Round and sawn timber — Terminology — Part 10: Terms relating to stain and fungal attack

EN 1310:1997, Round and sawn timber — Method of measurement of features

EN 1912, Structural Timber — Strength classes — Assignment of visual grades and species

EN 1995-1-2, Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures — Part 1-2: General — Structural fire design

EN 13183-2, Moisture content of a piece of sawn timber — Part 2: Estimation by electrical resistance method

EN 13183-3, Moisture content of a piece of sawn timber — Part 3: Estimation by capacitance method

EN 13238, Reaction to fire tests for building products — Conditioning procedures and general rules for selection of substrates

EN 13501-1, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification using test data from reaction to fire tests

EN 13501-2, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 2: Classification using data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services

EN 13556, Round and sawn timber — Nomenclature of timbers used in Europe

EN 13823, Reaction to fire tests for building products — Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item

EN 14081-2, Timber structures — Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section — Part 2: Machine grading; additional requirements for initial type testing

EN 14081-3, Timber structures — Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section — Part 3: Machine grading; additional requirements for factory production control

EN 15804, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Core rules for the product category of construction products

EN 15228:2009, Structural timber — Structural timber preservative treated against biological attack

EN 16485, Round and sawn timber — Environmental Product Declarations — Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for use in construction.

EN ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes (ISO 3166-1) 3 Terms and definitions.

At the beginning of 2023, the IÐAN education centre will start teaching strength classification of timber according to the standard ÍST-INSTA 142:2009, which will give students the right to strength grade structural timber.

HMS https://hms.is/en/about-us will manage the rights training.