Overview 2021
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This course is designed to advance the skill base for those who manufacture, design with, and use the material or who maintain timber infrastructure. It will provide participants with the understanding and skills necessary to process, use and maintain the material efficiently and economically.
Course objectives
The Graduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building) aims to develop advanced understanding and skill in the:
- role of timber and wood products as renewable resource for society;
Career outcomes
With recent consolidation in Australia's wood production industry, there is considerable industry and employer demand for people skilled in the production of wood products. Also, with increased interest in sustainable construction, opportunities exist for specialists in the design, construction, maintenance and management of timber-rich buildings and structures.
Course structure
For the units which comprise the Graduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building) please refer to the Schedule.
Students must pass four units selected from Schedule A or B comprising at least three (3) 12.5% units from Schedule A, including KDA503 and a maximum of one (1) 12.5% units from Schedule B.
Schedule
Schedule A: Core Units
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KDA503 Timber, Its Origin and Characteristics
This unit deals with the use of timber as a structural and appearance material in current building practice. Primarythemes are:• Buildings and their performance requirements.• Timber as a structural material.• Timber in appearance applications.• Timber envelope design.Sustainable development requires greater…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit deals with the use of timber as a structural and appearance material in exposed applications. Primary themes are: • The hazards to material durability present in building. • Timber’s natural and treated resistance to these hazards. • The…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KDA505 Timber and Durability in Exposed Applications
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KDA506 Board Processing: Hardwood and Softwood
This unit deals with the production of engineered wood products (EWPs) and their use in non-residential building. Primary themes are:• Product, production and design strategies• Glues and gluing• The production of veneered-based boards and panels, glue laminated products and nail-plated…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Schedule B: Electives
This unit introduces you to the concepts, applications and practice of management. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of management that are vital for the successful operation of any business. You will be exposed to a widely accepted body…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the type of financial information that you, as a manager, can expect to receive and to the techniques that you can use to analyse this information for decision making and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
In many industries, marketing as a discipline is the central focus of an organisation's operations. However, marketing has always been something of an unknown quantity in the maritime and logistics industries. This unit aims to remove that anomaly by creating…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Architecture Choice Units offer students a chance to select units from a range of options that suit their personal interests and professional aspirations. All units express key aspects of our program. Learning by Making projects focus on the collaborative design,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Launceston | 5 Week Session Feb A | ||||
This unit focuses on designing products for batch or multiple productions. Students are encouraged to develop individual and innovative approaches in the designing and making of contemporary, commercially viable items for manufacture. Workshop and studio activities will include student evaluations…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Launceston | Spring school (late) | ||||
In the first unit on Asset Management Fundamentals, the principles of asset management were introduced and also the strategic importance of sustainable infrastructure management as evidenced by the growing emphasis being placed on good asset management practice. In this Unit,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Entry requirements
Admission Prerequisites
A Bachelor's degree in Building, Architecture, Engineering, Forestry or related discipline or a degree in any discipline and relevant industry experience.
Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with a combination of tertiary qualifications and relevant industry experience may be considered for equivalency and entry under the Faculty's policy for the admission of non-graduates to postgraduate coursework programs.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2021 Total Course Fee (international students): $0 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $27,450 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
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- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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