Issue #12
Wood Products Processing
Problem, Opportunity Statement
The wood products industries continue to provide significant
economic advantage to
The use of wood products continues to be an intelligent and responsible choice for society. Wood as an industrial raw material is sustainable, renewable, and much of the time is used for products that have the potential to be recycled at the end of their service life. In fact, of the 500 million tons of industrial raw materials consumed annually in the United States, wood makes up almost half (47%) of this quantity by weight. The energy consumption when manufacturing lumber and wood products accounts for only 4 percent of the annual net energy consumed in the manufacture of all industrial raw materials in our country, when reduced by the energy produced by the burning of process by-products and wood waste. The renewable nature and energy consumption in manufacturing provides a material that is extremely important for our future.
However, the wood products industries of
Therefore, as we strive for sustainable use of our only
renewable primary raw material resource, we must continue to identify areas of
strategic importance that will sustain and increase the competitiveness of the
Subject Matter Areas
Program Titles and/or
Program Topics by Subject Matter Area
o Planning for Success
o Developing a Marketing Plan
o Supervisory Skills
o Log Bucking for Value
o Log
to Lumber Workshop
o In-plant
special topics
o WoodPro
Web Site training
o Hardwood
Industries Leadership Development
o Product
evaluation and diagnosis
o Wood
Deconstruction and Recycling Techniques
o Wood Structure and Identification
o Basic Kiln Operators Short Course
o Advanced Kiln Operators Short Course
o Lumber Grading
o Portable Mill Operation
o Chip Production and Quality
o Spreadsheet Applications for the Wood Industry
o Romi-Rip
o Database Applications for the Wood Industry
o Record Keeping for Loggers and Sawmills
o Project Management
o Technology Options for Log/Lumber Inventory Management and Quality
o Technology Options for Resource Trends Analysis and Monitoring
o Technology Options for Wood Pricing and Monitoring
o Timber Resource Inventory Technology
o Problem Solving Computer Tools for Wood Operations Management
o Pesticide Training
o Secondary Wood Processing Safety
o Chainsaw Safety, Maintenance, and Felling
o Primary Wood Processing Safety
o
o Careers
in the
o Public
Awareness of
Resources
o
Wood
products specialists
o
Extension
agents/educators
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Partner-Allegheny Hardwood Utilization
Group
o
Forest
Products Laboratory publication (Bratkovitch)
o
HDC
o
IRC’s
o
Wood
products specialists (Ray, Stover)
o
Wood
products faculty (Michael)
o
Extension
Agents
o
Wood
products specialists
o
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Woodpro
Website
o
Partner with
SFI of PA
o
Partner with
Jeff Tech
o
Wood
products specialists (Ray, Stover)
o
Wood
products faculty (All)
o
Other PSU
faculty (WoodPro associates)
o
Extension
Agents
o
Funding
agencies (e.g., HDC)
o
Industry
associations
o
Public
officials
o
Invited
speakers
o
Wood
products specialists (Stover, Ray)
o
Extension
Agents
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Partner-Allegheny Hardwood Utilization
Group
o
NE
HUG
o
HDC
o
Wood
products specialist (Ray)
o
PENNTAP
specialist (Pletcher)
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Woodpro
Website
o
Extension
Agents
o
Wood
products specialists
o
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Woodpro
Website
o
Partner with
SFI of PA logger training
o
Partner with
FRA
o
Partner with
Jeff Tech
o
Partner with
Workmen’s Comp.
o
NIOSH-
Morgantown, WV
o
Possible
partner IUP
o
Wood
products specialists
o
o
Wood
products faculty
o
WoodPro
Website
o
Wood
products and industry curriculum for Careers and
o
From the
Woods publications
o
Chapter 48
teachers in PA
o
Wood
Mobile-HDC
o
Wood
products specialists
o
o
Wood
products faculty
o
Woodpro
Website
o
Hardwood
Development Council
o
Partner with
SFI of PA logger training
o
Partner with
FRA
o
Partner with
AHUG
o
Partner with
Jeff Tech
o
Partner with
Workmen’s Compensation Co’s.
o
NIOSH-
Morgantown, WV
o
Possible
partner IUP
o
o
Wood
Mobile-HDC
o
From the
Woods publications
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