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Timber Roofs Construction

Carpentry and Joinery · Level 4  ·  5 Chapters

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Chapters

1
Prepare Construction materials
15 topics
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2
Assemble truss members
30 topics
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3
Erect roof trusses
6 topics
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4
Fix timber roof members
20 topics
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5
Fix roof cover
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What Timber Roofs Construction covers: 29 main topics in 5 chapters

1. Prepare Construction materials

  1. 1.1 Eco friendly personal protective equipment (PPE)
  2. 1.2 Working drawings preparation.
  3. 1.3 Timber roof material
  4. 1.4 Preparation of tools and equipment
  5. 1.5 Timber roof materials’ cutting list preparation.
  6. 1.6 Timber roof cutting plan preparation.
  7. 1.7 Timber roof materials selection.
  8. 1.8 Timber roof materials cutting out
  9. 1.9 Housekeeping practices

2. Assemble truss members

  1. 2.1 Timber roof assembling tools and equipment
  2. 2.2 Types of trusses
  3. 2.3 Setting out of truss members
  4. 2.4 Types of Joints cutting
  5. 2.5 Marking out truss members
  6. 2.6 Heads of the two rafters jointing
  7. 2.7 Rafters are joined to the tie beam
  8. 2.8 Truss members joined to the tie beam and rafters

3. Erect roof trusses

  1. 3.1 Timber truss erecting tools and equipment
  2. 3.2 Roof truss erection

4. Fix timber roof members

  1. 4.1 Timber roof fixing tools and equipment
  2. 4.2 Roof member length determination
  3. 4.3 Roof members connection
  4. 4.4 Roof members fixing
  5. 4.5 Roof members trimming
  6. 4.6 Housekeeping practices

5. Fix roof cover

  1. 5.1 Roof cover fixing tools and equipment.
  2. 5.2 Roof covering materials
  3. 5.3 Roof cover setting out
  4. 5.4 Roof covering materials fixing

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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