Why choose Timber Technology at NMITE?

Our range of Timber Technology Short Courses are designed to upskill and support you to meet the engineering demands of the 21st century.

» Become an enhanced built professional prepared to tackle the climate crisis emergency - by producing net zero buildings utilising sustainable biogenic materials like timber

» A cut above the rest - we currently provide the only UK equivalent CPD course that directly addresses timber in construction on this scale of detail with associated learning techniques capable of delivering what the market needs

» Courses supported by Timber Development UK and the wider industry - full endorsement, including a limited number of funded places

» Benefit from a personalised approach - with small intakes, up to 20, twice a year for each Timber TED course

» Develop your practical skills with NMITE’s unique applied learning model - all our TED courses incorporate NMITE’s approach to learning by doing

» Work on real work-place challenges - each course encourages professional and genuinely creative solutions

» Developed to allow you to upskill whilst in your current role - with blended online learning and campus workshops.

Timber Technology Engineering and Design Short Courses

» About building materials, their characteristics, and qualities with an emphasis on timber as a material on different scales (micro, macro and massive)

» The use of timber as a structural material within the context of the built environment

» The principles of sustainable development

» The issues and debates in relation to sustainability and built environment including design for circularity, certification and embodied carbon.

» About sustainable materials with particular focus on timber and the built environment

» Engage with, understand and respond to a client design brief

» Design approaches within the context of professional work-based challenge

» How design information and data should be communicated

» How to develop a professional portfolio that accounts for work and its progress.