Selecting Fit-for-purpose Timber for Applications

This topic introduces the requirement for timber suppliers to provide customers with products that are fit for their intended purpose. The topic contents are split into two areas:

• The application and its requirements
  This explains the basis of providing fit-for-purpose products, the need for suppliers to understand the customer’s application, and the link between an application’s performance requirements and product performance.
• Specific considerations of applications
  This outlines the major requirements of common applications, and describes appropriate product responses for them.

Completing the learning resources in this topic can help you to understand the the questions that you should ask to confirm the customer’s requirements, and the aspects of the timber product’s performance that influence whether is it fit for use in the intended application.