TRAINING WORKSHOPS
Learn from The Beck Group’s 40+ years of consulting and benchmarking experience in the North American wood products sector and from industry veteran guest speakers. In addition to offering tailored in house workshops to companies on site, BECK offers industry workshops several times a year.
SAWMILL MANAGEMENT TRAINING - West & South Regions
Improve management skills and make your operation more successful
Over two days, industry experts will present information and tools for successful sawmill management. Class topics will range from big picture overviews (Characteristics of a Top Quartile Operation) to more detailed studies of important mill issues (Sawfiling, Log Procurement, Lumber Drying). Speakers will engage participants in an interactive learning environment with a focus on information and concepts that can be practically applied in day-to-day operations.
When: December 3-4, 2024
Where: Embassy Suites - PDX Airport, Portland, OR
Cost: $1,300
Business of Forest Products
Introduces the businesses that utilize materials harvested from the forest, how raw materials are evaluated and purchased, and the associated nomenclature of the industry. Participants will gain an understanding of the values associated with harvesting and manufacturing wood products.
When: Thursday, January 23, 2025.
Location: Live online and live in-person at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon.
Co-located with Mapping The Course, January 21-23, 2025
Cost:
• In-Person Attendance BOFP $550
• Web Online Attendance BOFP $500
Mapping The Course sessions will have additional fees.
MANAGING MAINTENANCE
Implementing Key Elements of Reliability and Maintenance Management
Managing Maintenance is a two-day course designed for anyone tasked with improving the reliability and maintenance of their work processes. Taught by the experts at IDCON, Inc., BECK is pleased to offer this training designed to help focus on what's important and how to implement the core reliability and maintenance elements to make an impact at your wood products manufacturing facility.
When: Next Offering TBA 2025
SAWMILLING BASICS
Intro to key concepts involved in making lumber.
Sawmilling 101 is one-day workshop designed for people with little or no experience working inside a sawmill, but who would like to understand the business better.
The target audience includes junior operations employees, accounting and finance, foresters and procurement staff, lumber sales, and management or executives that may be new to sawmilling.
When: TBA
Where: TBA
