Courses TR-steel - Course TR-steel/N

SBS/MVR/StBK Committee TR-steel invites to competence course "TR-steel/N" for persons responsible for direction, supervision and inspection of normal steel structures


Front page of compendium TR-steel/N
Compendium for course TR-steel/N

TR-steel/N for normal steel structures

The course TR-stål/N comprising min. 42 class hours is intended for supervisors, inspectors and others who require documented competence for supervision, inspection, quality control at fabrication and erection of steel structures of normal kind, for instance, steel frames in regular buildings, that is, steel structures normally assigned to workmanship class GC according to the Swedish regulations BSK 07.

This course is also a basic course for the formal competence TR-steel/K for steel structures of complicated kind.

The course corresponds to requirements on knowledge about technical regulations and rules for a person responsible for direction, inspection and control of normal steel structures according to the regulations and rules in PBL, BKR and BSK 07 and SBS Certification Rules.

The courses TR-steel have been planned under the guidance of a committee with representatives of the Swedish National Railway Board, the Organization of Building Contractors in Sweden, the Swedish Association of Inspectors at Local Authorities, MVR, SBS, structural steel contractors, the Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, StBK Stalbyggnadskontroll and the Swedish National Highway Board.

Required Previous Experience

Course participant should have some previous experience of steel structures.

If doubtful about requirements please use this
Self test of previous knowledge (in Swedish).

Participants

Supervisors, workshop engineers, erection supervisors, inspectors, and those responsible for quality control at fabrication and erection of steel structures, building supervisors, project managers, building inspectors at local authorities and structural steel designers.

Course Material

A course compendium TR-steel/N consisting of a full binder is included in the course. The compendium is distributed at the start of the course or is mailed before the course.

BKR, BSK 07 and the publications Allmänna konstruktionsstål och maskinstål (SMS handbook 1, 1997; out of stock at publisher, borrow from colleague), Svetsstandard - Personal och procedurer and Svetsstandard - Kvalitet, konstruktion och svetsbeteckningar (MMS handbooks 530 and 531) should be brought by participant.

The literature may be purchased from Svensk Byggtjanst,
phone +46 8 457 11 00, fax +46 8 457 11 98, www.byggbokhandeln.com.

Course Program TR-steel/N

The program for TR-steel/N course comprises min. 48 lecture hours and a final voluntary qualification test.

The course program consists of the following:
  1. Introduction
  2. Legal rules for construction, administrative building rules  (2 h)
  3. Technical rules for steel structures  (5 h)
  4. Load-carrying steel structures  (5 h)
  5. Documents for steel structures  (4 h)
  6. Structural steels  (4 h)
  7. Execution of steel structures  (3 h)
  8. Welded connections  (5 h)
  9. Bolted connections  (4 h)
10. Light-gage steel structures  (1 h)
11. Corrosion protection of steel structures  (1 h)
12. Inspection of steel structures  (4 h)
13. Review of typical exercises in qualification test  (2 h)
14. Application example:  Fabrication and erection of a structural steel frame  (4 h)

For further details, see complete course program.

Lecturer

Goran Alpsten, StBK Stalbyggnadskontroll.

Qualification Certificate TR-steel/N

At the end of the course TR-steel/N a voluntary qualification test is arranged. For participants who have passed the test a Qualification Certificate TR-steel/N is issued by the SBS-MVR-StBK Committee TR-steel.

Course Fee

The course fee for TR-steel/N in English is SEK 26 000 SEK for a course over six days. (The course fee for TR-stal/N in Swedish is SEK 21 000 SEK for course over six days. The course fee includes a course compendium, lunches and coffee during the course days. Additional cost for a qualification test TR-steel/N is SEK 2 500 SEK, including a certificate if requirements are met.
VAT not included. Boarding costs not included.

Further Information

Further information may be obtained from

Goran Alpsten, Stalbyggnadskontroll,
phone +46 8 55 40 10, fax +46 8 655 40 30, info@stbk.se
Bertil Hagstad, SBS, phone +46 8 34 92 70
Lars Svedje, MVR, phone +46 8 545 161 50

Application

Application for participation in the course TR-steel/N may be made on this web site www.stbk.se, or by filing an application form (may be ordered from fax +46 8 655 40 30 or from info@stbk.se) not later than one month before start of course.

The number of participants in the course is limited. Priority order according to date of final application in case applications exceed available seats.

Cancellations received after end of application period (one month before start of course) are charged with half the course fee. Cancellations received later than one week before start of course are charged the full course fee. Name of participant may be changed. Course may be cancelled if required number of participants is not received at end of application period.


StBK Stalbyggnadskontroll is an independent consulting firm specialized in steel structures. The firm participates in quality assurance and product development, performs inspection, testing and investigations, participates in competence development at companies and organizations in the area, and developes computer programs and performs computer applications for, for instance, steel chimneys and overhead crane girders.


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