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NHLA Offers its First Spanish Short Course!

July 17, 2023
by NHLA
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Calling all Spanish speakers! NHLA is proud to offer its first Spanish language, “Intro to Hardwood Lumber Grading Course,” August 7-18 in Memphis, TN! This class is exclusively for NHLA Member Companies.

The course will be taught by NHLA National Inspector Mark Bear, with the assistance of a Spanish-speaking interpreter. The class features 60 hours of concentrated instruction for Spanish-speaking lumber inspectors.

Over the two-week period, instruction will include both classroom time and practical hands-on lumber grading experience.

(Please Note: Class size is limited to 20 students.)

For more information, please contact Geoff Webb, Dean of Inspector Training School, at 484-695-9029.

Register today by clicking HERE.

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