Lumber Drying Training

How to Dry Lumber for Quality & Profit

Kiln operators, supervisors, and others associated with industrial lumber drying have benefited from How to Dry Lumber for Quality and Profit since 1949 when it was first offered at Oregon State University.  In this, the 76th annual offering, there are separate courses for kiln personnel and non-kiln personnel.

LUMBER DRYING FOR KILN PERSONNEL
This training is divided into 12 modules each with two to eight lessons. Each lesson has full audio, photographs, and some video that the learner can take at their own pace.

  Classroom: On the OSU Campus: December 9-11

  or

  Online: Anytime, requires 20 to 30 hours to complete.

LUMBER DRYING FOR NON-KILN PERSONNEL
This course is for personnel who need to interact with the kilns but not operate one. It will benefit personnel who prepare lumber and load kilns as well as maintenance personnel and managers in other departments. The online course can be completed in under two hours.

For additional information, including class outlines, and to register please see:
  https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/lumber-drying-online-workshop

or contact
  Department of Wood Science & Engineering
  Email: mike.milota@oregonstate.edu

This page will be updated in July, 2025.