Get Started with Free Training and Evaluation Tools

Knowledge gaps cost time, money, and opportunity. That's why LumberTech Online makes it easy to start training your team with no subscription and no upfront cost. Create a free company account to explore industry-specific training and built-in tools designed to identify knowledge gaps and accelerate employee development.

With a free company account, you can immediately:

• Access free Skills Evaluation Tests
• Explore five featured Core Skills courses
• Create unlimited employee and administrator accounts

Start with an assessment. Build a training plan.

Our free Skills Evaluation Tests help identify where employees are confident and where additional training can have the greatest impact. Administrative reports show which questions were missed, which courses those questions came from, and highlight any course topics where additional training is recommended.

When you're ready, simply subscribe and assign monthly seat licenses to the employees who need full access, unlocking the remainder of the LumberTech Online course library with more than 110 industry-specific training topics.

Five Core Skills Courses — Free All Summer

For a limited time, we've opened five of our most popular Core Skills courses to every company account. They're available directly from the Course Library with no subscription required, giving you an opportunity to experience LumberTech Online before deciding whether unlocking the full course library is right for your team.

Common Sense Selling 1: Introduction Everyone's been there: You save your builder thousands of dollars on one project, then lose the next job over a few hundred dollars. Learn how to demonstrate your value in dollars and cents and defend your pricing with confidence.

Decks 1: Material Types, Features, and Uses Compare pressure-treated lumber, hardwoods, composites, PVC decking, and more. Learn when each product is appropriate and how to recommend the right material for your customer's project.

Framing 1: Foundations & Floors Discover how loads transfer through a structure, understand foundations and floor framing, learn moisture control principles, and use span tables to size floor joists correctly.

Lumber 101 One of our most popular introductory courses. Learn how lumber is produced, graded, treated, sized, and identified, along with the causes of common defects and how preservatives affect fastener selection.

Windows 1: Components and Frame Materials Learn the basics of window construction, sizing, frame materials, and terminology to build confidence when discussing one of the most important product categories in the building supply industry.

Want to see more before subscribing? You can also explore demo courses directly from the training portal home page to get a feel for how LumberTech Online courses are structured.