Course Content

As already mentioned, there are nine work units. You can find the learning outcomes for each unit and all the learning materials inside the unit folders.

Click on the unit titles to see the list of content covered within.

When you are studying a section, you can navigate to individual pages through a "table of contents" on the left of the content pages, similar to the one on the left of these pages.

Unit 1: Introduction and terminology

Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: An overview of roofs
Section 3: Terminology
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Unit 2: Roof and truss shapes

Section 1: Roof shapes (Click to view sample)
Section 2: Truss shapes
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Unit 3: Reading drawings

Section 1: Reading drawings theory (Click to view sample)
Section 2: Reading drawings practice
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Unit 4: Trusses as a structural form

Section 1: Actions and resistance (Click to view sample)
Section 2: Structural form
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Unit 5: Basic structural mechanics

Unit 6: Basic structural analysis

Section 1: Stresses
Section 2: Internal moments and forces
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Unit 7: Introduction to engineering design

Section 1: The design process
Section 2: Design philosophies and codes
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Unit 8: Creation of roofscapes

Section 1: Components and procedures (Click to view sample)
Section 2: Forming roofscapes
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Unit 9: Summary and application

Section 1: Units 1 to 4
Section 2: Units 5 to 8

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