WCA wants to get more shops involved
The Woodwork Career Alliance is launching a drive to enlist MANufacturing Members, which includes access to online training videos and instructional guides.
The Woodwork Career Alliance is launching a drive to enlist MANufacturing Members, which includes access to online training videos and instructional guides.
“The Woodwork Career Alliance was launched to develop a professional credentialing program to rival well-established programs in automotive, metal working, welding, and other skilled trades,” WCA President Scott Nelson said in a statement. “The WCA’s formative years were spent developing woodworking Skill Standards and credentialing programs. Over the last decade, hundreds of high school and post-secondary school woodworking programs have used the WCA Skill Standards to teach their students how to safely set up and operate key woodworking machinery based on industry best practices.
“We are now in the process of placing greater emphasis on working with professional woodworking companies of all sizes and types to adopt the WCA credentialing system to train their workforce. The ultimate goal is to help woodworking companies create career paths for production employees by rewarding them for improving and expanding their skills, and thus value to the company.”
For more, visit www.woodworkcareer.org.
