Cat Cole intended to become a stem cell researcher before a series of life-changing events led her to follow her passion for woodworking. Three years ago, Cat Cole competed in SkillsUSA Wisconsin as a student of Madison College’s Cabinetmaking & Millwork program. Now a project management coordinator for Wisconsin Built, Cole returned to SkillsUSA Wisconsin […]
Dominic Rubino, a business coach who specializes in helping manufacturers of cabinets, furniture, and other wood products, improve their profitability, speaks with Patrick Molzahn, director of the Cabinetmaking & Millwork program at Madison College. The discussion, episode 128 of Rubino’s CabinetProfitSystem.com podcast series, not only includes Molzahn’s involvement in trainin next generation woodworkers, but also […]
NELLYSFORD, Va. – Two representatives of the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) will present a nuts-and-bolts workshop focused on helping woodworking companies develop effective in-house training programs at the 2022 International Woodworking Fair. The session, “Building a Training Program for Your Workers,” will be led by Scott Nelson, president of the WCA, and […]
Applications are open for the 2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, which will award cash prizes totaling $1.25 million to 20 of the best U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. Teachers can apply through May 20, 2022 at hftforschoolsprize.org. (Staci Sievert, a WCA accredited skill evaluate and […]
Five rural school districts pool their resources to better prepare students for career opportunities in the trades. The motto of the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative (SWCEC) could be, “Share and share alike.” Indeed, that might make for a great bumper sticker for the pull trailer that recently began shuttling industrial equipment from one school to […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome two new EDUcation™ member schools, one new MANufacturing™ members, six new sponsors, and eight renewing INDustry™ Sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! New EDUcation™ Members Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg, WI Ouray High School. Ouray, CO Find WCA EDUcation™ woodworking programs in your […]
Record-setting EDUcation™ membership and Passport credentialing enrollments among the highlights. NELLYSFORD, Va. — The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America looks to build on the numerous accomplishments it achieved in 2021 despite the protracted COVID-19 pandemic. The WCA entered the New Year coming off a year in which it enrolled 686 new candidates in its […]
Even before graduating from the Wood Manufacturing Technology program at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) last August, Patrick Volkmann had landed a job with Black Wolf Design, a custom woodworking firm based in Omro, WI. Volkmann’s is but one of a parade of stories about FTVC grads who have launched successful woodworking careers. In the […]
TINLEY PARK, IL – Goodheart-Wilcox, a publisher specializing in books for career and technical education, has released the 6th edition of Modern Cabinetry. The new edition comes with videos and other digital extras. Modern Cabinetmaking offers a complete solution for cabinetmaking and woodworking courses, with comprehensive coverage of the industry, design and layout, materials, machining […]
Benchmark study finds that most North American woodworking managers expect the industry’s already problematic skills gap to widen. A new study of the U.S. and Canadian woodworking industry conducted by Woodworking Network and the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America reveals that the production worker shortage continues to increase at an alarming rate with no […]