Students representing two Woodwork Career Alliance EDUcation institutions were rewarded for their design talents at the 2017 AWFS Fair in Las Vegas. Matthew Shiplett of Cedar Ridge High School in Cedar Ridge, NC, took first place honors in the High School Table category of the Fresh Wood Student Design Competition and Kyle Hassett, a student […]
Sixty-four students, including 44 state high school winners and 20 state college winners, competed in the 2017 Cabinetmaking competition of the 53rd Annual SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference held June 19-23 in Louisville, KY. The Cabinetmaking contest was organized by the Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) and supported by the Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA). The WCA was […]
Kent Gilchrist is not an evangelist; he’s a woodworker. Still he is passionate about woodworking education and training and fervent in his belief that all sectors of the industry must come together to meet the long-standing challenge of developing and growing a skilled work force. Gilchrist, owner of Fremont Interiors of Indianapolis, has been active […]
Nellysford, VA – The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA), celebrating its 10th anniversary as the champion of woodworking skill standards, will present a well-rounded collection of workforce development tools and strategies at the AWFS Fair July 19-22 in Las Vegas. Since it was chartered in 2007, the WCA has developed Skill Standards for more […]