This edition of Pathways is laden with news and features previewing the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America’s plans for the 2019 AWFS Fair taking place next week at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For starters, we still have a limited number of slots open for our WCA Accredited Skill Evaluator (ACE) Trainings at the […]
The AWFS Fair in Las Vegas is now less than three months away. WCA, with the help of our friends at the Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers, will once again offer Accredited Skill Evaluator training for woodworking educators and industry trainers during the show. The three-hour trainings will take place at the WCA’s booth […]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season and is recharged to embark on a prosperous 2019. We at the Woodwork Career Alliance are excited about the New Year and the opportunity to continue building on the momentum we experienced in 2018. Here’s a quick review of some of the WCA’s 2018 highlights. We are […]
2018 has been a busy and productive year so far for WCA and it’s only going to get more so as we head to Atlanta next month for the International Woodworking Fair. For starters, we’ve enrolled 260 new Passport holders into the program and issued 147 new certificates and credentials. Since our last Pathways, WCA […]
Since our last edition of Pathways, WCA has added eight new EDUcation™ members and five new INDustry™ sponsors. Please check out our new members listed in the Welcome New Members section of Pathways. The INDustry Sponsorship category is designed to provide a way for manufacturers and distributors of woodworking machinery and supplies and other industry stakeholders […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance is starting 2018 – and its second decade – with a big boost from the North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) and 14 of its members. They have all signed on as Gold INDustry Supporter Sponsors! We have since added the Wood-Ed Table by Mimbus, as a Gold sponsor and […]
AWFS 2017 was a very busy and successful show for the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America. We signed up four new schools for the 2017-2018 school year, three new MANufacturing™ members and obtained leads for an additional half-dozen MANufacturing members at the show in Las Vegas. WCA was also presented a check for $751 […]
As the opening of AWFS Fair in Las Vegas draws upon us, please remember to stop by our booth 9648! Let us show you how WCA’s Woodworking Skill Standards can help improve your school woodworking or company training program. I am proud to announce that during the 2016-2017 school year we issued 185 certificates or credentials. […]