I hope 2022 is going well for all as we continue to battle through the challenges of COVID and supply chain issues. It pleases me to no end to report that the WCA is off to a tremendous start for the year. We have experienced a robust increase of students enrolled in EDUcation member woodworking […]
This is a busy period for WCA EDUcation renewals, and I’m pleased to report they are coming in at a solid rate. Once again, I would like to thank our outstanding Education Supporters for their generous contributions to the participating schools through our EDUcation Essentials Benefit Package. This year’s donors include Bessey Clamps, CabWriter, Franklin […]
2021 continues to be a record year for the WCA! Since our last Pathways newsletter, we have added 20 new EDUcation members, three new MANufacturing members, and two new INDustry Silver Sponsors. I want to thank The Sherwin-Williams Company for their very gracious cash donation of $5,000! WCA will use this money to help increase […]
2021 will hopefully be a better year for all! How can it be anything but? We’re starting to see some signs of a return to normalcy. More students are returning to the classroom, if even for only a couple of days a week. The Woodwork Career Alliance enrolled 167 new candidates to the Passport credentialing […]
2019 was a very productive year for WCA! We added 507 new individuals to our Passport credentialing program and awarded 418 certificates or credentials to individuals. This represents the largest number of credentials awarded in any one year in the history of WCA. We’re looking to build on the success of our credentialing program by […]
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 […]
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 […]