Step Up for Women Trades Training










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STEP UP TO CARPENTRY

This six-week program for women interested in careers in carpentry offers participants hands-on skills training and experience in addition to employment skills and extensive employment support. VWW works with successful graduates of the program for up to a year as they seek positions with our employer partners.

“I came into this program confident that it would be a priceless and important experience in moving forward in my life...I am completely satisfied and grateful.” -- 2008 graduate

The Step Up To Carpentry program includes these primary components:

Women's Resources Topics - general employment and retention skills
Trades Training Topics - issues related to the trades in general as well as specific skills in both carpentry/construction and painting
Job Shadows - participants work alongside employer partners at commercial and residential job sites for two to four days per participant over the course of the first three weeks of class

Led by the capable, hilarious and successful business owner Amy Judd (a Step Up graduate and VWW Board member), participants worked on the design, planning and construction of an 8' x 12' custom salt-box roofed, "deluxe" garden shed. Students were involved in everything from making a trip to the local lumberyard to purchasing materials, framing, roofing and window installation. During just six weeks, participants became comfortable using a variety of power tools as well as the steps required to take a structure from design to reality!

Read all about the experience of one of our 2008 program graduates in her blog by clicking here.

“I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the programming and nurturing atmosphere afforded the participants by the instructors. They obviously care deeply about the goals of the program and the participants.” -- 2008 graduate

We look for women who are interested in learning the trades and can commit to an intensive, six-week program and begin work upon completion of the training.

Our next program will run in the spring of 2009.
*Funding available for eligible participants

Contact Rachel Jolly at 802.655.8900 ext. 106 to learn more.
Click here to download an application.

Funded by the Vermont Department of Labor’s Workforce Education and Training Fund, there is no charge for qualified participants. Our 2008 partners include: Associated General Contractors, Engleberth Construction, Leary and Wilson Builders, Stewart Construction, Plane Jane Builders, Red House, Inc., Tom Perry Carpentry Building and Design, J.A. Morrissey, Inc., Century Building and Renovation, Reiss Building and Renovation, Western Tool Supply and Building for Social Responsibility (a professional builders association).