STEP UP TO PAINTING FOR WOMEN

Congratulations class of 2008 graduates! Best of luck to you!

This six week job training program took place in April and May of 2008.

Working with our partners from the Green Mountain Chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractor’s (PDCA) of America, Vermont Works for Women developed this six week program to prepare women to enter the painting trade as commercial or residential painters. The curriculum includes hands-on skills for the painting trade, and employment skills and support. Participants are certified in EMP Lead Safety Practices and CPR as part of their training. VWW works with successful graduates of the program as they seek positions with our employer partners.

Funded by the Vermont Department of Labor’s Workforce Education and Training Fund, there is no charge for qualified participants. Our 2008 employer partners include: Russ/Wood Decorating Inc., Fletcher Allen Health Care, Finishing Touches Painting, Topcoat Finishes, Inc., Top Dog Painting, LLP, Mack Painting, Senna and Sons Painting, Inc., University of Vermont, James Thurston Painting, P+J Painting of Vermont, Sherwin Williams and Vermont Paint Company.

“We have tapped into strengths and abilities we didn’t know we possessed. We were all given this amazing opportunity to make our lives better, and we have accepted this challenge with gratitude and a willingness to learn. I am proud of all of us,” - Sarah, program graduate

Step Up to Painting will be offered again in the spring of 2009.

Please contact Rachel Jolly at 802.655.8900 ext. 106 with questions or for more information. Click here for an application form.

Step Up to Painting is funded by the Vermont Department of Labor's Workforce Education and Training Fund, as well as through generous in-kind donations from our program partners at the Green Mountain Chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (GM PDCA).