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. The spring 2009 class in commercial and residential carpentry wove sustainable, or ‘green’ building practices throughout the curriculum. Topics included:
- Resource extraction
- Material selection
- Location
- Site considerations
- Waste diversion
- Energy
- Health
- Durability
- Recycling
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.
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 program.
For more information on the Step Up to Carpentry program, please contact Rachel Jolly at (802) 655-8900, ext. 108.
