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Using Industry Standards as Teaching Guides (General Attendees)

Saturday, July 23 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Session Code: SA85B

Track: Teacher

Speaker: Kent Gilchrist, Architectural Woodwork Institute

Greg Larson, New England School of Architectural Woodworking

Patrick Molzahn, Madison Area Technical College

Scott Nelson, Woodwork Career Alliance of North America

Moderator: Duane Griffiths, Stiles Machinery, Inc.

This workshop will integrate both the Architectural Woodwork Standards (AWS) and the Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA) Skill Standards into a useful, practical package for teachers of woodworking, whether they be in schools or in plants. Gain an understanding of the WCA’s Skill Standards and how the process can produce WCA’s Woodwork Passport Credential.  Combining the individual credentialing process with an overview of the AWS manufacturing standard makes the goal of developing a properly trained workforce attainable.  This session is applicable to anyone who trains or instructs woodworking professionals to meet or exceed industry standards for advanced woodworking.
Sponsored by Architectural Woodwork Institute and Woodwork Career Alliance of North America