WMC Management Skills Training Program

CAWP offers a Management Skills Training Program as a set of 9 short, affordable training courses for wood products manufacturers. Each module is taken online with email and phone support from a tutor, and costs $445 for the 6-week courses and $495 for the eight-week courses. The program development was funded by the Wood Manufacturing Council and is open to all.

The course modules each require somewhere between 30 and 45 hours of study over a six-week or eight-week period. They are written specifically for the wood products industry, and include numerous case studies and industry examples. Graphics and diagrams are all used extensively.

Participants can either take just one or two individual courses to fill a particular interest or gap in their knowledge, or choose any six modules (or 5 plus a supervised individual project) to obtain a WMC Management Certificate qualification. Each module is offered at least twice a year, and learners move through each course together, interacting and sharing information and experiences.