Recipient name: vermont wood works councilproject title: careers in wood: building a workforce for the future project location: statewide vermontproject purpose goals: workforce shortages have plagued…
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 23A60CP000115
- Recipient
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Vermont Wood Works Council Inc. UEI Y2CEJJLXZ2H8
- Awarding agency
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Employment and Training Administration
Department of Labor
- Obligated
- $330,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 17.289 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
- Completion date
- Place of performance
- Vermont, USA
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Description
- Activities
- The following activities will support the goals of this grant: gather data on industry jobs, wages, skills, equipment, machinery, etc. Through on-site visits and interviews with vwwc members. Work to be completed by contractor, using template developed. Compile data in logical sorts. Share data with tech ED and training centers for curriculum development. Solicit and hire a web developer to create data-driven website, careers in wood design and launch an internship program to match prospective employees and students with woodworking businesses. Promote career opportunities with students, schools, and the general public.
- Expected outcomes
- The vwwc will have built a comprehensive view of jobs that can lead to lifelong careers in woodworking. Training and educational facilities will have a comprehensive view of skills and training needed to support future workers. Vwwc businesses will welcome and provide 4-week internship opportunities for at least twenty (20) prospective employees during the course of the grant. Training facilities that provide basic job skills and training programs will have access to all our data, our businesses, and our members as subject matter experts as they create the careers in wood pathways. The careers in wood website will be both industry and public facing, designed to highlight sector jobs and training programs for potential employees but also increase general awareness about the value-added wood products sector. The forest economy represents a 1.4 billion impact to vermont. An aging workforce and tendency for youth to leave the state seeking employment make IT difficult to fill jobs in the forest and wood products sector. Working with ones hands is a time-honored craft that is not especially valued in our high-tech society. Yet, woodworking jobs can be high-tech and require skilled workers. We will keep youth at home, in well-paying jobs for companies that support a local economy, use products from the forest, but TAP worldwide markets. Woodworking is a legacy industry with a 200 year history in vermont. Vwwc is itself a community of likeminded individuals who have sawdust in their veins. Member companies have chosen vermont as their place to do business. But they are not just businesses they are connected by their love of the trade. Young people who enter the field of woodworking and wood manufacturing will at once be welcomed into a world driven by passion.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $165,000 | |
| Original award | $165,000 |
Quick answers
Who received award 23A60CP000115?
23A60CP000115 was awarded to Vermont Wood Works Council Inc. by Employment and Training Administration (Department of Labor) on May 1, 2023.
How much is award 23A60CP000115 worth?
$330,000 has been obligated on 23A60CP000115.
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