Posts Under "career-awareness" Tag

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  • November 9th, 2021
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Local Students Attend DBS MFG Day Event

Approximately 150 high school students and adult learners visited AWFS member company DBS (Drawer Box Specialties) in Orange, California on Thursday, November 4 for their MFG Day (Manufacturing Day) event. The students came from nearby high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District and from the Buena Park High School “Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics” […]

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  • November 3rd, 2021
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NH Middle School Students get an Online Factory Tour

On Friday, October 29, Saúl Martín of Architectural Woodworking Company (AWC) provided a live virtual tour of AWC’s manufacturing facility for a group of 7th grade students in Hudson, New Hampshire. The students saw machinery in action including the CNC machine and the shaper. They also saw shop drawings and parts for some complex AWC […]

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  • October 28th, 2021
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MFG Day Industry “Takeover” of a Las Vegas Woodworking Program a Success

October 28, 2021, Anaheim, CA — Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas hosted eleven industry guests on Friday, October 22 for a special “MFG Day” (Manufacturing Day) event. The guests led three periods of instructor Tim Wenzel’s woodworking program through a project featuring current industry joinery techniques and shared information about their careers in […]

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  • October 4th, 2021
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SWM Represented at MFG Day Event

Reborn Cabinets hosted their annual MFG Day (Manufacturing Day) event on Friday, October 1, 2021 at their manufacturing location in Anaheim, California. Approximately 120 students from four schools from Anaheim school districts attended the event: Magnolia High School, Savanna High School, Western High School, and Walker Junior High School. AWFS® Education staff Adam Kessler and […]

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  • September 21st, 2021
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MFG Day 2021…are you in?

Are you hosting or attending a MFG Day event this year? We want to hear from you!   MFG Day is only one week away – officially Friday, October 1, 2021. It is an important effort to introduce students, educators, and the general public to your company and careers within the wood manufacturing industry. But […]

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  • August 31st, 2021
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MFG Day: Wood Industry Companies Offering Events

MFG Day is officially Friday, October 1, 2021. It is an important way to introduce students, educators, and the general public to your company and careers within the wood manufacturing industry. Please consider hosting an event during October for Manufacturing Month! It’s not yet too late to post an event, but time is running out! […]

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  • August 4th, 2021
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MFGDay 2021 — Time to Start Planning!

MFG Day is around the corner; have you started planning your event? Officially held on October 1, 2021 (the first Friday in October, by presidential decree), MFG Day (short for “manufacturing”) is an important way to introduce students, educators, and the general public to your company and careers within the wood manufacturing industry. What is […]

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  • July 1st, 2021
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2021 SkillsUSA Nationals Held Live Cabinetmaking Competition Online

In early June 2021, woodworking students across the United States competed in the SkillsUSA National Cabinetmaking Contest. Students submitted their career-based resumes, completed a Technical Assessment (written test), and provided a sample project Cut List via the SkillsUSA Champions Hub contest website. On June 15-17th High School and Post-Secondary woodworking students from across the country […]

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  • May 31st, 2021
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Visit the SWM Booth at the AWFS®Fair

Be sure to stop by the SWM (Society of Wood Manufacturing) Take and Make Booth #1681 at the AWFS Fair. SWM volunteers/members will be available to talk about ways to connect with Southern California industry education networking efforts. In exchange for donations at different amounts, hand-made wood veneer bowties are available, and other items will […]

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  • May 25th, 2021
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YouWood Career Awareness Website – We Need Your Help!

The YouWood.com website, launched in January 2021 by the Wood Industry Resource Collaborative (WIRC), is off to a successful start! AWFS is a founding partner and lead association in WIRC. Here are some updates on the YouWood website in it’s first quarter: There have been average 10,000 site visitors per month. Ongoing campaigns on Instagram, […]

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