Brooklyn Woods’ 7-week full-time training prepares graduates to become skilled, entry-level woodworkers and fabricators. The course consists of extensive instruction and hands-on experience in our woodshop. It also includes classroom instruction in math and measurement, job readiness skills, and workplace safety. Brooklyn Woods serves New Yorkers with barriers to employment. We welcome applicants with past criminal convictions, those who have been unemployed for long periods, and recipients of public assistance!
What’s in it for You?
- Learn to skillfully operate woodworking machinery
- 2 years of job placement support—we help connect you to employers!
- Develop an understanding of various fabrication techniques
- Earn your OSHA 30 certification
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Do You Qualify?
- New York City resident and legally eligible to work in the US
- 18 years of age or older
- Unemployed, low-income, or receiving public assistance
- Able to pass an 8th grade level reading test and a 6th grade level math test
- Physically fit, able to work on your feet for hours, and able to lift and move heavy items including wood, tools, and sheets of material that can weigh 70+ lbs (or feel you can work up to this capacity over the course of 7 weeks)
- Demonstrate a commitment to utilizing the training to work in the field of woodworking or a related business for at least two years
WHAT COMES AFTER TRAINING?
Graduates are placed as entry-level helpers in woodworking and fabrication firms throughout the city. Most work with wood, but some work with metal or lighting fabrication companies, assembling products for sale in stores. They work with their hands, pay close attention to detail, and work safely in teams to produce beautiful, functional products.
Brooklyn Woods also operates a cabinetmaking social venture, which manufactures hundreds of kitchen and bathroom vanities each year for local housing developers. Often, graduates are given transitional, paid work opportunities with Brooklyn Woods after training. Through these positions, they continue to gain valuable real-world experience.
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