Attend a Virtual Info Session to learn about entering the warehousing and logistics industry or the custom cabinetmaking industry through skills training at Greater West Town.

Now is a perfect time to position yourself for growth in these industries!  Companies are desperate for skilled workers.  Get the right skills, and you will find increasing opportunity unfolding for you.  Greater West Town has two vocational courses:

Shipping & Receiving - 12 short weeks to learn the technology, driving, and soft skills that will put you first in line for the job!  All companies in Chicago need forklift drivers, shipping clerks, dock workers, pickers and packers.  Your GWTP certificates will prepare you to move up through the ranks and grow in a rewarding career.

Wood Products Manufacturing - 15 intensive weeks of skills training on standard and CNC machines, learning veneering and solid surface fabrication, building furniture and cabinetry projects puts you in the elite pool of workers with these skills.  Woodworking companies in Chicago are clamoring for dependable, skilled cabinetmakers, museum preparators, machine operators, and store fixture fabricators. More skill means more quality means more money!

Greater West Town's Adult Placement Unit can help you find a job based on the skills you currently possess.  The virtual session will cover their services as well.

Training and services are at no cost for income-eligible applicants to our programs.  Supportive services, including transportation assistance.

Call us today: 312-563-9570 - or register for a Virtual Recruitment Fair to find out how to apply.  At the fair you will join Greater West Town staff on Zoom to hear about opportunities for training and employment at GWTP, chat with instructors about the realities of working in the industry.  Get authentic information about the essential workers in these two industries.

Tuesdays at 1:00 PM   Registration Link

Applicants can also call 312-563-9570 to get started, or email training@gwtp.edu.