Distance Learning Programs

The Forest and Wood Products Institute offers a number of unique distance learning classes for the wood products industry. Currently available are a number of video-based titles on supervisory and management skills, and Internet-based wood technology courses. Other Internet classes are being developed.

Distance learning offers the student the opportunity to take a class at home at their individual pace. The faculty has worked in the fields they teach. The material is relevant and integrates easily into your workday. New material is continuously added to keep the classes up-to-date.

Our Wood Products Manufacturing Associate’s Degree self-directed modular courses are a unique combination of Internet learning, textbook, and “at-home” class work.

The courses currently available are Wood Structure and Properties, and Wood Machining Technology, Introduction to Blueprint Reading, 3-credit courses that cover wood anatomy, identification, and properties and the technology of machining wood and management techniques useful to wood products professionals. More information on these courses are available on the “Wood Digest Courses” page.

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We have several wood products videos available for purchase. Please contact us for more information.:

• Training: The Key to Productivity
• Supervisors Can Manage, Parts 1 and 2
• Team Building
• Selling Yourself, Your Ideas, and Your Products
• Customer Service
• Manufacturing Efficiency and Methods Improvement

For more information, or to sign up for these classes, please contact Ken Hanson at 978-630-9179, or khanson@mwcc.edu.

registration form (PDF format)

Learn more about online courses at MWCC. Blackboard demo available at http://courses.mwcc.edu. Click on "Login" and enter "demo" as user name and password.

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