The National Wood Flooring Association held its second Wood Flooring Technology Basic Sand and Finish class with Chattachoochee Technical College in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 8-10.
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The National Wood Flooring Association held its second Wood Flooring Technology Basic Sand and Finish class with Chattachoochee Technical College in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 8-10.
This class is part of the collaboration between the NWFA and Chattahoochee Tech to create a wood flooring curriculum for the school to give young people and non-traditional students a way into the industry.
Brett Miller, NWFA's director of education and certification, led instruction at the second pilot class with the help of the following instructors:
Jeff Pope (Jeff Pope Inc.)
Mike Bailey (Harris Wood Floors/Q. E. P. Co. Inc.)
Wayne Lee (Middle Tennessee Lumber)
The following students attended the class:
Todd Cannings (Masterpiece Hardwood Flooring)
Thomas Denhartdog (In Home Services)
Eli Figueroa (Metro Atl. Floors)
Paris Garrett (Forest Product Management)
Mendoza Gonzalo (Metro Atl. Floors)
Ishmel Goodrum (Fabulous Floors)
Mike Hearn (In Home Services)
Javier Mena (Metro Atl. Floors)
Joel Negron (Metro Atl. Floors)
Rafael Nieves (Face of Wood Flooring Inc.)
Divino Riveiro (Face of Wood Flooring Inc.)
Pedro Sanchez (Metro Atl. Floors)
Anderson Santos (Face of Wood Flooring Inc.)
Jonathan Shaw (Ailnex USA)
Helio Silva (B R S Flooring)
Luciano Soares (Face of Wood Flooring Inc.)
Daniel Thomason (PoloPlaz)
The following partners in education provided the tools, materials and instruction that made the class possible:
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