Connect educators
Create space for welding instructors and program leaders to exchange practical ideas, discuss challenges, and learn from one another.
Community by community.
Build a stronger welding workforce.
The New Jersey Community Welding Workforce Alliance brings welding educators and industry together around a shared purpose: more opportunity for the next generation of skilled welders.
For schools. For employers. For the people learning the trade.
One shared purpose.
Bring the classroom and the workforce closer together.
01 / The alliance
Good programs grow
through good relationships.
NJCWWA is the New Jersey alliance at the heart of this effort. Our work focuses on connecting welding programs, sharing ideas and resources, and building relationships with employers.
Build industry relationships
Bring schools and employers into conversation about workforce needs, student preparation, and potential opportunities.
Support student pathways
Help connect the people teaching the trade with the people who put those skills to work.
02 / Find your place
A stronger alliance
starts with you.
Whether you teach, hire, learn, or support the trade, there is a conversation worth starting.
EDUCATION
Schools & instructors
Connect with other welding programs. Share what is working and help shape useful collaboration across New Jersey.
Ask about membershipINDUSTRY
Employers & partners
Tell us about the skills your business needs and discuss ways to connect with welding education in your community.
Start a partnership conversationYOUR NEXT STEP
Students & future welders
Interested in welding education? Tell us where you are and what you hope to learn so we can discuss possible next steps.
Ask about pathwaysSUPPORT THE MISSION
Sponsors & supporters
Explore ways to support welding education through industry knowledge, learning resources, equipment, or other collaboration.
Explore supporting the allianceWhat we are building together
Peer connections. Shared educational resources. Stronger school–employer relationships. We are also exploring additional program support and member benefits; specific arrangements will be shared as they are confirmed.
Contact us for current membership details and opportunities to participate.
Industry partner
Where Trades Go WTG
Connecting tradespeople, contractors, and trade schools with opportunities in the skilled trades.
Education resource
LTG Education
Explore the Living Teacher Guide, connecting instruction, attendance, assessments, and program reporting.
03 / A broader vision
Starting in New Jersey.
Thinking beyond it.
NJCWWA is where the work begins. CWWA is the vision for what it can become.
The Community Welding Workforce Alliance (CWWA) is the broader vision: locally rooted alliances connecting welding education and industry across the country. New Jersey is the founding chapter and the current focus.
Interested in bringing this approach to your state? We welcome conversations with educators and industry leaders who share that ambition.
Interested in your state? Let’s talkJoin the conversation
Heard about the alliance?
Welcome to everyone joining us from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association’s conversation, “A welding instructor’s mission to get more students into the trades.” Explore what we are building in New Jersey and get in touch about the broader CWWA vision.
Watch the conversation on YouTube (opens a new tab)04 / Let’s connect
The next connection
could start here.
Reach out to Rich Genco about NJCWWA membership, school and employer partnerships, student pathways, sponsorship, or the CWWA vision.
rgenco@communityweldingworkforcealliance.orgNew Jersey inquiries and interest from other states are welcome.
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