Registration open for Furniture Fundamentals course at CVCC

The next eight-week Furniture Fundamentals class at Catawba Valley Community College Furniture Academy is open for registration.

11/01/2020

The next eight-week Furniture Fundamentals class at Catawba Valley Community College Furniture Academy is open for registration. 

This online class, which prepares students to enter the hands-on training at the Catawba Valley Furniture Academy, starts on April 20, 2021 and end on June 15, 2021 and will be offered online at the cost of $180. Scholarship opportunities are also available.

Those persons who complete the Furniture Fundamentals course can enroll in one of seven disciplines — Manual Cutting, Automated Cutting, Pattern Making, Sewing, Spring up (8-way hand tie), Inside Upholstery, and Outside Upholstery. 

Founding industry partners are Century Furniture, LEE Industries, Lexington Home Brands, Sherrill Furniture and Vanguard Furniture. 

Additional supporting partners include American Home Furnishings Alliance, Atlantic Packaging, Autoquip Corporation, Bassett Furniture, CR Laine, Dimension Wood Products, Ethan Allen, Fairfield Chair, Fairgrove Furniture, Geiger International, Gerber Technology, Harris Handling , Haworth Health Environments, HBF Textiles, HSM Solutions, Heico Fasteners,  Image Industries, Leggett & Platt, NC Works Career Center Catawba, Precedent, Southern Carlson, Snyder Paper, TB Arhaus, TCS Designs Inc., TD Fiber, United Sewing and Wesley Hall, Inc. 

For more information about enrolling in the Furniture Fundamentals course at the Catawba Valley Furniture Academy in Newton, contact Lori Miller with CVCC’s Business and Industry Services at (828) 327-7000, ext. 4284 or Jennifer Eversole at (828) 327-7000, ext. 4294.

Photo: Erika Meyers, who is a current student through the Intro to Upholstery class through CVCC’s Furniture Academy

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