For Students Prospective Career Path

Over 100,000 firms in the US are involved in the manufacture, marketing and utilization of building materials and wood-based products. These firms are responsible for more than $200 billion in business each year! Industry has an expressed need for creative, energetic individuals to work in research, product and process development, technical services, design, management, marketing and sales. Many corporations actively recruit our students prior to graduation. Graduates of the Building Materials and Wood Technology program have risen to the highest professional levels in the building materials industry. Specific occupations cover a broad range of professional careers. Our graduates are:

• construction managers
• retail managers
• wholesale managers
• sales associates
• marketing professionals
• researchers
• technical representatives
• purchasing/inventory manager
• architectural liaison
• quality control engineer
• estimator

Students at the National Retail Lumber Association's annual convention at the World Trade Center, Boston.

A partial list of nationally recognized corporations that employ Building Material and Wood Technology students includes:

• 84 Lumber
• Andersen Windows
• Boise Cascade
• Champion International
• Black and Decker
• Georgia Pacific
• The Home Depot
• International Paper/Masonite
• Jeld-Wen
• Louisiana-Pacific
• Lowes
• National Lumber
• Rex Lumber
• Ryan Homes
• Sherwood Lumber
• Structural Systems, Inc.
• Trus-Joist McMillian
• Weyerhaeuser
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Wickes
• Willamette Industries
• United States Gypsum Company
• Pella Windows
• Kolb & Kolbe Windows
• and a long list of independent companies who are members of the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association

This page last updated 07/30/2002

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