Shipping & Receiving

The GWTP Shipping and Receiving Training Program prepare trainees with a broad base of skills needed for entry-level positions such as:
  • Warehouse Worker
  • Inventory Specialist
  • Order Picker/Packer
  • Forklift Operator
  • Material Handler
  • Shipping Clerk
  • Receiving Clerk
  • Transportation Clerk
 
Vocational Training Program

The Greater West Town Training Partnership has served over 1,100 graduates that have been placed in a job with local companies after completion. Over 250 homeless persons have successfully received comprehensive employement preparation, support services, training, and job placement.
Recent Program Graduate Mr. Robert Garza tells personal story

May 20, 2009

Graduate of the Shipping and Receiving Training Program Mr. Robert Garza gave his personal story during Mayor Richard M. Daley's visit and conference at the training fecility. "I come to regard Greater West Town as my second family" is a quote from Robert Garza as he shares to the public about himself and his experience in the program. Mr. Garza describes on how the Community-Based Partnership model and skill training program has helped him and his family cope with the recession.

GWTP's Training Program helps single mother find meaningful employment.

Veronica Bell

“Everything that GWTP taught me, I apply everyday to my job here at Terrace Paper Company,” says Veronica Bell. As a single-mother struggling to make ends meet Veronica worked various minimum wage jobs but she soon wanted to learn a new trade and better her situation. Veronica was unemployed for several months when she saw an advertisement for GWTP’s Shipping and Receiving Training Program in a church bulletin. Veronica decided to apply and began her 12-week training.

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Shipping & Receiving Training Program
2021 W. Fulton Ave. | Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: (312) 563.9028 | Fax : (312) 563.9756

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