Public Works Leadership Skills, Public Works Essential, & Public Works Developing Leader are the three courses in the NWPWI. These workshops are designed to develop leadership skills for supervisors, managers, and team leaders to enable them to hit the ground running…in the right direction. Training content is focused on providing leadership in public works organizations, helping leaders to develop skills to lead and manage infrastructure programs and services including: Transportation, Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Parks and Grounds, Facilities and Fleet Learning is supported by training content and interactive exercises, case studies, and class projects related to management of public works infrastructure facilities and programs. Instructors are all public works practitioners with extensive experience managing public works programs in Oregon.

About the Northwest Public Works Institute (NWPWI)

The Northwest Public Works Institute is a program of instruction for Public Works leaders who would like to attain a higher degree of proficiency as public works leaders and managers. The Washington and Oregon Chapters of the American Public Works Association (APWA) jointly operate the Institute.

The program consists of 3 courses offered in Oregon and Washington that, taken in their entirety, provide public works professionals with essential skills needed to advance in supervisory and management positions up to and including Public Works Director.

Upon successful completion of all 3 courses, participants are awarded a certificate by the national American Public Works Association. The certificate is recognized by public works agencies across the nation as evidence of a commitment to professional development.

Please review the APWA-OR Waiver (need document to link) ; registrants will be required to agree to the waiver during the registration process.