Now Enrolling
CNC Router Intensive Operator Course
Eleven days. Two industrial machines. The operator you were hired to become.
Tuition
₦600,000
GDX Academy · Furniture industry training
Africa's next generation of furniture makers are made here.
No prior experience needed. Just willingness to learn.
GDX Academy is the furniture industry's skills academy. Our technical, business and management programs combine industry expertise with practical learning so you can build the career or enterprise you want.
Explore our Courses page for available and upcoming technical, business and management programs.
New here?
New to this? That's the point.
You don't need to have it all figured out before you start. GDX Academy offers practical training for people developing technical skills, building furniture businesses or leading production teams. If you've been looking for a serious place to learn, you've found it.
The Academy
An academy built for the furniture industry.
GDX Academy connects structured learning with the realities of furniture manufacturing. Experienced industry professionals teach across technical practice, business and management. Whether you're starting out, growing a workshop or leading a team, you learn skills you can put to work.
How we train
Learn the work. Understand the industry.
Our programs are led by practitioners who understand the demands of furniture manufacturing. Technical courses give trainees supervised time with equipment; business and management courses focus on the decisions and systems behind successful production.
You will not just watch. You will put what you learn into practice.
Practical learning — by design.
Apply new skills to the work, decisions and challenges of your chosen field.
Connected to industry.
Learn from people who understand the demands of real furniture production and business.
Assessed on competence, not attendance.
Showing up is the beginning, not the certification. You earn the credential by demonstrating the skill.
Why GDX Academy
Why GDX Academy
Six reasons learners and employers choose us.
Purpose-built training
Develop practical skills on the right infrastructure for your program, from industrial equipment to real business challenges.
Industry-led learning
Learn from working professionals with firsthand experience in furniture production, business and management.
Practical by design
Technical training combines classroom foundations with supervised, hands-on practice. Explore each course for its format.
Small cohorts
Small groups create space for meaningful learning and individual feedback.
Taught by industry professionals
Our facilitators bring working knowledge from furniture businesses, factories and technical practice.
Competency-based certification
We assess what you can demonstrate, not just whether you attended. The assessment for each program reflects the skills it teaches.
The numbers that matter
Real skills. Industry expertise. Focused learning.
3
program tracks
Technical, business & management
70%
practical in the CNC course
Formats vary by program
9
Industrial Machines
CNC Routers, Edge banders, Panel Saws, etc
12
trainees max · CNC course
Small cohorts for impactful learning
This is what serious training looks like.
For employers
Send us your operators. Get back trained technicians.
If you run a factory, workshop, or fit-out company, you already know the hardest part of scaling isn't buying the machines — it's finding people who can run them. GDX Academy trains new hires and upskills existing staff for furniture factories, workshops and fit-out companies — on the same type of industrial machines they run on your floor.
Programs
Current and upcoming courses
Technical, business and management courses for every stage of the furniture industry.
Coming Soon
Panel Cutting & Processing Operator Course
Accurate panel cutting on industrial panel saws — where factory quality is won or lost.
Coming Soon
Edge Banding Operator Course
Turn raw panels into finished surfaces. Precision where it shows.
Graduate stories
What our first graduates will say
Genuine graduate stories will appear here after training is complete. We would rather show real results than invent them.
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Coming after training
Technical graduate
"This space is reserved for a future graduate to share what they learned and how they put it to work."
02
Coming after training
Furniture maker
"A real testimonial from a furniture maker will appear here after training. No stock quotes or invented praise."
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Coming after training
Industry professional
"We're holding this space for a graduate's account of the skills they gained and where they took them next."
Find the right program for your next step.
Explore current and upcoming courses across technical, business and management training.