Kick-Off to Powercorpsbos Building Operations Cohort #3 In-Service Learning and Lessons Learned Report
October 22, 2024
On September 20th, 15 PowerCorpsBOS building operator trainees from Cohort #3, their A Better City member building partners, and staff, all met for a morning mixer and DEI training at A Better City’s office. It was a great kick-off to the in-service learning to employment phase of the program with in-service learning starting in early October and continuing until early March 2025. Concurrently, trainees will be in building operations technical training. Thank you to Cohort #3’s building partners: Beacon Capital Partners; BioMed Realty (C&W Services); Boston Medical Center; Brigham and Women’s Hospital; BXP (C&W Services); Equity Residential; LC Anderson; MIT; Northeastern University; Related Beal; Schneider Electric; and WS Development (C&W Services).
Also launched at this event was a report Building Our Future: Lessons Learned from Partnering with the PowerCorpsBOS Building Operations Training Program synthesizing lessons learned from the past two and a half years, A Better City and its members have partnered with the City of Boston’s workforce development training program, PowerCorpsBOS. The report details the development and implementation of the building operations program track that aims to develop a viable pathway for 18-30 years old Boston residents to train, intern, and gain employment in Boston’s large buildings—filling a critical workforce gap in large building operations and facilities.
