PowerCorps Building Operations Cohort #4 Graduation
March 26, 2026
2026 PowerCorpsBOS graduates and staff
On March 25, a graduation ceremony was held at Roxbury Community College to celebrate 38 graduates from the 2025-2026 PowerCorpsBOS programs, supported by Mayor Wu, graduates family and friends, PowerCorps staff, and partners. This is the largest number of graduates since the program’s inception and the biggest number of women! Of the 38 graduates, 16 graduated from the Building Operations program that A Better City supports. Thank you to BXP, Equity Residential, Related Beal and Trinity Management for partnering with the program to offer internship to hire opportunities from October 2025-March 2026.
All building operations trainees accomplished the following certificates: OSHA 10 Construction Safety & Health Certification, 608 EPA Universal Certificate, BPI-Building Science Principles, BOC-Fundamentals in Energy Efficient Building Operations (FEEBO), UGC-Green Professional Building Skills GPRO, Massachusetts ‘Hot Works’ Certificate, and Ready to Work Certificate for HVAC. In addition, they had hands-on training in basic HVAC&R, control systems, and Building Automation Systems/Building Energy Systems from The Peterson School.
A joyous celebration was had by all – CONGRATULATIONS to the new graduates!
PowerCorpsBOS Building Operations Staff and A Better City Partner
For any questions, please contact Yve Torrie.
