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SF Environment expands contractor training, aims to scale heat-pump installations
Summary
San Francisco Environment described a two-track workforce strategy to prepare local contractors for building electrification, combining quarterly, in-person trainings with a targeted MWDBE (minority-, women-, disadvantaged-business) pathway tied to paid installation opportunities and prevailing-wage requirements.
San Francisco Environment on Aug. 25 outlined an expanded green workforce program to prepare local contractors for required appliance electrification and to create contracting opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses.
The department’s senior building decarbonization coordinator, Nick Kessner, told the Commission that the program pairs quarterly in-person contractor trainings with a targeted contractor pathway run in partnership with Emerald Cities Collaborative. "We want to equip every contractor that works in San Francisco with the knowledge and skills to install electric equipment," Kessner said.
The program has three workforce pillars tied to the Climate Action Plan’s building-decarbonization strategy: broad-based contractor training, targeted support for MWDBE contractors, and pairing training…
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