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PowerPathway—Your Future Starts Here.

Interested in a career in energy but not sure how to get started?
PG&E’s one-of-a-kind, nationally recognized PowerPathway program may be tailor made for you!

Since 2008, we’ve educated and prepared more than a thousand individuals from all backgrounds for impactful roles at PG&E and in the utility industry at large. Through our programs, you’ll gain the academic skills and job-specific training you need to compete for — and excel in — these exciting, high-demand roles. Together, we make it possible!

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Graduate Voices

“I have to credit the PowerPathway program — my interview went incredibly well! From my ‘elevator speech’ to the question portion, I felt confident and well-prepared.”
Linette Freitas

PowerPathway Graduate, 2020
Current Materials Handler, Gas Operations at PG&E

Our Strength In Numbers

PowerPathway has
graduated over
1,300 people

Approximately 86%
have been hired by PG&E or
within the utility industry

Nearly 40%
are veterans

More than 11%
are females and that
number's growing

72% are
people of color

Powerful Voices

  • Two PowerPathway Grads Helping Their Communities

    Two PowerPathway Grads Helping Their Communities

    When Jason Freedlander moved to Rocklin from the East Coast a few years ago, he wasn’t familiar with California’s wildfire tragedies and their impact on his new home.

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  • Military Veterans

    Erick is a PG&E electrician who lives and works in the Eureka area. Learn how he is committed to providing safe and reliable energy to the local communities he serves.

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  • Reflecting the Communities We Serve

    Learn how Cypress Mandela Training Center's partnership with PG&E's PowerPathway program contributes to local workforce development in the energy sector.

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Our Partnerships and Recognitions

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Center for Energy Workforce Development
National Commission on Energy Policy
Hire America's Heroes
Skills for America's Future
Forbes Best Employers for Diversity

PG&E PowerPathway™
Signature Schedule

We put safety first. That’s why our training covers PG&E’s safety culture, overviews of gas and electric operations, guest speakers, hands-on training and job shadowing. In addition, test preparation and soft skills help set you up for success.

The PowerPathway Signature Training Program

The PowerPathway Signature program helps new and experienced workers develop skilled craft and apprenticeship career paths in both gas and electric operations. Students receive approximately 300 hours of industry-informed curriculum to ensure they have the academic, job-specific, interviewing and physical training necessary to become more competitive for employment. This is free and unpaid training led by PG&E instructors, augmented with hands-on training in the field. Candidates are subject to pre-screening, including motor vehicle, drug and criminal background checks, as well as a physical assessment.

PG&E collaborates with a defined network of educational partners to cultivate industry-informed career pathways designed to help candidates prepare for jobs in the energy and utility industry. Program enrollment is limited and eligibility requirements apply. Due to the volume of applications received, only those who meet eligibility requirements will be contacted. PG&E does not imply or guarantee employment upon program completion.

New Programs Open for Enrollment!

Bay Area

Program Name: Entry to Gas Pipeline Operations & Maintenance

Program Location: Oakland, CA

Start Date: January 13, 2025

End Date: March 7, 2025

Application Deadline: September 30, 2024

All candidates must reside in the following counties: San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced.

Programs that graduated this year or are already in session!

Entire PG&E Service Territory

Program Name: Entry to Vegetation Management

Program Location: Virtual & In-Person (Santa Rosa Junior College)

Start Date: November 18, 2024

End Date: December 20, 2024

Application Deadline: August 25, 2024 (CLOSED)

South Bay

Program Name: Entry to Electric Operations (Pole & Tower Climbing)

Program Location: work2future (San Jose, CA)

Start Date: August 19, 2024

End Date: October 18, 2024

Application Deadline: May 26, 2024 (CLOSED)

Northern Region

Program Name: Entry to Traffic Control

Program Location: Winters, CA

Graduation Date: May 31, 2024

All graduates were hired by PG&E as Traffic Control Flaggers.

East Bay

Program Name: Entry to Traffic Control

Program Location: Cypress Mandela Training Center (Oakland, CA)

Graduation Date: May 20, 2024

All graduates were hired by PG&E as Traffic Control Flaggers.

South Bay

Program Name: Entry to Traffic Control

Program Location: work2future (San Jose, CA)

Graduation Date: March 15, 2024

All graduates were hired by PG&E as Traffic Control Flaggers.

Entire PG&E Service Territory

Program Name: Entry to Vegetation Management Inspector

Program Location: Virtual & In-Person (Santa Rosa Junior College)

Graduation Date: March 15, 2024

All graduates were hired by PG&E as Vegetation Management Inspectors.

Minimum Requirements

Signature program applicants will go through a screening process and will need to comply with the following:

18 years or older

Valid Class C Driver’s License

Eligible for PG&E Pre-Employment Testing

High School Diploma or GED

Ability to work in the United States

Eligible to work for PG&E

PG&E is a proponent of our employees being first responders and working in the communities where they reside. Therefore many PowerPathway programs will give priority to applicants living within a certain mile radius.

Stay Connected

Please submit a course interest form to participate in a PowerPathway Program.

If a PowerPathway program is not open for enrollment in your current location, we encourage you to still submit a course interest form. We review all of the course interest forms submitted between the newest and last program for each region.

PowerPathway
Interest Form

For more information about career awareness or our training programs, please complete an interest form. We review all interest forms submitted between the newest and last program for each region.

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Military Experience

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