Boh Bros. Construction Donates $100,000 to New Orleans Career Center

News Release

NEW ORLEANS, La., March 21, 2023 – Today New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) received a $100,000 contribution from Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC to support construction industry career preparation and technical training. NOCC launches its skilled trades training in the fall and will accept 200 trainees from New Orleans high schools in the inaugural cohort. During the two-year training, high school participants will be introduced to all trades and will continue training in the career pathway of their choosing. Trainees will earn industry-based credentials valued by the local trades unions and employers, a key first step onto the construction industry career ladder.

“Boh Bros. is pleased to support the important work of the New Orleans Career Center as it begins operations in its beautiful new space on Kerlerec Street,” said Robert S. Boh, Chairman and CEO of the company. “Giving young New Orleanians the opportunity to receive construction industry career preparation and technical training will provide our high school graduates an awareness of the options they have to shape their future. We encourage our industry peers to join us in making the New Orleans Career Center a big success.”

“We’re enormously grateful to Boh Bros. for this gift and for their collaboration,” said Claire Jecklin, CEO of NOCC. “This will enable us to outfit our carpentry, electrical, welding, and machining labs with professional-grade tools and equipment.” NOCC accepts sophomores, juniors and seniors from all Orleans Parish high schools who are on track to graduate. Trainees spend half the school day at NOCC and half at their home high schools for the full school year.

The Boh Bros. gift comes via The NOLA Coalition. “On behalf of The NOLA Coalition, we commend Boh Bros. for their investment in the New Orleans Career Center,” said Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc., one of the organizers of The NOLA Coalition. “Companies like Boh Bros. are demonstrating the win/win of investing in our youth, while preparing the workforce of tomorrow.” 

Industry and employer partnerships inform all NOCC career and technical education pathways. For the skilled trades, NOCC sought the input of area construction professionals, trade unions, and trade training programs to inform the design of training spaces and skills being taught. Four state-of-the-art labs surround a covered, outdoor collaborative courtyard where the trainees will work on projects together, just as they would on a real job site.

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About New Orleans Career Center

The New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) is the career and technical education hub for New Orleanians seeking entry into the region’s high-demand, high-wage employment sectors. We offer professional-level training for high school students, the LAUNCH fifth-year program for those who’ve just graduated from high school, and a Rapid Reskill program for adults. Since 2018, more than 1,000 local residents have gained the technical and soft skills they need to succeed in professional environments through hands-on training with industry and education experts. NOCC occupies a 143,000 s.f. building in the heart of Tremé that was designed to provide industry-informed training spaces for as many as 1,000 people each year.

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