State PIRG trainings emphasize basic and advanced skills. Mass. Fellows attend four additional national trainings throughout the year.
Training includes lectures, discussions, skills workshops and issue briefings.
In addition, participants in the Fellowship Program receive ongoing supervision and training from a senior staff director. Placement Fellowship candidates are hired on a national basis and placed in state PIRG offices across the country. Fellowship candidates who wish to be placed only in certain locations will be asked to identify those locations during the interview process. Candidates who are offered Fellowship positions will be guaranteed placement in one of their desired locations. Final placement, including location and position, happen during the August training in Boston.