Committing to HVACR Education w/ Copeland

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

Training, Careers, Airconditioning, Self-improvement, Hvac, Business, Education, Refrigeration, Heating, Ac, Apprenticeship

4.8 • 985 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This podcast episode focuses on the critical shortage of HVACR technicians and installers across the industry. The hosts discuss the massive gap that exists, with estimates of nearly 200,000 open roles expected in the next few years. They are joined by Lenny Diaddario from Copeland's contractor services department and Chris Harris from the educational nonprofit National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3).

Lenny and Chris explain the various initiatives Copeland and NC3 have undertaken to help attract more people to the HVACR trades. This includes STEM education outreach to get kids interested from an early age, partnerships with organizations like SkillsUSA and PHCC, virtual reality training tools that allow interactive compressor teardowns, and comprehensive certification curricula developed in collaboration with subject matter experts and instructors.

One major program they highlight is the "train the trainer" events where instructors from trade schools can get certified on the Copeland curriculum over an intensive week. They then take that knowledge back to their schools to teach and certify students as Copeland technicians. The goal is to build a strong foundational workforce of certified HVACR professionals.

Topics covered include:

The severe shortage of HVACR technicians and the need to fill roles
Changing the stigma around vocational education and trade schools
Appeal of trades to younger generations for self-reliance
Copeland's initiatives like STEM days, SkillsUSA, virtual reality trainers
NC3's certification curricula and "train the trainer" instructor events
Copeland's online/mobile training resources like apps and AI assistant
In-person training courses offered ranging from 1 day to multi-day
The long-term vision for socioeconomic impact through a skilled trades workforce

Browse some of Copeland's training opportunities at https://www.copeland.com/en-us/training-support/hvacr-training.

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0:00.0	This episode of the HVAC School Podcast is brought to you by our partners.
0:10.0	June 22nd is National HVAC Technician Appreciation Day.
0:14.4	It's no secret that trades people like us are undervalued in this country.
0:17.9	We also have a big skills gap in the HVACR trades,
0:21.2	and Copeland is working to fill that gap with their commitment to trades education.
0:25.3	They're staying involved with high schools, trade schools, and field education and the
0:29.9	White Rogers Connect app and all of its utilities help technicians in the field.
0:34.7	Copeland showing its appreciation and filling the gap by offering a sweepstakes with
0:38.8	over $3,000 of Field Piece and Navac tools to prepare techs for the A2L transition, as well as plenty of great
0:46.3	Copeland swag. Find out more at HVacr School.com slash Copeland-Suepstakes. You're going to want to write this one down HVacr School
0:54.9	dot com slash Copeland-sweepstakes. Stand to your feet unless you're driving and welcome the man who insists on
1:07.8	wearing his duck knife on his belt even though he hasn't actually cut a
1:11.4	sheet of board since 2008.
1:13.4	Brian Orr.
1:14.8	All right, all right, all right.
1:16.6	This is the HVAC School Podcast.
1:18.6	I'm Brian.
1:19.4	This is the podcast that helps you remember some things.
1:21.9	You might have forgotten along the way, as well as helps you remember some things you might have forgotten along the way as well as helps you I don't know
1:25.6	feel positive about the trade because that's what we're doing today we're talking about
1:30.2	Copeland some of the things that they're working on, some things you should really know about their contractor services department and what they do with some of their educational
1:38.0	training and some of their training materials and equipment and all that.
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