Helping Small Owners Succeed w/ WorkHero

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

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

4.8 • 985 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Join Bryan Orr and Furman Haynes from WorkHero for a great discussion about how to keep HVAC local and help more small owners succeed.

Live from AHR Expo 2025, we get to hear from one of the founders of an exciting new company that is offering expert office management that small HVAC business owners can afford.

Bryan also talks with Furman about a survey that HVAC School and WorkHero recently conducted that received over 1,300 responses and yielded fascinating data about the day-to-day challenges of running HVAC businesses.

Key topics covered:

The challenges small HVAC business owners face with administrative work
How the average small business owner spends 15.4 hours per week on non-revenue generating tasks
The impact of private equity consolidation on local HVAC businesses
How AI and human expertise can work together to support small contractors
The importance of preserving craftsmanship and technical excellence in local HVAC businesses
Ways to help small business owners focus on growth while reducing administrative burden

Whether you're a small business owner looking to optimize your operations or simply interested in the future of local HVAC, this conversation offers valuable insights into maintaining the soul of our industry while embracing new technologies and solutions. Learn about Helping Small Owners Succeed with WorkHero!

View results of Industry Pulse Survey at https://hvacrschool.com/industrypulse/

Work Hero website: www.workhero.pro

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0:00.0	The HVAC School podcast is made possible by these brand partners.
0:09.3	Field Peace and Field Piece University.
0:12.5	Field Peace offers high-quality product training for HVAC techs and distributors.
0:17.6	Whether you're using the tools or selling them, Field Piece has training options for
0:21.7	you. There are categories for evacuation, recovery, leak detection, and heating. Within the course,
0:28.7	for heating appliances, you get to learn how to do combustion analysis and measure static and gas
0:34.0	pressure. All very important things to know. If you're a technician who's working on gas,
0:37.1	let me tell you. It's all interactive. Learn how to use the tools like job link probes and how they
0:42.1	pair with apps to help you analyze the system, create invoices, and so, so, so, so, that's
0:49.6	three soes. That's a lot of soes. Some courses even have Nate credits like the recovery best
0:53.7	practices and VFD troubleshooting
0:55.6	courses.
0:56.6	Find out more.
0:57.6	Go to fieldpiece.com slash field piece-dash university.
1:00.3	That's field piece.com slash field piece dash university.
1:04.4	UEI test instruments at UEITest.com.
1:09.8	Refrigeration technologies and their Viper Pan and Drain Treatment.
1:14.5	Viper pan and drain treatment is a spray gel that you can put in your drain pan in the bottom
1:19.3	rows of the evaporator coil.
1:21.0	It utilizes enzyme-based cleaning, which works on tough sludge, biofilm, and works wonders on our climate here in Florida,
1:30.9	unique challenges like bacterial zuglia, otherwise known as elephant's not. It's also non-toxic and
1:37.1	food safe. It's been shown to outlast traditional drain tabs and lubricates the drain assembly
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