What We Learn From HVAC/R Trade School

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

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

4.8 • 985 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we talk with two techs recently out of trade school. We get their perspective on their trade education and how it compares to the field. Jeremy and Blake have been kind enough to share their experiences with us and give some advice.

Schooling undoubtedly gives technicians a leg-up once they got into the field. However, the knowledge you gain isn't all practical. Bookwork is still important for a solid foundation in theory, and it would likely benefit a lot of training programs. Bookwork, like trade school itself, is a good precursor to the hands-on material in the field. It also helps to do your research about classes you need to take and to see if a degree is more advantageous than a certificate or vice versa.

Your education won't end upon getting that certificate or degree. In the field, you will learn something new every day (and not in the air-conditioned classroom!). A lot of your familiarity with tools will come from working in the field. However, in trade school, you will learn best practices that you may not learn from other workers in the field.

When you enter the field, invest in your tools. You will work with classroom equipment, but once you enter the field, you will have to develop your own arsenal of tools—research new tools and set aside part of your paycheck to invest in your toolbox.

In many ways, this is the trade with homework. You have to want to learn to be successful in this field. Every day, you will come across new problems that require more knowledge, and nowadays, you have plenty of access to online sources of information to help you tackle difficult problems.

Well-rounded techs come from a solid education and apprenticeships with competent senior techs.

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0:00.0	and This episode of the HVAC School podcast is made possible by Dan Foss. You probably have worked with many Danfoss parts over the years, but Danfoss makes
0:25.3	compressors, valves, controls, variable frequency drives, a whole range of different products
0:31.0	for the HVACR and Controls Industries and they're the ones
0:35.1	making this particular episode possible and it was actually their idea even the
0:39.3	content of the episode. So big thanks to Dan Foss for making this episode possible.
0:44.0	Dan Foss, engineering tomorrow, today. And now the man wanted in 43 states for possession of PVC glue with intent to Huff.
1:01.0	Brian Orr.
1:02.0	All right, this is the HVAC School Podcast. Brian Orr.
1:03.0	All right, this is the HVAC School Podcast and I am Brian.
1:05.8	This is the podcast that helps you remember some things that you might have forgotten along the way
1:09.7	as well as remember some things that you forgot to know in the first place.
1:12.4	And today we're talking to those of you who are early in your career or maybe even,
1:17.4	haven't even started in the HVAC business.
1:19.3	So we get a lot of questions about HVAC school, trade school, trade education, that sort of thing, what the optimum
1:25.0	system is, how to find a school.
1:27.3	And so rather than me talking about it from my perspective, which I do, and I do give my perspective
1:31.6	in this podcast, I wanted to talk to a couple people who have just recently come out of a trade education and get a little bit of their perspective on what it was like and maybe some tips that they have for those of you who are considering it.
1:44.0	Alright so here we go this podcast is all about best practices for
1:48.0	HVAC education.
1:50.0	I found two texts willing to come on the podcast. One from Texas.
1:55.0	Uh, name's Blake.
1:56.0	Blake Moody out of Southeast Texas here. Houston area.
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