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🌡️ HVAC TECHNICIAN
HVAC techs install and service heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
What you'd do day to day
- • Diagnose system failures
- • Install and replace units
- • Perform seasonal maintenance
- • Handle refrigerants legally
Skills that matter
- • Mechanical reasoning
- • Electrical basics
- • Customer service
- • Documentation
Training steps
- • 6-24 month technical program
- • On-the-job apprenticeship
Certifications & licenses
- • EPA Section 608
- • NATE certification
Every route into this career
Education
Trade program or apprenticeship after high school.
College route
Community-college HVAC associate degrees.
Trade / apprenticeship route
Technical school plus apprenticeship is the most common route.
Business ownership
Service companies are frequently owner-operated.
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