This month, North American Technician Excellence (NATE) – https://www.natex.org/ and Interplay Learning – https://www.interplaylearning.com – are partnering to match up remote HVAC training with a new, alternative certification pathway for technicians. With a growing shortage of skilled labor in the U.S. compounded by a global pandemic, traditional training programs are unable to meet industry demand for skilled workers. The collaboration of Interplay Learning and NATE – industry… Read More
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SpeedClean and HVAC School Hosting Free NATE-Approved Webinar on the Importance of Coil Cleaning and Best Practices
SpeedClean, a leader in providing specialty professional maintenance tools and equipment, is partnering with HVAC School to host a free webinar, “NATE Continuing Education: HVAC Maintenance Coil Cleaning.” The webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at 4 p.m. EST and allows participants to attain one NATE continuing education credit. It is targeted towards contractors, technicians, students and instructors. Mike Hardy, vice president of SpeedClean, and Bryan Orr, founder of HVAC School, will… Read More
Remote Proctored EPA Certification Testing
The COVID-19 outbreak has made it difficult for some seeking their closed-book EPA Section 608 Exam, as wholesalers and schools are not open. ESCO Institute has a solution to help those who need to test now, while their normal channel of testing may not be available. The ESCO Institute offers remote, online, proctored exams. Persons with a computer or laptop, with a webcam and microphone, can take their proctored exam online… Read More
Introducing the New NATE Study Guides
The wait is finally over! You can now purchase brand new Core and Gas Heating study guides with practice questions and answers. For the first time ever, prepare for the exam with a study guide produced by NATE. Print versions of the Ready to Work and HVAC Support Tech guides are also now available in English and Spanish. NATE’s new study guide will improve a technician’s sense… Read More