I would like to thank The NEWS for featuring my article, “Solving the HVACR Technician Shortage,” in the Nov. 17, 2014, issue, and would like to thank you, the readers, for your overwhelming response. I received great questions and an incredible amount of positive feedback from all over the U.S. and Canada, confirming the importance of this issue and the need to solve it.
In this article, I would like to keep the momentum going by tackling the critical issue of what steps trade schools should be taking to educate and train our industry’s future technicians and installers so they can hit the ground running as soon as they graduate. This information is not only for the benefit of owners and instructors of trade schools, but it is also meant to assist contractors and future students in identifying the best trade school in their area to partner with or attend.