For the past several months, the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) has hinted at a return of its National Technician Certification (NTC). In fact, at the association’s annual conference back in November, an announcement was made that the certification would be reintroduced.
As of April 4, RSES made that news official. The organization has redesigned and reinstated the NTC program almost two years after dropping it. The test originally made its debut in 1983 and certified over 70,000 technicians. But the test was shelved when RSES aligned forces with North American Technician Excellence (NATE) with the goal of establishing one universal certification program.