HVAC Excellence Helps USAF Gain Accreditation For Training Program
This training is conducted at the USAF 366th Training Squadron, Mechanical Flight, HVACR program at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. The 366th trains HVACR technicians for lifelong opportunities with the armed services. The program is designed to prepare them to transition to civilian life, where they can use their skills to heat and cool buildings.
The USAF wanted to ensure its personnel have technical skills so that they can be articulated, transferred, and recognized in the civilian world. The best way to accomplish this is through programmatic accreditation.
In seeking an accrediting body, the USAF followed the United States Department of Education guidelines that specify that the accrediting body shall be a non-governmental peer evaluation, must be free of influence from the agency (USAF) that oversees the school system, and must meet the separate and independent requirements set by the United States Department of Education as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 602.10 (revised 2004).