RESTON, Va. — The hvacr industry faces a shortfall of tens of thousands of trained technicians, which comes as no surprise to the contractors who badly need their skills. In survey after survey, hvacr contractors cite getting good employees as their number-one problem.
The graph on this page shows a 71% decline in the number of vo-tech graduates in the past decade. Even more worrisome is the projected need for a 29% growth in hvacr technicians to fill tomorrow’s jobs, which would total more than 60,000 employment slots.