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The Competitive Advantage Isn’t Just HVAC Technical Expertise

Teaching technicians how to communicate, listen, and build trust can be just as important as teaching them how to diagnose and repair HVAC systems

Chris Sundin

July 4, 2026

Technical expertise matters, but trust is what builds loyal customers. Here’s why communication and empathy should be part of every technician's training.

Bring Back the Trades Announces Research Partnership with F.W. Webb to Address Skills Gap in the Trades

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff

January 23, 2025

This three-year collaboration aims to tackle the growing skills gap in the trades as the industry faces a significant wave of retirements, often referred to as the "silver tsunami."

ITI Receives DeWalt Grow the Trades Grant

The DeWalt Grow the Trades Grants aim to address the skilled labor gap in the construction industry

SNIPS NEWS Editorial Staff

October 25, 2024

The ITI, jointly sponsored by SMART and SMACNA, supports apprenticeship and advanced career training for union workers in the sheet metal industry.

Generation Z Expresses Interest in Skilled Trades

Survey shows that more than half are open to a non-college path

June 30, 2020

The paths that American teenagers are planning to take after high school differ from previous generations.

Channellock Announces 2019 Trade School Trade-Up Competition

Submissions are due by May 15

April 12, 2019

Channellock Inc., will sponsor its second annual Trade School Trade-Up competition, offering cash prizes, new tools, and a Channellock classroom makeover for the winners.

GPS Education Partners and Gustave A. Larson Company Announce Partnership

The workforce initiative seeks to build industry talent pools using a youth apprenticeship model

February 26, 2019

GPS Education Partners and Gustave A. Larson Company announced a strategic partnership to build industry talent pools using a youth apprenticeship model designed by GPSEd. The program will match student workers with HVACR jobs and expose them to career pathways in the industry, all while earning their high school diploma.

Amending the Apprentice Act

What does this legislation mean for the president’s executive order?

Samantha Sine

November 27, 2017

On June 15, 2017, President Trump signed the executive order expanding apprenticeship programs and vocational training. This executive order calls on the Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, “to propose regulations that promote the development of apprenticeship programs by industry and trade groups, nonprofit organizations, unions, and joint labor-management organizations,”

Contractors, Technicians Deem Sheet Metal Training Essential

While sometimes overlooked, techs benefit greatly from sheet metal training

Nick Kostora

September 18, 2017

In the skilled trades, qualified workers are as valuable as ever before. The skills gap and labor shortage the trades are experiencing are widespread and well-covered, but when dissecting the specific skill sets required to succeed in the HVACR industry, sheet metal training is one area that can, at times, be overlooked.

CertainTeed Aims to #KeepCraftAlive

Manufacturer teams up with Fine Homebuilding

July 4, 2017

CertainTeed, a North American manufacturer of building materials, is excited to announce the organization's partnership with Fine Homebuilding to #KeepCraftAlive by donating $25,000 to a SkillsUSA scholarship fund.

National Signing Day Comes to the Skilled Trades

National Technical Letter of Intent Signing Day celebrates educational commitments to the trades

Nick Kostora

June 19, 2017

National Technical Letter of Intent Signing Day is a successful event that has been held each of the last four years, helping thousands of students achieve their moments of glory at more than 40 schools as they prepare for rewarding careers in the skilled trades.