minimum requirements

[sonc]

If "Curious George" ever wanted to take over, all he'd have to do is bomb our Beer Stores..

We would have no choice but to surrender unconditionally

my question is, Do states all have minimum requirements for hvac/r technicians.

I've always been told American A/C techs were not trained as well as Canadian techs, the difference being our training was inclusive of every aspect of the field, whereas our American counterparts specialized..eg some do controls, some do piping, etc.

I'm wondering whether this is BS cause some of you guys seem pretty knowledgeable down there.

Or maybe it seems that way because your Beer is 99.99999999999999999999% water.? just curious..

[condenseddave]

Pulse.
98.6 degree body core temp, give or take five degrees.
Transportation, owned, borrowed or stolen.
Enough tools to get yourself into trouble, owned, borrowed or stolen.
The ability to communicate sufficiently in the English language that you think you've got it fixed, this time.
People foolish enough to believe that you're a master HVAC tech.


So you see, the requirements are quite stringent.:p

Seriously though, some states have minimum requirements. My home state, Pennsylvania, has no such requirements. It has also just recently (A couple months) developed and instituted a stateide building code, and has, in all of it's infinite wisdom, (No relation to the abbreviated fellow from the midwest.) left the implementation and enforcement of this new silver bullet building code up to the individual municipalities, to use or abuse as they see fit. Great plan.

Some municipalities have licensing for mechanical contractors, most do not.

As far as being well trained, well, there are a LOT fo techs that I've met that I would put up against anyone in a competition, and there are a lot that are just plain fun to watch.

As far as training in every aspect of the field, I've been involved in a lot of different parts of the field, the only one missing that comes to mind that I've never had training on is absorption machines, other than that, well, I've pretty much worked on it all. I specialize in supermarkets, because that is what I spent a lot of time on, but I prefer just about any kind of work BUT supermarkets these days. Boring is boring, and supermarkets are a true bore once the novelty wears off.

That, and it's after 3 am, and I just walked in. Supermarkets can just plain suck when they're not boring you to tears...:D

[Yuma]

Originally posted by condenseddave

Pulse.
98.6 degree body core temp, give or take five degrees.
Transportation, owned, borrowed or stolen.
Enough tools to get yourself into trouble, owned, borrowed or stolen.
The ability to communicate sufficiently in the English language that you think you've got it fixed, this time.
People foolish enough to believe that you're a master HVAC tech.

So you see, the requirements are quite stringent.:p
Seriously though, some states have minimum requirements.

I'll have to say the last two would have you OVER QUALIFIED!

And the tool stuff....... Thats extra also. :)

Our state (Arizona) has no requirements to work. Only to get your own license.

Yuma,

[condenseddave]

OK, so we've got higher standards here in the East.:p