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[Dad]

all fixed... your email changed wasn't confirmed by you. You should be able to use your old account now.

[Graveyard]

Just recently got into the HVAC due to a new job i took in Oklahoma city, they asked me if i would take the course and get my EPA certification and of course i said yes anything to boost my resume. I have been a licenses boiler operator in MN for the past 8 years, at 25 i was the youngest Cheif A in the state and possibly still the youngest. Now that i have my epa certification i have been working on small refrigeration units like pop machines and refrigerators. Most of the large stuff i've delt with mainly has dirty condensor issues. last week i did a complete change out of a compressor and condensor unit in a refrigerator drawer in my works cafateria. I think it went awesome got my refrigerant all recovered and everything wired up. Its been working great ever since. pretty proud of myself.

[yorkman1997]

YES ! ! ! ! ! !


This is great. I am so glad I joined this sight and look forward to learning and progressing. Like I'm growing up all over again. LOL

few times having chance to read something about HVA and make me feel quite happy that everybody bringing new information and share with everbody to up-grade there knowledge and working capacity.I well come to everybody here and hope this site will remain forever for best technical information centre.
Thanks to everybody
Best regards,
Jaan Butt
Austria

[yorkman1997]

word was not completed

[yorkman1997]

anybody from here from the Centrifugal field to tell how to know about afficency about the operating machine Exaple' 2000 ton centrifugal macnine runing on full load so how to calculate this machine taking how much kw per ton?
Best regards,
Jann Butt

[GarnetJax]

I am not really a new guest but I have never really felt the need to post anything. But to give a quick run down on myself my father was a refrigeration mechanic. He encouraged me to take the HVAC course at the county secondary level vocational school. After completion I worked one summer in apartment maintenance then left the trade for the next six years. For the first five of the last eleven years I worked for a family own three to five man operation. Then for the next five I worked for a handy man service company being the lead HVAC and plumber. This is my first year working for a high volume big name company. It is my hopes to perfect my skills as an HVAC tech before diving in deeper into the field of controls. I am currently in a Technical school Associates program for building automation.

[PalmettoMaintPro]

There is a 15 post rule for the Membership Committee to process your application for Professional Membership here. "Joy" posting doesn't count.

So, how do you bring your post count up and give pertinent information for the MC to consider? Easy, post in this thread about your experiences and the jobs you have been on. Speak to each other about how and why you decided to get into this business and how you expect to advance in this trade. Tech School?? Talk about your classed and what you were taught.

Before you know it your 15 will be 60. Good luck and Welcome to H-Talk.



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how long does processing the applications usually take ?

[dandyme]

how long does processing the applications usually take ?

2 weeks to 2 months

then there is the matter of cashiers check to twilly, tequilia to robo















2-4 weeks unless you stat a thread asking " How long?"

[PremiumServices]

Be respectful of all posters here.

[thehvaclady]

I started the local HVAC tech school this past summer. I have absolutely no background in this industry but this has been something I've always wanted to do. Previous to starting school, I worked in business sales for a major telecommunication company for ten years. After being laid off, I realized that I must learn a skill so that I can take care of my family. This is a very nontraditional route for women but after all the research I've done...I'm up for the challenge and look forward to learning everything I can!!

[Dad]

I started the local HVAC tech school this past summer. I have absolutely no background in this industry but this has been something I've always wanted to do. Previous to starting school, I worked in business sales for a major telecommunication company for ten years. After being laid off, I realized that I must learn a skill so that I can take care of my family. This is a very nontraditional route for women but after all the research I've done...I'm up for the challenge and look forward to learning everything I can!!

I want you to click this link. http://www.womeninhvacr.org/

We will soon have a private forum here for them hopefully to subsidize their facebook entries. Patti will be next years President, very delightful lady. This organization will add to your new discovery and enhance your career. A dual membership with them and HTalk will get you access to our Educational Forums that are Pro Only access now.

Tell her HTalk Admin said hello and sent you to them for extra assistance.



-dad

[thehvaclady]

I want you to click this link. http://www.womeninhvacr.org/

We will soon have a private forum here for them hopefully to subsidize their facebook entries. Patti will be next years President, very delightful lady. This organization will add to your new discovery and enhance your career. A dual membership with them and HTalk will get you access to our Educational Forums that are Pro Only access now.

Tell her HTalk Admin said hello and sent you to them for extra assistance.



-dad

Thanks and I will...

[arae0122]

I started the local HVAC tech school this past summer. I have absolutely no background in this industry but this has been something I've always wanted to do. Previous to starting school, I worked in business sales for a major telecommunication company for ten years. After being laid off, I realized that I must learn a skill so that I can take care of my family. This is a very nontraditional route for women but after all the research I've done...I'm up for the challenge and look forward to learning everything I can!!

Hi there, I am a woman fairly new to the industry too! Just do your job well and stay true to yourself and you will be fine. Good Luck!

[jjbergeron77]

Hello. Looks like I have made the mistake of replying to a post before I was supposed to. I guess I was over anxious to see if I could help someone but now I have re-read the rules (a little slower). I graduated from tech school in 98. I have been working mainly service and repair only since late 2000. I have come to realize that experiance comes from experiances, not years. So many people give their "years of experiance" as proof of how good they are. I realize normally the more years you have, the more experiances you have, but I believe that some techs have way more experiances in a shorter amount of time than others. It depends on what company you work for and what type of equipment is popular in your area. Anyway I am glad to be here.

[HVACGBH]

Hi. I found this site via some of the threads and responded to those before I actually introduced myself so my 3rd post will be my introduction...

I live in Jacksonville, FL and started HVAC school in March. I graduate in December which will not be the best time to find work here in Jax, but I will still be ecstatic. I have had a strong customer service and computer technical background most of my career so anything mechanical related is pretty much new to me. I do well in class, probably the 2nd best student, but I am the only one there everyday whereas everyone else in my class are absent, if only a couple of times. Some miss 2-3 days per week. My mentality on this is that when it comes time for the school to help place me on a job, my attendance will give me an edge.

I am enjoying the studies more than I thought I would and look forward to a long satisfying career. I seem to have grasped heat pumps well which in our area is a good thing. Anyway its late and I do have class tomorrow. I just wanted to get my posts flowing so hopefully by the time I graduate I will be in a good position to become a valued member.

[vangoghsear]

Well, I've got 15 posts. Can Mechanical Designers apply for pro status? I'm not sure what I can show for credentials, I have been in the field for 30 years, I took a Black Seal course which I passed, but I never sat for the test because I'm not a boiler operator, so I lacked the hands on experience required to take the test. I just wanted greater background in boiler operation. I've done HVAC design, Plumbing design, Electrical design, Fire Protection design, equipment selection and specifying in all those fields. I've done engineering designs for casinos, schools, prisons, office buildings, Baseball fields, to name but a few, some residential, but mostly commercial and institutional work.

So, I have the experience, but not the paperwork, except my certificate for the black seal course. Can Mechanical Designers without paper credentials apply for pro status here?

[RoBoTeq]

Well, I've got 15 posts. Can Mechanical Designers apply for pro status? I'm not sure what I can show for credentials, I have been in the field for 30 years, I took a Black Seal course which I passed, but I never sat for the test because I'm not a boiler operator, so I lacked the hands on experience required to take the test. I just wanted greater background in boiler operation. I've done HVAC design, Plumbing design, Electrical design, Fire Protection design, equipment selection and specifying in all those fields. I've done engineering designs for casinos, schools, prisons, office buildings, Baseball fields, to name but a few, some residential, but mostly commercial and institutional work.

So, I have the experience, but not the paperwork, except my certificate for the black seal course. Can Mechanical Designers without paper credentials apply for pro status here?

Yes, please do apply. The Membership Committee takes your situation into consideration and very much wants everyone involved in HVAC professionally to have access to the professional forums.

[arae0122]

Hi, I discovered HVAC-TALK.com earlier this year and have referred to this site many times this summer. There is a great deal of knowledge to be gleaned here and I am looking forward both learning and contributing more each time I visit. I am fairly new to the industry, but not new to the contracting business by any means. I started working in the produce sales, then managing the office operations of a general engineering firm. Now life’s twists and turns have brought me to the heating & cooling business.

[vangoghsear]

I've applied. Thanks for the response RoBoTeq!

[Hvac-tech915]

HVAC kind of found its way into my life. I'm originally from Louisiana but after the military I followed my wife to her home town which is El Paso TX. Where I currently reside. I started working construction for a paving company and eventually worked my way up to a foreman. While working construction I would help my brother in-law out with installations and conversions. after two years in construction I decided to go to Western Tech. which is a trade school here in El Paso, for HVAC. I completed the 2 year course and started working with a friend in the appliance world. After that I started working for a larger company here and was a residential tech. About a year passed by and I was offered a job in the retail world. Started in El Paso and was promoted to Lincoln, NE (Go Big Red!) I was then about to be promoted to South Dakota. There was something in my life that was missing at this point. I love being outside and retail is an inside job. I missed being in a career that is constantly changing, and just when you think you know what your doing something new pops up. I just missed this field! So I called my brother in-law ( who has his own company now) and asked him if he needed anyone. Long story short I was back in El Paso in 3 weeks. Now I'm working residential and commercial. I do installations and conversions. I'm currently changing out 15 Lennux condenser coils at the Hobby Lobby here, and thats what I'll be doing for the rest of the week.