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03-04-2008, 01:52 PM
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New 30 day Hvac School
I am personally a believer in higher education . I have attended community college for hvac training . We learned just the basics of the trade . Everything else had to be learned in the field. Today i saw a new hvac school in our town that claims they can teach you to be a A/C tech in just 28 days. and earn 6 certifacations . I cant believe anyone could learn enough to be a true Tech in 28 days . What do you think
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03-04-2008, 02:07 PM
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Well if the classes are 24/7 then that would equal 84 8 hour days. The students would probably be pretty tired in a day or so.
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03-04-2008, 02:21 PM
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You know it has to be a joke. Everything thats gone "Fast Food" leaves a taste in your mouth just like McDonalds. Pretty crappy.
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Originally Posted by otto
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These are prime examples of why I dislike temporary repairs.
You tell a customer "I can fix it temporarily for $1250 or replace it for $12,500"
They don't hear anything in red.... "This repair should hold only for about a month until you are ready to replace the system." "The new system will run just fine and all will be happy in penny pinching land."
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03-04-2008, 02:22 PM
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I guess thats why they say dont worry about food and lodging!!! you will not have time.
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03-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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cost is whats amazing
$9995.00 for a imonth course so you can get a good paying job in the A/C feild as a sevice tech.
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03-04-2008, 03:11 PM
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Holy Crap ! I'm opening one of them schools !! I don't remember the exact cost when I went in the late 80's but I don't think it was that much and it seemed like I lived at that place forever.
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03-04-2008, 04:03 PM
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I bet they can teach you to get 6 certifications as most of em are a joke, like the EPA test and such.
You will have a piece of paper but won't know your ass from a hole in the ground.
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03-04-2008, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbatchelor
$9995.00 for a imonth course so you can get a good paying job in the A/C feild as a sevice tech.
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Wow!
When I went it was just under $10K for 1200 hours of training and a tool kit worth about $300.00............
Now it's $10K a month.
Times sure have changed.
Is'nt the GI Bill around $10,000? Sounds like maybe a scam set up to bilk kids coming out of the service??
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03-04-2008, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bustawrench1
Wow!
When I went it was just under $10K for 1200 hours of training and a tool kit worth about $300.00............
Now it's $10K a month.
Times sure have changed.
Is'nt the GI Bill around $10,000? Sounds like maybe a scam set up to bilk kids coming out of the service??
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The GI Bill is higher, it starts out at 20k, and goes up from there.
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03-04-2008, 04:38 PM
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I see alotta military guys coming out, going to school, then getting a job in hvac and being miserable.
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03-04-2008, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by weber
The GI Bill is higher, it starts out at 20k, and goes up from there.
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Guess I'm getting old.
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03-04-2008, 05:17 PM
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$150 a month
with a good credit score rates start at $150 a month for ten years. If your credit is worse $250 a month. This set up on a SalleyMae student loan.
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03-04-2008, 05:21 PM
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that's 14 days too many.
...must be another union program. 
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