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re: Best way to begin HVAC career?
Posted on 5/10/22 at 12:49 pm to Headbootas
Posted on 5/10/22 at 12:49 pm to Headbootas
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’m currently an operator in a chemical plant and I have been in this field for over 20 years. I’m looking to start fresh as an HVAC tech
to put it simply you are just too frickin old for that
you need to be young to put up with being in 150 degree attics 6 hrs of your 10-12 hour work day
go to class and learn the trade, then hire a crew of young guys to do the work for you and you sit in the office running the business scheduling work and doing the book keeping work
if you dont want to be the boss, then learn to code and go into the IT industry, being a HVAC tech at your age is about the worst kind of work environment there is. sitting outside adding freon to units is only 10% of the job and 90% is done in miserable conditions. i did it myself for 35 years so i know.
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Posted on 5/10/22 at 12:56 pm to TDTOM
Around Baton Rouge
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:05 pm to wadewilson
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-the tool room Napoleon
I thought you were the tool room Napolean?
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:11 pm to Headbootas
Maybe reach out to a local community college or HVAC company
Posted on 5/10/22 at 5:41 pm to Rex Feral
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Go to a vocational school. Work for an HVAC company for 5 years and then start your own business once you know the ins and outs of running an HVAC company. There are a lot of things like pricing, new installs, change outs, service, etc that you'll need to understand if you're looking to work on your own at some point.
THIS.....same thing for plumbers. The need for service industry work such as HVAC and plumbing is constantly in high demand and is something that just can't be replaced by some automated machinery.
Posted on 5/10/22 at 5:48 pm to Headbootas
Serious question. How are you with computers and electrical? You may want to consider the building controls side of things. I did 2 years in high school a five year apprenticeship program with the local plumbers and pipe fitters union hall. Then was a tech and got hurt and now I’m in the office. It’s a hot and feast famine type of world as a tech.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 11:34 am to tigerinthebueche
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I thought you were the tool room Napolean?
Nah.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 11:50 am to wadewilson
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-the customer might think they know more about what brand sells higher quality coils than you, the professional
What do you mean that rescheck thingy confirms you are installing a 3.5 ton unit in my new house? I WANT FIVE TONS CAUSE ITS BETTER!
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-the goddamn electricians that never pick up after themselves
Preach on brother.
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-the GC that needs you there RIGHT NOW on a house he started framing up a month ago, then has the nerve to bitch when you did a $20,000 job in 2 days
It was a $15K job for which you charged me $20K. Its 1145am. I will see you at 1pm. Oh, and I need you outta here by Friday. And for the love of Christ, avoid the fricking plumber. He has asked me 28 times to ask you why you took his tape measure on the Camino St job.
Posted on 10/4/23 at 11:50 pm to DestineeLamb
HVAC starter pack:
1/2 ton Chevy, preferably 2001 or earlier.
Ex girlfriend tattoo on forearm.
Crushed up, week old monster energy cans on passenger floor board.
Smoke camels.
Truck bed has 2 sawzalled window unit coils for future recycling.
Shoe in, if you fit the above profile.
1/2 ton Chevy, preferably 2001 or earlier.
Ex girlfriend tattoo on forearm.
Crushed up, week old monster energy cans on passenger floor board.
Smoke camels.
Truck bed has 2 sawzalled window unit coils for future recycling.
Shoe in, if you fit the above profile.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 11:22 am to Headbootas
Apply to be a maintenance technician in the apartment industry. Be sure your resume has a list of maintenance you can do. You will follow senior supervisors that will teach you and they will guide you how to get your HVAC card.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 11:49 am to Headbootas
1. Go to work with a HVAC company that allows you to do side jobs.
2. Buy a yeti cooler and keep with full of natty lite
4. Do as many side jobs in rich neighborhoods as possible
6. 50% of the time it'll be a bad capacitor (which will cost you $20 and 5 minutes), charge $150 and make it sound more complicated.
5. Give good looking single moms more than one way to pay
3. Profit.
2. Buy a yeti cooler and keep with full of natty lite
4. Do as many side jobs in rich neighborhoods as possible
6. 50% of the time it'll be a bad capacitor (which will cost you $20 and 5 minutes), charge $150 and make it sound more complicated.
5. Give good looking single moms more than one way to pay
3. Profit.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 11:59 am to Headbootas
Kill someone, go to Angola, and take their HVAC course.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 12:18 pm to Headbootas
quote:
I’m currently an operator in a chemical plant and I have been in this field for over 20 years. I’m looking to start fresh as an HVAC tech and was looking for advice on which path to take to get started. I have a fundamental understanding of refrigeration, but no formal training.
why the frick would you want to go from being an operator to a hvac technician? one is a way way better job than the other....and its the one you already have. not to mention the retirement benefits especially with 20 years in
and sorry if you have been an operator last 20 years, you wont last 1 summer climbing in hot arse attics. prolyl not even a full week.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 1:17 pm to Frac the world
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Just buy some PVC fittings, some capacitors, a tank of freon and start quoting baw
This might be more expensive than you anticipate.
Posted on 10/5/23 at 1:20 pm to wadewilson
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-the painters, floor crew, roofers, and other subhuman types might not treat the master race HVAC techs with the proper respect
And the dig on electricians in both jobs.
This post was edited on 10/5/23 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 10/5/23 at 2:01 pm to Headbootas
Handjobs
Posted on 10/5/23 at 2:02 pm to Garmbr1
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Apply at Gallo Mechanical
can't wait to read your 2nd post in 2031.
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