air contitioning installation & service course, has anyone done it, is there a good career in this?

Question

thinking of doing this course , any info very helpful

Answer 1

I own an HVAC company and I can tell you that we are always looking for qualified people. The best side of the field is the service side. You will have better opportunities and pay. The hours are usually longer also. I never have laid a service man off in the 10 years that I have been in business and I did service for 16 years prior to that and was never laid off either.

Answer 2

Kind of depends on where you are, but in general, this is a growing field. Big cities where your overhead is going to be high and you have a diluted customer base from all the other existing HVAC contractors is probably not a good bet, but in high growth areas or rural areas where service professionals are hard to come by, you should be able to do well. Florida is booming right now, as are areas of the Southwest such as Phoenix and Las Vegas. Also you can think about areas prone to hurricanes such as the Gulf and Atlantic coasts in general. Houses get destroyed and need new everything - not to make light of their troubles, but hey you fill a need. You can also think of offering other services such as duct cleaning, installing a central vacuum system, and draining refrigerators of freon (most landfills won't take them unless they have been purged of freon).

Answer 3

A friend of mine took the heating and air conditioning courses and is making a very good living. He was started at $40,000+ his first year. People are always gone to need these services too, which would be good job security.

Answer 4

If you go for the proper coarses like City & Guilds, and get the NVQ3, you will have the potential to get loads of money.
Depends on how hard you want to work for it. I have see jobs advertised for between £30000 and £40000
I would do an electrical coarse first, as most of the problems you get with A/C is electrical

Answer 5

ASK THE SCHOOL YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT FOR COMPANIES THAT THEY PLACED STUDENTS AT AND THEN GO TALK TO THOSE COMPANIES AND SEE WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE EDUCATION THESE STUDENTS RECEIVED. DO YOUR HOME WORK ON THE SCHOOL YOU WANT TO GO TO. YOU CAN EASILY WASTE YOUR MONEY ON BAD SCHOOLS. HVAC IS A GOOD FIELD. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT A APPRENTICE SHIP PROGRAM TO BE A ELECTRICIAN? ALSO GOOD FIELD.