HVAC R Apprentice position allows individuals to learn the skills required of HVAC R installation and service trade while working in full-time paid employment position with on-the-job training from experienced HVAC journey-level technicians and company-provided structured apprenticeship training classes...
HVAC R apprenticeships provide both on-the-job training and classroom instruction, allowing Apprentices to earn wages while learning trade.
Apprenticeships can be either union or merit based career paths that help employers recruit and train employees to become workforce.
Most HVAC R apprenticeships are 4-years or 5-years with employees receiving wage at regular intervals, often every 6-months or year.
Apprentices work begins with HVAC R tasks and it progresses to more complex tasks as time goes on.
Upon completion of the four or five-year program, Apprentices graduate to Journey-Level Technician..
Individuals can bypass vocational schools or post-secondary HVAC R education and training and enter directly into apprenticeship, and many individuals do both, by first completing HVAC R training prior to entering the apprenticeship.
In many cases the length of the apprenticeship can be shortened by completing HVAC R courses or programs...
This move requires completion of HVAC R apprenticeship. ▸ Journey-Level Refrigeration Technician.
This move requires completion of HVAC R apprenticeship. ▸ Residential Service Technician.
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