Are you interested in becoming an HVAC technician but not sure what to expect from HVAC training? Well, if you enjoy working with your hands, outside the office and have a knack for customer service, then becoming an HVAC technician may be the right career path for you. So, what does an HVAC technician do?

What Does an HVAC Technician Do?

HVAC technicians establish, maintain, diagnose, and repair heating, ventilation, cooling, and refrigeration systems. Some of the tasks you will do from day-to-day include:

  • Installing ductwork, smart thermostats, and HVAC systems
  • Troubleshooting a malfunctioning system
  • Replacing electronic HVAC components
  • Cleaning ducts and maintaining HVAC systems
  • Creating smart homes with smart HVAC systems
  • Brazing and soldering wiring

Heat pumps, AC units, ductwork, and thermostats all need to be installed, tested, maintained, and often replaced. Every commercial and residential building has some sort of HVAC system that will need work. This helps grow the demand for HVAC technicians.

How Do I Become an HVAC Technician?

A succinct way to become an HVAC technician is by attending a trade school. CyberTex prepares you to start working as an HVAC technician and to take the EPA 608 certification exam with a complete curriculum and plenty of hands-on experience. You can complete the HVAC technician program in less than 11 months attending full-time. Are you wondering, what can I expect from HVAC training?

What Can I Expect From HVAC Training?

During HVAC training at CyberTex, you can expect classroom lecture and hands-on experience in:

Safety and Shop Practices

The focus of all HVAC training is proper safety, shop practices and procedures. In the HVAC industry, attention to detail is important. Your HVAC instructor will give you the knowledge you need to take advantage of your attention to detail and always be safe on the job.

Basic Refrigeration

During the HVAC technician program, you will learn about the basics of refrigeration. Classroom theory will cover refrigeration in both a residential and commercial building. Whether it is a mobile refrigerator in a truck or cool area in a retail store, you will have the skills to maintain and fix refrigeration systems with a variety of obstacles.

Basic Electricity

During an HVAC technician program, you will also learn the basics of electricity. As an HVAC technician, you’ll need to understand electrical systems and how to safely manage them.

Brazing, Soldering, and Piping

During the HVAC technician program, you will learn about brazing, soldering, and piping. All of which are skills you may need to repair and install HVAC systems.

Sheet Metal Fabrication and Duct Systems

You’ll also receive plenty of hands-on experience with sheet metal fabrication and duct systems. Sheet metal fabrication is a process required to create unique HVAC systems. While, duct systems are an integral part of the heating, cooling, and ventilation processes.

Heating & Air Conditioning

The main focus on an HVAC technician program is heating and air conditioning. If you become an HVAC technician, you’ll work on furnaces, heat pumps, and A/C systems. CyberTex will teach you about HVAC systems and how they work. By the time you graduate, you will be prepared to install, repair, and clean a variety of HVAC systems.

Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration

Like residential homes, businesses need HVAC and refrigeration repair and maintenance. Whether it is a cold storage section of a restaurant or the HVAC system in a corporate skyscraper, HVAC technicians will be needed to install, maintain, and repair commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems.

What are the Benefits of Formal HVAC Training?

There are many benefits to formal HVAC training. From a complete curriculum to starting a career in less than a year, attending CyberTex will prepare you for a career in the HVAC industry. Some of the benefits of a formal HVAC training program include:

Complete Curriculum

You have two options in becoming an HVAC technician. You can attend a formal education and learn the complete curriculum in as little as 11 months, or you can start out as an apprentice. Both are important for learning the trade but attending a formal education first will make sure you don’t have any knowledge gaps. As an apprentice, you may end up learning only a portion of the tasks that you will work on as an HVAC technician. An apprenticeship may focus only on residential HVAC, whereas CyberTex’s HVAC program prepares you for both residential and commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems. With a complete curriculum, you have more opportunity for advancement and can work on many aspects of HVAC systems.

Hands-on Experience

Another great benefit of a formal education in HVAC is the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them. When you supervised by an instructor, you can learn from your mistakes and not cause a catastrophic situation. You will work on many different HVAC and refrigeration systems to become familiar and confident when you start working as an HVAC technician.

Career Services

The best benefit of attending a formal education is the career services we offer. CyberTex will help you find an apprenticeship after graduation and will help you find employment with opportunities within the Killeen community, throughout the life of your HVAC career. We have strong connections with businesses in the Killeen area because these employers know that graduates of CyberTex are ready to start working with limited on-the-job training.

Final Thoughts

Now that you know what to expect from HVAC training, it is time to learn more about CyberTex. We have classes in Killeen that will prepare you for a career in the HVAC industry. Take the time to learn about more than a job but the start of a life-long career that is in demand. You will be happy you did.

HVAC Technician Diploma

Ready to start a rewarding career as an HVAC technician? With more than two decades of success in the medical, health, and IT sectors, we added an HVAC course to our curriculum. We are proud to announce that we have flexible day and evening classes for the HVAC program.

CyberTex’s HVAC program can be completed in as little as 11-month attending full-time with the flexibility of day and evening classes. You will be eligible to take the EPA – 608 certification from the US Environmental Protection Agency with our training. Contact us today to learn more.

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