Picking a career in the skilled trades is like picking a career in any other industry: It’s a big decision. You probably (and rightfully) have a lot of questions like these flying through your mind: Will there be jobs waiting when I finish school? How much will I make? Where will I work? Will I […]
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6 Scholarships for Arizona Trade School Students That You Can Apply to Right Now
Are you letting the fear of paying for tuition and other expenses hold you back from going to trade school? Don’t let it. You have options. Not only can you apply for FAFSA, Pell Grants and other state and federal aid funding, but also scholarships just for Arizona students. Check out these 6 local scholarship […]
Read MoreStaff Connections – Meet Taya Hightower
Taya Hightower is a student accounts representative in the business office of RSI. Taya has been part of the RSI family for three years. Thanks for your time, Taya. What were you doing before you joined RSI in 2015? I was a bartender during the day, and I volunteered at New Leaf Foundation, helping low-income […]
Read MoreA Glossary of HVAC Terms A-Z to Help You in School and in Your Career
Planning a career in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration field? Get ready to memorize words, acronyms and their meanings. A lot of them. HVAC training teaches all of the essential HVAC terminology, of course, but learning how to speak the language ahead of time will help you when terms like BTUH and SEER […]
Read MoreGraduate Connections – Meet Zach Nelson
Zach, 26, from Phoenix, AZ, graduated from the Refrigeration Technologies program at RSI in July 2017. Thanks for your time, Zach. What brought you to RSI? I hit my mid-20s and decided I needed a career. I’d been working at a dental office for about three years doing front office stuff. That wasn’t going to […]
Read MoreNational HVAC Tech Month Spotlight: Owning Your Own HVAC Business.
Rich Morgan graduated from the RSI Electro-Mechanical Technologies program in 1994. Today he is President of Magic Touch Mechanical, Inc., the nationally recognized and awarded company that he started in 1997. To celebrate National HVAC Tech Month this June, Rich has provided some insight and inspiration for HVAC techs who might like to run their […]
Read MoreWhat Will You Learn in HVAC School?
Are you thinking about becoming an HVAC technician? To be successful in an industry like this, you need to be skilled in working on increasingly high-tech heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. To do that, you need to learn a lot of complex concepts. You can learn all about these concepts, such as the […]
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