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5 Tips for Writing a Personal Statement for an HVAC Scholarship

What are you going to do after you graduate high school? You probably get asked that question a lot. But you already have an answer: trade school! You’ve found the place that will train you for a stable, lifelong career in the HVAC industry. But the bigger question is, how are you going to pay […]

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What Is OSHA and How Does It Affect the HVAC Industry?

Jobs in the skilled trades can be fun, action-packed and invigorating—but they can also be dangerous. Workers in the skilled trades, such as HVAC, must adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to ensure workplace safety. HVAC technicians work in situations that are potentially hazardous: Handling refrigerants Operating on rooftops Dealing with wiring […]

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What Does a Commercial Refrigeration Technician Do? Here’s What You Need to Know

Commercial refrigeration isn’t much different from regular refrigeration. The word “commercial” is placed in front of it when it’s used in small convenience stores, large supermarkets, restaurants and food processing plants. The invention of commercial refrigeration actually revolutionized the way we live when it was invented a little more than 100 years ago, radically advancing […]

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Graduate Connections – Toby Overton

Toby, 18, from New York, has been in AZ for five years. He lived in northern Arizona for four years before moving down to start at RSI a month after graduating high school. Toby finished classes in the Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program in March 2018. He works for Andrew’s Refrigeration in Phoenix, AZ. Thanks for […]

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The Four Types of Refrigeration Systems You Need to Know

One of the first things every HVAC/R student learns is that air conditioning units don’t create cool air. What they actually do is remove heat out of a given area. All refrigeration systems work by transferring heat around, moving it from a designated area to somewhere else, thus cooling that designated area off and reversing […]

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