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Posted by Joseph on November 27, 2006, 8:50 pm
> your kidding, right? and you want to offer free advice with Abby Normal??
>
> Gesh, this ended up as a scary link.....
>
> To the original poster, are you ending up with an Associates? If so, get
> your but back and school for two more years and make a real living. Everyone
> on this side of a BA or BS degree wants everything free and demands you the
> this trade lives in poverty. I'm serious about this, FINISH a REAL degree or
> change it completely
>
> Don't believe me? Then lets take a poll, how many REAL techs here thinks he
> should go back to school Say Yes or No....
>
>
> Rich
Slam dunk, get your BA if you are able. You will not regret it "EVER"!
Joseph
p.s. Stormy should not be giving advice to anyone about anything...
> > I'm not sure what Universal Technician Test is. But, here is my wisdom
> > and wit:
> >
> > 1) There's more than one kind of HVAC job. Many people hire only
> > installers as entry level. You can be promoted to service guy, later.
> > 2) You should expect to carry a lot of tools up and down stairs, and
> > ladders. The new guy's nick names are "Fetch", "Clean" and "Stairs".
> > 3) Never talk to customers, unless totally necessary. This is for
> > several reasons. First, the boss wants to be the one who has the
> > conversations, tells the jokes, etc. Second, they will repeat anything
> > you say, to the boss and to the neighbors. "He said the system should
> > run more efficiently...."
> > 4) The company has had a lot of guys who didn't work out. Folks hire
> > on and make demands. Bad idea. They also stay only a few months, and
> > go work for the other guys. New guys also steal tools, do side jobs
> > during their off hours, and so on. Expect not to be trusted for at
> > least a year. Never mention side jobs unless it's your own furnace, or
> > your Mom and Dad's house. You're expected to fix your own furnace, and
> > you're expected to keep your parents comfortable. Leave the work
> > tools at work, unless you have a really totally good reason to bring
> > them home.
> > 5) You really need your EPA card to do much good in a HVAC company.
> > Though I've met guys who didn't have the card, and they mostly do
> > sheet metal, stairs, and fetch.
> > 6) never, ever, disagree with the boss when the customer might even
> > have a chance of hearing.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Christopher A. Young
> > You can't shout down a troll.
> > You have to starve them.
> > .
> >
> > I have passed the Universal technician test and finishing up school in
> > December. I would like to know what a HVAC company would be looking
> > for
> > if I went in looking for a job? Do I need to become certified or will
> > they take me as I am?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>
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