Heating / Air Tech (Install / Repair Technician) Degree College Program

Heating and Air (AC) Technicians install, maintain, and repair Heating and air-conditioning systems for residential, commercial, industrial buildings. Because heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems often are referred to as HVACR systems, these workers also may be called HVACR technicians.

Common places of employment include:

fuel oil dealers, refrigeration and air-conditioning service and repair shops, schools, and stores that sell heating and air-conditioning systems. Local governments, the Federal Government, hospitals, office buildings, and other organizations that operate large air-conditioning, refrigeration, or heating systems. 

Median hourly wage-and-salary earnings of heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers were $18.11 in May 2006 with Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers toping $20 an hour.