HVAC Tech

Career Focus

Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education

Details

Students enrolled in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration technology associates degree or certificate program at NMU will learn how to develop a variety of knowledge and skills related to:

• Residential and light commercial heating
• Ventilation
• Ducting
• Air conditioning
• Refrigeration equipment
• Electrical circuitry
• Sheet metal layout and fabrication
• Workplace safety
• Employability practices

Job Opportunities

Job opportunities in HVACR technology exist in a wide array of settings including:

• Commercial and residential customers
• Various job sites in a service area
• A large facility such as a hospital, university, factory or grocery store

Links

Explore HVAC Careers Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Build Your Future! Explore Careers and their Paths

Michigan College Network Video Featuring NMU’s HVACR Program

Career Ladder

Michigan and National Employment & Wage Data

Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

• Career/Technical Education Teachers
• Electrical Engineers

Associate’s Degree, Long-Term Training and Apprenticeships

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers
• Electricians
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
• Electro-Mechanical Technicians
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
• Power Distributors and Dispatchers
• Sheet Metal Workers
• Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Certificate or Moderate-Term Training

• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers 
• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
• Solar Photovoltaic Installers

High School Diploma or Equivalent and Short-Term Training

• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
• Helpers—Electricians
• Helpers–Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
• Meter Readers, Utilities