Jan 22, 2020 | News and Events
It’s a proven fact! The best source of quality applicants is your employees. Who better to help with recruiting? The first step in motivating your employees to help recruit apprentices is to let them know what you want to do and provide them with the tools to...
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Jan 15, 2020 | Workforce Training
Among the very best things an employer can hope to see in a new employee is genuine excitement to get started. Few employees are more excited and eager to get out in the field and prove their worth than a new plumbing technician. They’re eager to start their new...
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Jan 8, 2020 | Vocational Training Programs, Workforce Training
Improvement for new HVAC and plumbing technicians can come in many forms. Often, HVAC and plumbing owners such as yourself will turn to vocational training programs like those from NexTech Academy or apprenticeships, but few methods offer the immediate impact of...
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Jan 3, 2020 | News and Events
For long time blog readers, you know that NexTech Academy surveys students and training leaders as they progress from one level to the next. Why? We want to see if their feelings change as they grow in the online technical training program and gather ideas on what we...
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Jan 3, 2020 | News and Events
How did you get into your trade? In high school, I didn’t even know the trades existed. Maybe that was my own lack of awareness and not asking the right questions, or maybe it was an industry that was glossed over as a career opportunity. Either way, my awareness of...
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Dec 26, 2019 | Vocational Training Programs
Wouldn’t it be grand if fixing an issue was all that was expected of you as a plumbing technician or HVAC technician? Obviously, it would be, and just as obvious, it’s not. Your responsibilities extend far beyond the source of the service call. There’s also the human...
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Dec 18, 2019 | Workforce Training
You’ve supported and trained your HVAC students over the last 9-12 months and now they are starting to get into the truck, running basic repair and maintenance calls. Congratulations! You are moving forward in creating your own workforce and that is highly...
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Dec 11, 2019 | Vocational Training Programs
The most often utilized tool in a plumbing or HVAC technician’s tool bag is wisdom. They rely upon it every day and with every service call. As the owner of a plumbing or HVAC business, you understand that your success rests almost entirely upon the quality of your...
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Dec 4, 2019 | Workforce Training
Hiring for character and training for skill makes a lot of sense in residential home services. Our industry knows that there are not many skilled tradespeople looking for work, so growing our own workforce is a viable solution to ensure that we keep up with homeowner...
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Nov 20, 2019 | Workforce Training
If you are in a position to grow your own workforce and hire for character and train for skill, you need to think beyond technical training. You’ll want to make sure you’re balancing task-based skills with the practical application of customer service best practices....
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