The Latest News From NexTech Academy

Navigating NexTech Academy
How is NexTech Academy organized? NexTech Academy users can select their trade training track during the sign-up process. We have the following training tracks available:

Calculating Continuing Education Training For Online Technical Training
Tracking time spent learning is important in the trades for many reasons, such as: Understanding the pace in which students are learning—knowing where they are

Frequently Asked Question Resources
Implementing NexTech Academy into your company may feel like a lot of work, but we have you covered. We understand what it takes to grow

How Can a Nexstar Network Membership Help Plumber Technicians Train with NexTech Academy?
Plumbing business owners looking to get ahead and stay ahead tend to surround themselves with similarly minded owners. They lean on each other to build

How the Smart Home Changes What Your Techs Need to Know
A home is no longer just a home. It’s fast becoming a smart home. What’s a smart home? In its simplest terms, a smart home

How Home Service Business Owners Can Improve the Skills of Their Technicians in 18 to 24 Months via Online Training at NexTech Academy
Learning a skilled trade such as plumbing, HVAC or electrical takes time. But how much? Traditional vocational training programs and apprenticeship programs could take as

How Can a Nexstar Network Membership Help HVAC Technicians Train with NexTech Academy?
Running a successful HVAC business involves a good measure of luck and timing. These variables are obviously beyond an HVAC business owner’s control. You can’t

Return On Investment: NexTech Students Producing Revenue
Ryan Lumpkins, general manager of Boothe’s HVAC currently has four students enrolled in NexTech Academy’s plumbing and HVAC online technical training programs. Boothe’s specializes in

How to Take Care of Your Health as a Plumber, Electrician, or HVAC Technician
The number one priority of every electrician, HVAC technician or plumber is to take care of a customer’s needs. Day in and day out, it’s

Get To Know Dave Herding NexTech Academy Instructional Designer
How did you get into instructional design? I started my teaching career using classroom lectures as the primary means to disseminate information to my students.

How Can a Nexstar Network Membership Help Electricians Train with NexTech Academy?
It’s likely your electrical business has already benefited in many ways from being a member of the Nexstar Network. Whether it’s due to the business

NexTech User Profile: Five Star Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electric
Larry Sinn is the owner of Five Star Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electric in Greer, South Carolina. He currently has two plumbers in NexTech Academy

Meet Steven Vang, NexTech’s Instructional Designer
How did you get into instructional design? By complete accident. I never realized that there was a whole industry called instructional design or technical writing.

How to Make Working for a Residential Service Company Appealing to Gen Z
The future of the electrical, HVAC and plumbing industries rests in the hands of Generation Z. Now, we understand that this can be said about

NexTech User Profile: Corley Plumbing, Air and Electric
C.K. Baker is the plumbing and electrical service manager of Corley Plumbing, Air and Electric in Greenville, South Carolina. His company currently has three plumbers

How to Motivate Your Employees to Complete Self-Paced Vocational Trades Skills Training Programs
Among the most popular aspects of NexTech Academy is the ability for students to learn at their own pace. This self-paced learning concept makes it

Built to Be the Best Electrician Training Option
The new NexTech Academy electrician training courses have been a long time in the making. Our coaches, instructional designers, business leaders, and training professionals have

NexTech 2.0 Is Here!
Since NexTech Academy launched, we’ve been busy analyzing how users are using the program and planning for improvements. Our observations have led us to the