The Latest News From NexTech Academy

Hire for Success
Ask anyone who owns an HVAC, electric or plumbing business what their biggest challenge is, and their response is almost always the same; recruitment. With

Interview with Jason Haskin – Service Manager at Boothes regarding Chris Barnett, NexTech’s first HVAC graduate
Joe: So it looks like your company has our very first HVAC graduate Chris Barnett in our program! First, on behalf of Nexstar Network and

Get To Know Jeff Atwell, NexTech’s Plumbing Technical Coach
How did you get into your trade? What was your trade education experience like? I fell into the trade. My brother owned a plumbing company,

How Nexstar Network’s Industry Experience Supports NexTech Academy Training
NexTech Academy is among the most effective providers of online technical training programs for HVAC technician training, electrical training and plumber training. But who is

Find New Apprentices in the Restroom
Do you wish that you just had two minutes to explain to your target audience why your company is the best to work for? Well,

NexTech Academy Helps Businesses Train Service Technicians with Online Videos
Training videos that go into the field with your technicians NexTech Academy online courses prepare HVAC, electrical, and plumbing technicians for the challenges they will

Meet Amanda Yang, NexTech Academy’s Instructional Designer
Amanda Yang, NexTech’s instructional designer for the HVAC curriculum follows her passion every day. She loves instructional design so much, she created a course to

Useful Tips for Your New Plumbing Technicians
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

How to Share Feedback With New Technicians
Improvement for new electrical, HVAC and plumbing technicians can come in many forms. Often, electrical, HVAC and plumbing owners such as yourself will turn to

Big Changes in How Users Engage With NexTech
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?

Meet Corinne Hall, Electrical Technical Coach for NexTech Academy
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

Ideal Soft Skills for Home Service Technicians in the Plumbing and HVAC Industries
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

Useful Tips for Your New HVAC Technicians
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

Five Ways Online Technical Training Supports Your Plumbing and HVAC Business in 2020
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

What Do You Do When Your New Technician Is Underperforming?
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

What Business Owners Can Do To Prepare New Technicians For Home Visits In Five Steps
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

Growing Your Customer Base Through Effective Technician Training
What can make my business more successful? This is the million-dollar question that’s constantly on the minds of company owners every hour of each day.

How NexTech Coaches Help Trainers Identify, Train and Retain Great Technicians
Nexstar Network members utilizing NexTech Academy gain so much more than an online trade school program—they truly harness the power of the whole organization. NexTech