HVACR Training Partnerships

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HVACR Training Partnerships

• Career Technical Training
• UA HVACR Apprenticeship Programs
• Employer Partners
• HVACR Service Technician Careers

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UA HVACR Service Technician Apprenticeship
Programs

• Five Year Programs conducted by over 300 UA
  Training Centers in the United States and
  Canada.
• Total training investment made by the UA and its
  Employer Partners each year
• 110,000,000

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Career Technical Training UA HVACR Service
Technician Recruitment Plan

• Identify top HVACR Programs.
• HVAC Excellence and Programmatic Accreditation
• Establish Partnerships.
• Perkins Act
• Register HVACR program graduates with our
  Employer Partners.
• Mechanical Contractors Association of America
  (MCAA)
• Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA)

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UA HVACR Service Technician Apprenticeship
Programs

• Educational Partners
• Washtenaw Community College Ann
  Arbor, Michigan(AAS in HVACR Technology)
• Ferris State University Big Rapids, Michigan(BA
  in HVACR Technology)

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UA HVACR Service Technician Apprenticeship
Programs

• Employer Partners
• MCAA
• MSCA (over 1,200 employers)
• JCI

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Connecting Graduates to Employment
UA/MSCA 5 STAR HVACR Careers
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Local and Nationwide Employment
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UA/MSCA5 STAR CAREER Program Brochures
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UA/MSCA5 STAR CAREERSSign-Up Links

• 5 STAR Careers Website
• UA Website
• (above links on brochure)

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UA HVACR Service Technician Apprenticeship
Programs

• New Membership Category
• as of March 21, 2007..
• Direct Placement Apprentice

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• Approved Technical Training Schools
• Those who graduate from an accredited
  Technical Training School that has been approved
  by the International Pipe Trades Joint Training
  Committee (ITP-JATC) in recognition of the
  critical training they have already received for
  occupations registered in the plumbing and
  pipefitting industry may be given direct entry
  into the apprenticeship program.

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training
Administration Office of Apprenticeship
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New Types of StudentsPresent New Challenges

• A new HVACR Curriculum
• Traditional Student/Instructor Knowledge
  Baseline - Electro-Mechanical Age
• New Student/Instructor Knowledge
  Baseline - Digital Age

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Questions?

• Contact Info
• Steven H. Allen
• Director
• HVACR Education Recruitment
• United Association
• stevea_at_uanet.org
• [phone]