1. "Layoff Protection Shield"
Career stability is vital. What good is a new skill if you can’t find a job tomorrow? With the uncertainty of the economy and unemployment, you want a career with year-round job security. As a heating and air conditioning technician, you’re recession-proof! Sleep well knowing your career has a Layoff Protection Shield. No layoffs, no seasonal downturns, and no dead ends here! You’ll always be in demand!

2. Heroes Wanted
As an HVAC technician, homeowners are excited when you show up! You’ll be restoring their comfort and supplying something everyone wants. You’re more than a technician. You’re a knight in shining armor ready to save the day. Plus, each call could be a life or death situation. Every year, people die from exposure to the heat or the extreme cold. You’ll be saving the lives of those people and many others every day! This is one job where you better get used to being a hero!

3. Become a money-making machine!
Technicians love the HVAC field because of the financial rewards you can earn. Most companies pay you based on your performance, so the better you are, the more you’ll get paid. The sky is the limit! Become the envy of the neighborhood! By solving your customers’ challenges, owning your own home, cars, boats and taking vacations will all become reality. The financial rewards in the HVAC industry are endless.

4. Stairway to Success!
A career in HVAC puts you in control of your own destiny. Climb the Stairway to Success! There are advancement opportunities around every corner. You could become the service manager, the general manager, or even the owner of a company. It all starts by becoming a superstar technician!

5. Two and one-half million people can’t be wrong ...
In a poll conducted by The Henry Ford organization and America Online, 2.5 million people voted, and residential air conditioning was named the top innovation of the last 75 years that influenced American life! It changed the way people live and where they live! As an HVAC technician, you’ll work in a field that every American values. Plus, the National Academy of Engineering named Air Conditioning and Refrigeration the #10 Greatest Engineering Achievement of the 20th Century, so you’ll be working with one of the greatest engineering feats of our time. Not bad for a new career you can start in just 13 weeks!

6. "Take this job and … travel!"
Master these skills, and you can go wherever you want! If you’ve always wanted to live in a particular climate, you can go there and find a high-paying job. Wherever you go, a heating and air conditioning company will be serving that community. These skills are truly portable.

If you want a job with the freedom to live anywhere, you’ve found it in the heating and air conditioning field!

7. Technician Tug-of-war
With the industry’s growing demands, there is a huge demand for technicians! That means there is a job out there waiting for you right now! In fact, you could have started yesterday! Before you even run your first call or serve your first customer, you’ll be in demand from companies across the nation. Imagine having business owners fighting over you instead of begging them for a job.

Get ready to be in demand!

8. Every day that ends in “Y” is different
Every day, you’ll meet interesting people. No two days will ever be the same. Every call is a new challenge and a new opportunity to improve your skills. You’ll have the opportunity to go meet each homeowner, diagnose their problem, and then put your skills to work to solve their problem and get their life back to normal!

9. BYOB!
Wait a second ... BYOB means "be your own boss!" As an HVAC technician, you’re not stuck in an office, you’re not stuck wearing a shirt and tie, and you’re not stuck with a boss looking over your shoulder all day long. When you’re out on a call, you’re in charge. That’s independence.

It’s all the freedom with none of the risk. You don’t have to worry about marketing, financial statements, or business taxes, but you’ll get rewarded for your efforts! The more successful you are in the field, the more successful you’ll be in the bank!

10. The Opportunity Autobahn!
The Autobahn has no speed limit and neither does your opportunity in HVAC. You can get started as soon as you want, and right now, the most exciting thing is that you can get started fast!

Plus, you don’t even need to quit your current job. With our two options - convenient class times, or Tech-Smart, The Quick-Start Career Accelerator you work through at home - you can choose how to get started. Put your pedal to the metal! It all starts by contacting the National Institute of Service Technicians.