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Enjoy HVAC School, San Antonio TX: 3 Must-Have Qualities For Students

Every career has its own education, skill set, and personality traits that are essential for success. Becoming an HVAC technician starts out with a quality education from an HVAC school San Antonio TX. This ensures that every student will learn how to install, maintain, and repair HVAC units, along with troubleshooting systems, communicating with clients, and more.   So what do you need to succeed as an HVAC technician? It helps to have the following three qualities:

  • Reliability: When someone’s air conditioning stops working on a sweltering summer day, clients do not want to wait around for an HVAC technician who may or may not show up on time. Clients wants someone who is reliable – this means arriving at the time as promised, or giving ample warning if they are going to arrive later.

    Additionally, HVAC technicians need to prove that their workmanship is reliable; this means explaining in simple terms the issue with their unit, what was done to fix it, and any additional details that the client needs to know. Demonstrating your reliability in terms of time and knowledge will go a long way to creating strong professional relationships that will help retain existing clients and attract new ones.

  • Technical know-how: The bulk of the work for an HVAC technician is dealing with complex technological systems, such as steam heating, air conditioning, as well as water heating and cooling. You will also need to understand the components of each system, including pipes, vents, compressors, motors, and more. To work with these systems, you need the expertise to know which tools, such as drills and measurement gauges, to use for each situation, and how to use them.

    What’s more, you will need to earn how to read and interpret technical data, including specifications, blueprints, and schematics. Finally, your technical knowledge must include testing equipment, such as ohmmeters, humidity recorders, and airflow meters, plus their related software. Therefore, learning the technological know-how through an HVAC school San Antonio TX is an essential skill that every technician must have.

  • Communication skills: While it is important to know how to deal with HVAC systems, there is another important part of the equation – your clients. Communicating well with your clients at every step is an absolute must. First, you need to be able to address clients politely and professionally about their HVAC issues, discuss the problems you discovered, indicate the means of resolving the issue, explain the cost for the repair or installation, and answer questions.

    Every so often, you will need to address an impatient or frustrated client with composure. You also have to have contact with your suppliers, other employees, and supervisors. To retain clients and attract new ones, you need to be pleasant and likable by providing both stellar HVAC service and superb customer service. And not every communication will be verbal. You may need to write reports, create specifications, and provide quotes, meaning written communication is equally as important as verbal.

  There’s more than meets the eye to becoming a successful HVAC technician. If you possess the skills above, consider applying to an HVAC school San Antonio TX, and get ready for an exciting and rewarding career!

This article was published on: 03/23/13 11:59 AM

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