Last month I graduated from college and got my certification to be a heating and air conditioning specialist! I just got hired for my first job in the heating and cooling business. This HVAC business that hired me to be one of their heating and air conditioning workers had a strict training program the new heating and cooling specialists had to go through. It was classroom style training and very helpful to be able to get started in the heating and cooling industry! They taught us about what to do in certain situations with some of the brand new HVAC technology and equipment. The things that we were not taught in college. Things like repairing radiant heated floors and smart thermostats, for instance. Some of this latest in heating and cooling technology was not part of the college courses. I was in the heating and cooling specialist training at the new job for 2 complete weeks. It ran from 9 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. A full work day. I just had my very first heating and air conditioning repair job. And it is a good thing we had that training class, because my first heating and air conditioning system repair job was for an HVAC system that had something go wrong with heating and cooling zone control! HVAC zone control systems was something I just learned about in that training class! They really need to update the college courses, because not all heating and cooling companies will do these training classes! I guess I just got very lucky with the HVAC company I now work for.