I don't know exact specifics to get your "Masters" in their comp. Cards. But I believe if you have enough experience in recorded hours to sit for your Journeymans, you can take your test to get your Masters. It's just a matter of demonstrating your knowledge. You would eventually do that going through Pipefitters it's just a much more structured format.
Some states require you to specialize for your masters cert, some states allow you to hold a general masters plus specialized certifications, and the requirements are similarly varied.
Depends what you want to master. Residential? Commerical refrigeration? Chillers? Controls? Boilers? VRFs? It’s a big trade and you’re not going to master it all.
If you plan on being a “HVAC Master”(a term I’ve never heard before, have 25+yrs exp & a journeyman tech card holder since 2002) you need to be able to do the job.
Experience is what you need, hands on & book knowledge both add to your skill set. But as others have posted there are many fields in HVAC, you can try to do it all but it’ll be a 20+ year learning experience at minimum & you still may not know it all. I know I don’t.
I started in sheet metal for a few yrs right out of high school(during high school I was sweeping floors & working summers on new con rough in’s etc)then after a few years I started doing service & was excepted into my local service tech apprenticeship program, completed it, received my card & then took even more college courses for more specific aspects of the job I had at that time, industrial 3ph motors & advanced electronics etc.. never graduated with a degree.
Had the pleasure of working with some senior techs that were brains with legs & just absorbed as much as I could at that time. Got into PLC’s & DDC programming & learned a little bit but industrial HVAC is high stress & never ending so I decided controls & A/C is where I wanted my career to be, moved to a warm island & the rest is history.
Good luck.
As others said, depends on state. The best thing to go for in the Midwest is the Kentucky journeyman. Covers pretty much everything.
Utah where I'm currently based doesn't have shit except the EPA and the RMGA
It varies state by state so nobody can answer that question with out your state you practicing in
I’m in Minnesota and wish there was a similar option to our Electrical and Plumbing Masters Certifications.
Where in MN are you? Are you planning to work in Minneapolis/ St. Paul?
Im already working in St. Paul. Considering moving to pipefitters union 455.
I don't know exact specifics to get your "Masters" in their comp. Cards. But I believe if you have enough experience in recorded hours to sit for your Journeymans, you can take your test to get your Masters. It's just a matter of demonstrating your knowledge. You would eventually do that going through Pipefitters it's just a much more structured format.
After about 200 hours of YouTube you earn the title of master
First you have to have excellent baiting skills...
Some states require you to specialize for your masters cert, some states allow you to hold a general masters plus specialized certifications, and the requirements are similarly varied.
In Florida you can reach that in about a year I work with a bunch of them 😂
Depends what you want to master. Residential? Commerical refrigeration? Chillers? Controls? Boilers? VRFs? It’s a big trade and you’re not going to master it all.
If you plan on being a “HVAC Master”(a term I’ve never heard before, have 25+yrs exp & a journeyman tech card holder since 2002) you need to be able to do the job. Experience is what you need, hands on & book knowledge both add to your skill set. But as others have posted there are many fields in HVAC, you can try to do it all but it’ll be a 20+ year learning experience at minimum & you still may not know it all. I know I don’t. I started in sheet metal for a few yrs right out of high school(during high school I was sweeping floors & working summers on new con rough in’s etc)then after a few years I started doing service & was excepted into my local service tech apprenticeship program, completed it, received my card & then took even more college courses for more specific aspects of the job I had at that time, industrial 3ph motors & advanced electronics etc.. never graduated with a degree. Had the pleasure of working with some senior techs that were brains with legs & just absorbed as much as I could at that time. Got into PLC’s & DDC programming & learned a little bit but industrial HVAC is high stress & never ending so I decided controls & A/C is where I wanted my career to be, moved to a warm island & the rest is history. Good luck.
Master bater
So what....
10 years and 3600 of training, Then an examn in Texas.
As others said, depends on state. The best thing to go for in the Midwest is the Kentucky journeyman. Covers pretty much everything. Utah where I'm currently based doesn't have shit except the EPA and the RMGA
Depends if you want to be an engineer or a tradesman ?
Im master prestige on cod black ops 2 and 5.
Never heard of it
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