Apprenticeship in HVAC&R. (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration)Learn the art and science of HVAC&R in this unique training opportunity. Work on real projects while you learn from a master craftman with over 20 years experience, 5 years teaching this subject at the community college level. A casual leaning environment with both classroom instruction, structured labs, and real world installations. I am currently remodeling 10,000+ sq.ft., 109 yr old boarding house and need help with many aspects of the renovation as well as labor for our trading post and campground. In exchange for that help I will present a formal lesson plan in HVAC&R technology that will prepare you for national certification and provide room and board. Prefer candidates with some carpentry, plumbing, and/or electrical or other trade experience that want to expand their knowledge and abilities into this area. This will not be a monkey training session but a thinking person's class in how things work and we will be completing state of the art installations in geothermal heating and cooling, solar energy applications, and other refrigeration systems. For more info email chucky@usit.net and please include brief bio on yourself.

-- Carter (chucky@usit.net), October 12, 2001

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Where is this project located? How long do you exspect it to last? Are there any wages?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), October 12, 2001.

Just room and board? Not even pocket money? Hey, a fella likes to go out for a brew now and then.

Will they be a employee, and thus entitied to benefits, such as health insurance, unemployment compensation, Social Security payments, etc.?

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), October 13, 2001.

Woops, I forgot the geography. I'm in the mountains of east Tennessee on the Nolichucky river. Sorry no wages, this is a bare bones operations but I'll include a few beers in board part of "room and board". The learning potential is for real and I plan on doing my best to provide the chance to take and pass a nationally recognized certification program as well as the Evironmental Protection Agency CFC certification for which I use to be a certified proctor. The duration shouldn't be much more than 3-4 months. The course I use to teach was a year long but that was just because the community college stretch it out to get more money. Books and Lab fees are included. Thanks for the interest.

Carter

-- Carter (Chucky@usit.net), October 13, 2001.