New for 2024-2025!

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Nicholas Gentry

Nicholas Gentry

HVAC Teacher

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General Information

The Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) is a year-long program for juniors and seniors interested in a career in the HVAC industry. Students will be engaged in rewarding and challenging learning opportunities through coursework involving lab applications and real-world experiences through collaborative work with HVAC trade partners and technicians. Students will have opportunities to be placed in paid internship experiences during their high school experience and job placement opportunities upon graduation from high school.

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Year 1 Content

  • HVAC industry overview

  • Introduction to Electricity

  • Intro to Heating

  • Intro to Cooling

  • Intro to Air Distribution Systems

  • Basic Cooper & Plastic Piping Practices

  • Soldering and Brazing

  • Sheet Metal & Fabrication Work

  • HVAC calculations

Year 2 Content

  • Year one overview

  • Troubleshooting Cooling & Heating Systems

  • Intro to Commercial and Industrial HVAC Systems

  • After-Graduation Transition Programming

  • Practicum Internship Experience (2nd Semester)

Credit Opportunities

  • Year 1

    • 2.0 - HS practical art or elective

    • 1.0 - HS Technical English

    • 1.0 - HS Technical Math

  • Year 2

    • 2.0 - HS practical art or elective

    • 1.0 - HS Technical English

    • 1.0 - HS Technical Math 

Internships

  • Capstone Internship Experience (2nd Semester of Year 2).

    • Paid work experience during the school year.

  • Placement is coordinated between students, LEAD Center staff, and trade partners.

  • On-site interviews and career portfolio development.

  • Weekly meetings at LEAD Center to prepare for transition from high school to workforce.

  • Summer Internship available for the bridge between Junior and Senior year.

Industry Credentials earned upon completion of the program

  • OSHA 10

  • NCCER - HVAC I

  • NCCER - Core Curriculum

After Graduation 

  • Job Interviews with prospective employers in March & April before you graduate. 

  • Support for the onboarding process with career placement.

  • Transition support from high school to the workforce is embedded into the Year 2 internship experience. 

In this episode of Ray-Pec Learning Lens, Chief Academic Officer Dr. Kristel Barr discusses what went into creating and designing the HVAC program that starts in the 2024-25 school year.