Career Focus
Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Details
Students enrolled in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration technology associates degree or certificate program at NMU will learn how to develop a variety of knowledge and skills related to:
- Residential and light commercial heating
- Ventilation
- Ducting
- Air conditioning
- Refrigeration equipment
- Electrical circuitry
- Sheet metal layout and fabrication
- Workplace safety
- Employability practices
Job Opportunities
Job opportunities in HVACR technology exist in a wide array of settings including:
- Commercial and residential customers
- Various job sites in a service area
- A large facility such as a hospital, university, factory or grocery store
Links
Explore HVAC Careers Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (opens in new tab)
Build Your Future! Explore Careers and their Paths (opens in new tab)
Michigan College Network Video Featuring NMU's HVACR Program (opens in new tab)
Career Ladder
Michigan and National Employment & Wage Data (opens in new tab)
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
- Career/Technical Education Teachers
- Electrical Engineers
Associate's Degree, Long-Term Training and Apprenticeships
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers
- Electricians
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electro-Mechanical Technicians
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Certificate or Moderate-Term Training
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
High School Diploma or Equivalent and Short-Term Training
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Helpers—Electricians
- Helpers–Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Meter Readers, Utilities