I'm probably looking at it thru bias lenses. Generally when I worked with younger techs I was training them and encouraging them to work towards chillers or get into controls. I don't spend anytime with technicians that aren't growing in that direction or heading into controls. I tend to spend time among techs that are working in the niches I'm in rather than the ones I was in over a decade ago. It's not that I don't help a tech when he is in need, I remember the frustration the first time I worked on a Voyager after just becoming proficient with a small straight cool, but there's enough to keep track of in my niche to also add in the changing world of DX.
That being said, you're probably right about the lack of chiller techs and I don't realize it.
No prob. When you say Controls, do you mean BAS or Chiller Controls? I’ve been fortunate enough to work on Applied/Engineered HVAC, LC HVAC, Resi HVAC, HVAC Controls, ComRef, LC Refrig/CKE, and Refrig EMS. I did not get into Domestic Appliance/Refrig or Industrial Refrig. I do wish that I had gotten into doing some Industrial Refrig, but I’m glad I didn’t get into Domestic. I also disliked CKE and I thought I disliked ComRef, but it was the hours that I didn’t like. I really enjoy the true science that the refrigeration cycle is.
Another numbers reference, let’s say that in FL, there’s 10,000 HVAC Techs - is there 500 or more Chillers Techs in the state? Possibly, right? With Trane TBS and Daikin DBS in Miami and Daikin DBS in DisneyWorld being Signatory, the rest of Daikin DBS and Trane TBS and maybe Comfort Systems USA are doing large Chiller work as Non-Union. So are most Chiller shops or Depts Union in FL? FL has more HigherEd campuses, more resorts, more Hi/Mid-Rises, more metro areas - more CAS Chillers. I know that the 10,000 Tech number is probably higher than that and FL might have 10% or higher as Chiller Techs.
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