It doesn’t matter the climate, it doesn’t matter the place, and there is always a need for HVAC technicians. If you are in the Colorado area there is Hvac training available for that will help you get your degree and be on your way to working in one of the most dynamic fields out there, where no matter how bad the economy gets, businesses, homes, need refrigeration, they need air conditioning and they need heating. Below is a list of HVAC schools in Colorado that I have read reviews about and recommend to anyone wanting to get into this field of work.
Lincoln College of Technology
With a newly expansion of the Lincoln campus in Denver, the HVAC curriculum has been added to the university in 2011. With 7 dedicated HVAC classrooms, an energy audit room, and top instructors teaching you the trade you can take anywhere, you will be on your way to becoming an certified HVAC technician.
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
The Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology offers a 10 month and 17 month HVAC training course for beginners. According to their website they have many hands on tools to simulate real life work situations. Such as chillers, boilers, a cooling tower, residential split systems, refrigeration systems, forced air gas furnaces.
Hands on is the best way to learn any technical skill. In less than a year you can be ready for an entry-level job in this booming market of supply and demand in Colorado.
IntelliTec College
IntelliTec Colleges offers Refrigeration and Hvac Technician programs in both Grand Junction, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. The hvac training program length is 18 months. Lot’s of hands on training throughout the course with a strong emphasis on refrigeration .
As of December 2012, the average salary of an HVAC technician in Colorado is around $37,000 a year. As of 2017 Indeed.com reports the average salary for a hvac technician working in Colorado is $61,870 a year.
As of 2017, according to https://www.bls.gov/ the average salary for a hvac technician working in Colorado around $54,000 a year, or $26 an hour.
This of course depends on the skill level of the technician, from mastering residential to being and expert refrigeration tech, you can expect these wages to rise as you are more valuable as a technician.
In Colorado you can expect to be working on a lot of different types of heating systems, from boilers to gas furnaces, and in the summer time when it heats up the demand for air conditioning rises extremely fast.
As Denver is home to one of the largest airports in the country, they are constantly hiring HVAC technicians to maintain the heating and cooling equipment to keep the place comfortable, and offer very competitive salaries even to those entering at an entry level.
As of 2017, Denver is one of the countries fastest growing cities. If you look at downtown there are cranes and buildings going up everywhere. Everyone of these buildings are going to need Hvac technicians to maintain the heating and cooling systems.