November 14th, 2007 by admin
Environmentalism. Conservation. Earth-friendly product. These buzzwords are heard almost everyplace today. If you ever watch the TV news or read your local newspaper, it seems that you can’t escape hearing about “saving the Earth.” And with good reason – alarming elevations in global temperatures mean our planet might be heating up too fast.
You might know this already.
But did you know that as a newly certified HVAC technician, you can be directly responsible for helping to save the Earth? Read the rest of this entry »
November 14th, 2007 by admin
Many of you have probably heard your relatives or friends worry about the stability of their jobs. Programmers fear that their work will get shipped off to India, where people with the same skills can work for half of the cost, and e-mail their projects back to the United States. Newspaper reporters worry that, as people look for their daily news on the Internet, they will lose readers and advertising dollars. I, myself, worked for a newspaper, and that paper today has fewer than half of the employees it did 20 years ago. Technology is something that has hurt many careers. Read the rest of this entry »
November 14th, 2007 by admin
Before students attended specialty trade schools, they usually got one-on-one training in that trade from someone they knew: a dad, an uncle, a neighbor. Refrigeration and HVAC careers are continuing to grow, though, and not enough people are skilled in this trade to provide every interested student with that personalized instruction.
So, if you’re interested in a career in HVAC, refrigeration, or air conditioning, where do you turn? Probably not to your Uncle Bob - but to someplace where you can learn the trade from instructors with experience in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
November 6th, 2007 by admin
Hi, I’m Travis and I do admissions here at RSI. I just wanted to take a minute to talk about our student body and the things I see from my seat. From my seat I see that RSI has the greatest, most dedicated group of students in the valley. Everyone really comes together well. It’s like you come to school and get to hang out with your brothers and friends. I was in the Army and took training as a tank mechanic and the training here at RSI and the relationships formed with your fellow students ends up very similar to the relationships soldiers make in the service. Read the rest of this entry »
October 19th, 2007 by admin
This blog entry is a little different. Today, I’m going to talk about working as an electrician, or in electrical technologies. That’s another career track that RSI offers, and it’s a pretty strong one.
When I think about going into a career, the first thing I do is check a site called the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS for short. You can check it out here: Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s a government site that can tell you lots of details about a job you’re interested in. You can learn about the job functions, the salary you’ll earn, and whether your job will stick around for years to come. This is all pretty important — as you go through life, you’ll want to buy a house and a reliable car, probably. And, if you’re interested in parenthood, kids can be expensive. A secure, high-paying job is hard to come by nowadays — but it’s one of the best things ever. Read the rest of this entry »
