This blog came from Jon Cline Jr. who is currently a Marketing Administrator at RSI and has attended classes. Here’s what he had to share:

As Marketing Administrator at RSI, my focus lately has been honed in on understanding the HVAC field, and working with career services on internet portal contacts with employers.  As part of my current training, it is required that I take the first phase of RSI’s curriculum, so I can better understand the basic terminology and principles of the industry. It was an altering experience.  Never before have I looked at a building wondering where the return duct is, and if it is a good location for it. 

After about my second day of class, I understood basic thermodynamic principles that allowed me to conceive how heat is transferred in multiple environments.  The class has a very progressive style, adding information on top of information, but the pace of the class makes it so everyone will understand by the end of the day. If they don’t, the teachers are always more than happy to stay and tutor.  My instructor, Tom Ginn, is a very knowledgeable, witty individual, and would love to be out in the HVAC field, if he hadn’t fallen in love with teaching about a year ago. 

Each phase is 20 days in a classroom, which will take a month if you are enrolled in either morning or afternoon classes (6 weeks at night).  The final for first phase consists of multiple choice questions ranging from types of refrigerant, to heat pumps, to accessories on the units, to pressure/temperature conversions.  None of this is too difficult to answer after first phase, as long as you pay attention, and whenever someone in the class doesn’t understand, they just ask.  The first phase thus far has been very eye-opening for me, and I would honestly recommend it to anyone.

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