Author: Zander Buel

Joel, 20, born and raised in Chandler, AZ, graduated from the RSI Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program in April 2019.  Thanks for your time, Joel. Tell […]

The average national salary for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers in Arizona was $43,480 in 2017, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). […]

To give you some insight into the companies that recruit RSI graduates, we spoke with Hilda Smith, Community Director at Marquis Sonoran Preserve in Phoenix, […]

“Truck drivers are in perilously low supply, Silicon Valley continues to struggle to fill vacancies, and employers across the grid are coping with a skills […]

Despite the best efforts of trained meteorologists, the weather can be seriously unpredictable.[1] That’s one reason why indoor climate control is a growing industry, with […]

What’s the biggest trend in the skilled trades right now? Companies can’t find enough qualified workers. The problem even has a name: the skilled trades […]

“The skilled trades are in particular, I’m told, are increasingly hard to come by. Electricians, welders, machinists are in high demand. And too few Americans […]

You just graduated from a refrigeration training program and are ready to work. Can you picture it already? Paying service calls to homes and businesses […]

Many types of heating, cooling and refrigeration systems rely on refrigerants to transfer heat.[1] They can be essential to how the refrigeration process works in […]

You’ve completed your HVAC program. Congratulations! That’s a huge accomplishment. Now you’re ready to hit the job market, right? Not so fast… Preparing for a […]

“The issue of recruiting the next generation into the skilled trades is one of the biggest challenges facing our industry today.” -Palmer Schoening, vice president […]

In your HVAC classes, you likely practice on the same equipment in the same lab setting every day, right? When you graduate from school, that […]