FIND…Training in New Hampshire

Manchester Community College

Program Description

The Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) program provides students with the education and training to enter careers as climate control technicians. It is offered with a two-year or three-year track because of the large number of credits required.

HVAC is in high demand. People and businesses depend on these systems and must keep them in good working order, regardless of economic conditions. As a result HVAC is a recession-proof career.

  • Location: Manchester, NH

  • Accreditation: New England Commission of Higher Education

  • Expected Time to Completion: AAS degree, air conditioning/refrigeration certificate, HVAC certificate, and heating services certificate (two years); advanced HVAC certificates (one year)

  • Estimated Tuition: $215 per credit

New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trade

  • Location: Manchester, NH; Hampton, NH

  • Expected Time to Completion: Air conditioning technician course and oil heat technician course (15 weeks); air conditioning tech, day course, and oil heat technician, day course (8 weeks); A/C and oil heat combo (25 weeks); A/C and oil heat combo, day course (14 weeks)

  • Estimated Tuition: Air conditioning technician courses and oil heat technician courses ($2,300); combo courses ($4,200)

Granite State Trade School

Program Description

This course is taught in person at our Raymond, NH facility and offers an alternative to the HVAC e-Learning course that we also offer. This is a two year course that meets in the evenings from 6:00pm-8:30pm twice a week. The course is designed around 4 semesters, each consisting of 75 hours of education. Students begin with HVAC 101 and progress to HVAC 401 in order to receive the HVAC certificate.

Course content includes Thermodynamics, Installation and repair of HVAC/R equipment, maintenance practices, refrigerant cycle, tools, meters, and measuring devices, Control systems, Condensers, furnaces, Heat Pumps, split systems, general customer service and much more.

  • Location: Raymond, NH

  • Expected Time to Completion: Two years

  • Estimated Tuition: $1,700 per semester; Total certificate cost ($6,800)