Business Credit Business Travel Franchises Personal Finance Sales & Selling Technology Women in Business Careers E-Commerce & Internet Finance & Accounting Labor & Employment Management Marketing & Advertising Operations Starting a Business > See All

Buying a Franchise Growing Your Franchise Franchising Your Business Franchise Directory Business-to-Business Franchises Children's Franchises Home Service Franchises Restaurant and Food Franchises Travel and Leisure Franchises > See All

Business Intelligence Small Business Blog Business Planning E-Commerce & Internet Finance & Accounting Home-Based Business Human Resources & Employment Management & Leadership Marketing & Advertising Operations Sales Technology Women in Business > See All

Hiring & Firing Intellectual Property Internet & Technology Legal Mergers & Acquisitions Money & Fundraising Real Estate/Landlord-Tenant Sales & Marketing Starting a Business Business Guides Forms Kits > See All

Construction Medical Practices Restaurants Retail Trade Manufacturing Real Estate Wholesale Trade > See All

Accounting Advertising & Marketing Computers & Software Financial Services Human Resources Internet & Online Management Small Business > See All

Business Exchange Business Answers Buyer's Guides Professional Journals Glossary Trials & Downloads Partner Resources Podcast Library Quote Center Video Library Web Site Tools > See All

Mobility Center

How-to advice, analysis, and commentary from experts in all areas of business.

NATE Names Finalists for Comfortech's Technician Contest

By McIver, Terry
Publication: Contracting Business
Date: Monday, May 1 2006

North American Technician Excellence (NATE) has revealed the names ot the finalists for the Certified Technician Competition, which will be held at Comfortech 2006 in Baltimore, MD, September 17-18.

Seven HVAC technicians will compete for the title of Top Tech 2006 as they diagnose and solve residential heating and cooling problems on equipment and simulators in the exhibits area.

The 2006 NATE Top Tech finalists are: Walter Mellott (Comfort Master Heating, Nicholasville, KY); Steven Robison (REC, Tucson, AZ); Jack Cypher (University of Alaska, Palmer, AK); William Jeffries (Comfort Designs Heating & Cooling, Springhill, KS); Ronald Rego (Friscine Mullin Inc., Toledo, OH); Skip Egner (Service Experts, Fort Myers, FL); and Charles Russo (Chuck Russo Heating & A/C, Castleton, NY).

The finalists were selected from thousands of HVAC technicians who took the NATE exam in 2005.

Corporate sponsors of the Certified Technician Competition are Service Experts and Lennox Industries; cosponsors are Penton Media and NATE.

Eastern Heating and Cooling Council of New Jersey and HVACChannel.tv will recognize the winner with additional awards.

For more information on Comfortech, "Where the HVAC Industry Meets," visit www.hvaccomfortech.com; for information on NATE, visit www. natex. org.

To read all of this article, sign in or sign up for membership. It's quick, simple, and free.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

NATE Certified Technician Competition's Finalists to Square Off at HVAC Comfortech

IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 Seven technicians, selected from more than 11,000 possible contestants in the HVAC industry, will compete in North American Technician Excellence's (NATE's) fifth ......

HVACR Technician

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Job Description An HVACR technician installs, services and repairs equipment used to control temperature, circulation, moisture and purity of air. Technicians often ......

RSES Offers 'HVAC Technician Certification Exam Guide'.

The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) recently announced the availability of "HVAC Technician Certification Exam Guide," a new industry publication that "provides a structured exam ......

FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to the 2006 edition of The NATE Story. From its inception, NATE's mission has been to help the HVACR industry navigate its way to ......

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF NATE

This has been another winning year for NATE, but, what happened in 2005 will pale in comparison to our plans for 2006. With the advent ......

Service Experts Launches First TV Campaign

Calise and Sedei has introduced the first television commercials for Service Experts, one of North America's largest heating, air conditioning and indoor air quality service ......

Design Your Traps Properly to Ensure Good Drainage

The trap is a very important part of the drain system. An improperly designed trap will give you and your customer constant frustration.

SWEATING GRILLES: How to Handle Them With No Sweat

Here in Myrtle Beach, SC we have some pretty bad problems with humidity. One way this manifests itself is with sweating supply grilles and registers....

Winner of NATE's Certified Technician Competition 2003

The 2003 competition was co-sponsored by ISL, Lennox Industries, and Penton Media. ISL and Lennox paid travel and hotel room expenses for the contestants, and ......

A New Year's Resolution: KEEP CUSTOMERS HAPPY!

In many cases, when you're replacing customers' heating or cooling system, you're doing so under duress. Their heating or cooling system has failed suddenly, leaving ......

Service Experts Selects Calise and Sedei

Service Experts, a subsidiary of Lennox International, has chosen independent Calise and Sedei to handle its advertising and marketing after a review, the agency said.

Doug Barnard Wins 'Top Tech' Title

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 NATE president Rex Boynton (left) with the best HVAC technician in the land, Doug Barnard. The finals of the North American Technician ......

Service Experts Selects PayMaxx For Its PayrollProcessing Needs.

Business Editors & Technology Writers FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 PayMaxx (www.paymaxx.com), a national leader in payroll processing and Internet payroll pioneer, today announces an ......

Lennox integrating service experts dealers

"I would say the first reaction was shock," relates Jim Mishler, president of Lennox Retail, Inc., when asked how the Service Experts dealers reacted to ......

Service Experts Helps Consumers Keep Cool This SummerWith 'Hottest Moment Of Summer'...

Business Editors & Feature/Assignment Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 With high temperatures and excessive humidity in the air, summer can be an uncomfortable time of ......

T T T

Digg It

del.icio.us

Related Resources

Press Releases

Mailnet Services Signs Agreement With VenVest, Inc.; Plumbing and HVAC Businesses to Benefit From Customized, On-Line Direct Marketing Service.

Business Editors & High Tech Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 Mailnet Services, Inc. (MSI) a marketing services company specializing in Internet marketing applications technology, ......

Colonial Commercial Corp. Launches Online Education and Resource Center.

HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Colonial Commercial Corp. ("Colonial") (OTC Bulletin Board: "CCOM," "CCOMP"), today launched its cutting edge online education and resource center. This new ......

Sprint Makes Paper-Based System a Thing of the Past for Service Experts, Inc.

More than 1,400 Field Service Technicians Speed Up Productivity with New Technology OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- With the deployment of a best-in-class, advanced wireless ......

Marketing: Where to Put Your Efforts

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Joe Posby and Ben Heer of Rodgers Chevrolet, a car dealership based in Woodhaven, Michigan.