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WINNING WITH CERTIFIED TECHS
This online magazine is about helping contractors grow their companies with certified technicians. Read on and find out more about the North American Technician Excellence (NATE) advantage!
NATE — It Keeps on Giving
North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certification is a dependable benefit to each participant that competitors will notice. Be it contractor or technician, NATE certification supplies dependability and increased profitability to those involved with the program. It is the gift to contractors and technicians that keeps on giving.
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Contractors Communicate NATE
Over the years, things have changed drastically for consumers and they now find themselves in the driver’s seat. They ask for what they want and they get it, or they go somewhere else. When it comes to qualified technicians, however, consumers don’t always know what to ask for. That’s where North American Technician Excellence’s (NATE’s) marketing strategies step in.
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Contractors Expect More, Get More
Contractors don’t often operate with large budgets when deciding where to spend their training dollars. They do, however, understand that they get what they pay for. North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certification is an investment contractors make that won’t break their budget, but will change their business for the better.
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Marketing Your NATE-Certified Techs
Marketing can be as simple as wearing patches on uniforms, having technicians carry their ID cards, telling consumers your technicians are certified, and noting it in your advertising.
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NATE Recognizes HARDI’s Top Testing Members
At the 2006 Annual Fall Conference of the Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), NATE awarded Mingledorff’s Inc. the 2006 Top HARDI Testing Organization of the Year and Gensco Inc. won the 2006 Top HARDI Testing Location of the Year.
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NATE Testing
Here is a list of upcoming scheduled NATE test locations and dates.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE NEWS
NATE Sends a Message
As vice president of certification for North American Technician Excellence (NATE), Pat Murphy has talked with would-be HVACR technicians, experienced technicians, and business owners across the U.S. about the importance of NATE testing and certification. It was no surprise that he gave a similar pep talk at the Michigan Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (MIACCA) Spring Break meeting.
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Nineteen Emerson Lab Techs Certified to NATE Standards
Emerson Climate Technologies has announced that 19 of its Copeland refrigeration engineering laboratory technicians have been certified according to NATE standards for commercial air conditioning. Located in Copeland’s headquarters in Sidney, Ohio, they represent the Midwest’s largest concentration of NATE-certified engineering lab technicians, says the company.
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NATE Offers $200 Reward
During the month of March, any technician taking any North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certification test will automatically be entered in a drawing for a $200 Visa gift card.
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NATE Offers Program Prizes
North American Technician Excellence (NATE) $200 gift certificate giveaway in late March had five winners.
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Seven to Vie for Top Title
Seven HVAC technicians will compete for the title of Top Tech 2006 at the seventh annual Certified Technician Competition, to take place Sept. 17-18.
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