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What Is Refrigerant Evacuation and Why Is It Important?

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 such equipment.[2] But did you know refrigerants have some known enemies in an HVAC system? Any air, water […]

Could Generation Z Help Solve the Skilled Trades Shortage?

Today, Baby Boomers make up a large proportion of our nation’s skilled trades workers, and they’re either retiring or plan to soon. This wouldn’t be […]

Climbing the Career Ladder: Advancement Options in Welding

Are you thinking about becoming a welder? With the nation facing a skilled trades shortage, there will likely be plenty of jobs for metal joiners […]

Employer Connections - Trident Process Systems

To give you insight into the kinds of companies that recruit TWS graduates, we spoke with Morgen Beams, Quality Manager with Trident Process Systems in […]

5 Tips for a Successful Career Change into a Skilled Trade

Wish your work was more meaningful? Feel like your skills could be put to a better use than in your current job? Always had bigger […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Kristine Verkaik

Kristine, 36 from Hammond, Indiana, completed the Welding Specialist with Pipefitting program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in February 2019. […]

Graduate Connections - Meet Gilberto Ruvalcaba

Gilberto, 29, was born in Mexico. He was raised in Oklahoma from the age of six and became a US citizen in 2018. Gilberto graduated […]

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