Arlington, VA - Technicians in North America had less trouble finding a convenient NATE testing session last year. On average, there were five testing sessions daily all year long. NATE‘s record-breaking 2004 exceeded high benchmarks set in 2003. In 2004 NATE saw:21,040 total tests administered
10,190 technicians tested
5,869 technicians earn certification
1,696 testing sessions held Testing Organizations held 1696 testing sessions in 2004, and 29 testing organizations held twelve or more testing sessions throughout the year. Of these, ten testing organizations held twenty-four or more test sessions. The twenty-nine top testing session performers include ACCA of Greater Houston (TX), ACR Supply (NC), Air Engineers LLC (AL), Airefco (OR, AK, WA), Alabama Power (AL), Behler-Young (MI), Carrier Carolinas (NC), Carrier Florida (FL), Carrier Mid-Atlantic (KY, VA, MD, OH) , Carrier North Texas (TX), Carrier South Texas (TX), Carrier Training and Marketing (NY, CO, CA), Comfort Air Distributing (CO), Eastern Heating and Cooling Council (NJ, PA, NY, MA), Habegger Corporation (IN, KY, OH), HVAC Training Service (PA, NY), International Service Leadership (nationwide), Koch Air (IN, KY), Lennox Industries (nationwide), Mingledorff’s (GA), National Capitol Chapter ACCA (MD, VA), O’Connor Company ((IA, KS, NE), Pierce-Phelps, (PA, NJ), Refrigeration Sales Company (OH), Robert Madden Industries (TX), Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (nationwide), Russell Sigler ( AZ, TX, NV, NM), Trane (nationwide), and York (nationwide). Test Trac administered 122 electronic testing sessions. Testing sessions were held in every state except Hawaii, and 10 were held in Canada. Twenty-one states held in excess of 30 testing sessions, and Texas led the parade with 131 testing sessions. 2005 promises to be even a stronger year than 2004. Interest in, and demand for, NATE testing continues to escalate, as do requests for training. NATE is helping build verifiably better technicians one at a time. There are over 21,000 NATE certified technicians nationwide and seven international countries. For more information about NATE, go to www.natex.org. |