The Latest News From NexTech Academy
Meet Amanda Yang, NexTech Academy’s Instructional Designer
Amanda Yang, NexTech’s instructional designer for the HVAC curriculum follows her passion every day. She loves instructional design so much, she created a course to
Useful Tips for Your New Plumbing Technicians
Among the very best things an employer can hope to see in a new employee is genuine excitement to get started. Few employees are more
How to Share Feedback With New Technicians
Improvement for new electrical, HVAC and plumbing technicians can come in many forms. Often, electrical, HVAC and plumbing owners such as yourself will turn to
Big Changes in How Users Engage With NexTech
For long time blog readers, you know that NexTech Academy surveys students and training leaders as they progress from one level to the next. Why?
Meet Corinne Hall, Electrical Technical Coach for NexTech Academy
How did you get into your trade? In high school, I didn’t even know the trades existed. Maybe that was my own lack of awareness
Ideal Soft Skills for Home Service Technicians in the Plumbing and HVAC Industries
Wouldn’t it be grand if fixing an issue was all that was expected of you as a plumbing technician or HVAC technician? Obviously, it would
Useful Tips for Your New HVAC Technicians
You’ve supported and trained your HVAC students over the last 9-12 months and now they are starting to get into the truck, running basic repair
Five Ways Online Technical Training Supports Your Plumbing and HVAC Business in 2020
The most often utilized tool in a plumbing or HVAC technician’s tool bag is wisdom. They rely upon it every day and with every service
What Do You Do When Your New Technician Is Underperforming?
Hiring for character and training for skill makes a lot of sense in residential home services. Our industry knows that there are not many skilled
What Business Owners Can Do To Prepare New Technicians For Home Visits In Five Steps
If you are in a position to grow your own workforce and hire for character and train for skill, you need to think beyond technical
Growing Your Customer Base Through Effective Technician Training
What can make my business more successful? This is the million-dollar question that’s constantly on the minds of company owners every hour of each day.
How NexTech Coaches Help Trainers Identify, Train and Retain Great Technicians
Nexstar Network members utilizing NexTech Academy gain so much more than an online trade school program—they truly harness the power of the whole organization. NexTech
How to Keep Your Technicians Accountable
An ideal team is one that works efficiently, productively and accurately the first time around. They’re experts as what they do, and they’re collaborative. They
NexTech 2.0 Is Coming!
Since NexTech Academy launched, we’ve been busy analyzing how users are using the program and planning for improvements. Our observations have led us to the
5 Reasons Why Fall Is The Perfect Time To Start Training Employees For AC System Maintenance
While outside temperatures drop and the demand for air conditioning repairs taper off with it, your employees are turning their sights toward heating system repairs
Plumbing Technical Training Program Celebrates First Graduate!
May 7th, 2018 will hold a special meaning for Nexstar members as well as NexTech Academy. On that day NexTech Academy Plumbing went live and
Using A Letter of Intent To Assess Apprentice Interest In NexTech Academy
Mike Barnhart, CFO of Eco Plumbers has been using NexTech Academy to grow his company’s workforce. He currently has fourteen students enrolled in the program.
NexTech Academy Offers More Affordable Subscription Pricing
Breaking news—we’ve got fantastic updates regarding online technical training. Nexstar Network’s board of directors recently voted to reduce the costs of NexTech Academy! Why? We
