As a new HVAC professional, I have had to go on the dirtiest HVAC calls that came into the business.
I got to go along with an old HVAC tech, but I did the dirty work.
At first I thought it was because I was a woman, but after a couple years, I realized it was the way they initiated all the new HVAC professionals. I guess they felt that if you could handle the dirty tasks, you could handle any task that came up. I gained a lot of knowledge in that first year at the HVAC business. I also acquired a lot of confidence in myself. I knew there were some tasks that I excelled at and others that I was good at, but there were some HVAC techs who did better than me. I normally didn’t pick and choose which task I would take, but Last month was an exception. They gave me a house to go to that only needed a simple air conditioning inspection and service check. I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck lay stand straight up. I asked if there was something else I could do and let someone else have this task. The dispatcher looked at me oddly. I swallowed and told her that was where my ex-boyfriend lived. Him and I broke up when I refused to give up my plans of being an HVAC professional. He didn’t think a lady should be an HVAC tech. The dispatcher told me she could genuinely find me something else, but it would not be as simple as this one. I smiled and told her thanks. I would rather take the most complicated job than to go to my ex-boyfriend’s house ever again.
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