My son just spent the last year going through HVAC technical school.
It took him three times to pass his certification exam, but pass he did, and he is now working with the local HVAC company.
Last week, I had to have my furnace serviced. I had no problem asking my son if he would do the servicing, but I watched him. There was something about an HVAC technician who has a difficult time passing his exams that has been wary of their abilities. It will probably take me a long time to even trust him to work on the HVAC system for anything other than a service and maintenance. I asked my wife if it was wrong of me if I didn’t ask our son to work on the furnace or air conditioning unit. She told me she was also hesitant, but eventually, we would need to trust him. If the local HVAC company hired him, he had to have some merit in his abilities as an HVAC technician; didn’t he? When my wife, his mother, faltered on her answer, I knew I had good reason to second guess my decision. Although we had him do the maintenance, I was going to watch his progress in the HVAC company before trusting him with any real repairs on the HVAC system. I’m hoping that some day he’ll prove to be an excellent HVAC technician. Until that time comes, I will use my regular HVAC company and HVAC technician. I don’t want to say no to my son, but unless he works for our HVAC company, he won’t be working on my HVAC equipment.