{"id":4811,"date":"2018-09-07T09:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2020-10-01T08:31:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:31:11","slug":"barron-technician-school-providing-classes-labs-on-the-job-training-for-job-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/barron-technician-school-providing-classes-labs-on-the-job-training-for-job-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Barron Technician School providing classes, labs, on-the-job training for job candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7026 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/barronheating.imarketbeta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2658-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barron Heating &amp; Air Conditioning, seeking qualified candidates in a tight job market to fill positions at its three Northwest Washington locations, recently launched Barron Technician School at its Ferndale campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is seeking exceptional apprentice and journey-level HVAC, electrical, and plumbing candidates that are career-oriented, exhibit a positive attitude and have a strong desire to help others,\u201d said John Barron, owner of Barron Heating. \u201cOur campus is now equipped with fully functioning service and installation labs, with classes taught by industry leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Job candidates accepted by Barron Technician School are paid for their classroom, lab, and on-the-job training and don\u2019t pay tuition. Employees are reimbursed for continuing education units and fees for trade-specific licensure. Entry-level apprentice HVAC wages begin around $16 per hour. Journey-level technician, electrician and plumbing wages can reach the $35-$45 per hour range for full-time, year-round positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal with Barron Technician School is to attract the best apprentice and journey-level job seekers,\u201d said Brad Barron, who led the development of the school for Barron Heating. \u201cWe know that our on-the-job and BTS training approach results in the best-trained technicians, electricians, and plumbers. Our field managerial staff and BTS trainers have hundreds of years of combined experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barron Heating has become one of Northwest Washington\u2019s largest and most respected home performance experts with locations in Ferndale, Burlington and Marysville. Approximately 130 employees serve customers in Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan and Snohomish counties. Technicians, electricians and plumbers are busy all year because heating (winter) and cooling (summer) seasons are bridged by Barron Heating\u2019s Air Solutions and energy systems services in the spring and fall.<\/p>\n<p>Barron Heating\u2019s Ferndale location is in the Pacific Industrial Park at 5100 Pacific Highway, along the east side of Interstate 5 between West Smith and Slater roads. For more information about Barron Technician School, call (360) 676-1131 or visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/barron-technician-school\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barron Heating &amp; Air Conditioning, seeking qualified candidates in a tight job market to fill positions at its three Northwest Washington locations, recently launched Barron Technician School at its Ferndale campus. \u201cOur team is seeking exceptional apprentice and journey-level HVAC, electrical, and plumbing candidates that are career-oriented, exhibit a positive attitude and have a strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7592,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions\/7592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barronheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}