Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration

There is a high demand for HVAC/R graduates in the industry today. The demand for qualified HVAC/R technicians has exceeded the graduating student levels, with a projected estimated shortage of 80,000 technicians across the United States making this the perfect time to enter the HVAC/R program at Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical. Our curriculum provides a balance of theory and application which will give you a solid foundation of the principles involved in HVAC/R. You will learn the skills involved in diagnosing, troubleshooting, installing and repairing both residential and commercial air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating systems. This extensive training will make you employable upon graduation. Career opportunities for technicians are multiplying with technological advances in the use of microcomputers for data processing and system control.

Major Offerings

Career Opportunities

• Major Appliances
• Residential Heating & Air Conditioning
• Commercial Heating & Air Conditioning
• Commercial Refrigeration
• Sales Representative
• Manufacturing
• Business Owner
• Indoor Air Quality
• Installation

Job Placement

82% - view our tracking summary on Southeast Tech's Class of 2007

Program Highlights

• Industry is directly involved in the program
• Latest HVAC technology used in the classroom
• 40% of program is specifically hands-on
• Graduates have the ability to work in any state
• HVAC graduates are in high demand due to shortage of qualified technicians
• State-of-the-art computer lab giving you interactive learning

Instructors

• Torry Jeranek graduated the HVAC/R program at Western Wisconsin Technical College in 1993. He was employed with Paul's Heating & Air Conditioning in La Crosse, WI as a Service Department Technician and then as acting Service Department Manager. He has experience servicing residential, commercial, and light industrial HVAC systems. He began teaching at Southeast Technical in the fall of 2003.
• Roger Tomfohrde received his Diploma in HVAC/R from Minnesota State College Southeast Technical, Red Wing, MN, in 2001. He holds a Power-Limited Technician Electrical License, a 2C Boiler’s License, Certifications for GasTite, and Wardflex flexible gas line, and ICE certification for competency in residential furnaces, as well as 608 & 609 Refrigeration Certification. Roger was previously employed as a lab assistant in the HVAC/R program at MSC-ST. Roger has both residential and commercial heating, air conditioning and refrigeration experience.