WELCOME TO HVAC TECH COACH 👋 This community combines structured HVAC training, hands-on practice, and an AI troubleshooting coach. Begin with the setup below, then complete Level 1 in order. 📱 INSTALL HVAC TECH COACH ON YOUR HOME SCREEN FIRST Open this address on your phone: https://hvac-tech-coach.netlify.app/ iPhone or iPad 1. Open the link in Safari. 2. Tap the Share button—the square with the arrow pointing up. 3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. 4. Tap Add. 5. Open HVAC Tech Coach from the new icon on your Home Screen. Android 1. Open the link in Chrome. 2. Tap the three-dot menu. 3. Tap Install app or Add to Home screen. 4. Confirm Install or Add. 5. Open HVAC Tech Coach from the new icon on your Home Screen. If Skool does not open the link directly, press and hold the link, choose Open in New Tab, then follow the steps above. Install it to the Home Screen instead of saving a regular bookmark. 🎓 START YOUR TRAINING 1. Open the Classroom. 2. Begin Level 1, Course 1: HVAC Orientation & Safety. 3. Read the lesson from top to bottom. 4. Watch the required video. 5. Download the PowerPoint Study Deck, Student Worksheet, and Fillable PDF Worksheet. 6. Complete the worksheet in your own words before using AI. 7. Open HVAC Tech Coach AI and upload your completed work. 8. Ask the coach to check safety, accuracy, completeness, and reasoning. 9. Correct every weak, incomplete, or unsafe response. 10. Return to Skool, complete the knowledge check, mark the course done, and continue in order. START LEVEL 1, COURSE 1 https://www.skool.com/grow-your-edges-back-1166/classroom/636ac834?md=15c965ff2d25475b937a3c400c03ceed LEVEL 1 COURSE ORDER 1. HVAC Orientation & Safety 2. Tools, Fasteners & Field Measurements 3. HVAC Science & System Fundamentals 4. Basic Electricity & Meter Safety 🧠 HOW TO USE THE AI COACH Use AI to review your thinking—not to skip the work. The coach can check worksheets, create practice service calls, question a diagnosis, recommend review material, and point out missing evidence. It does not authorize live work or replace safe procedures, manufacturer instructions, laws, or supervision.

🔧 YOUR PATH THROUGH THE LAB This is a nine-level path from beginner foundations to field-ready troubleshooting. Start at Level 1 and complete the courses in order. Do not skip the worksheet, lab, or safety checks. THE COURSE LOOP — USE THIS EVERY TIME 1. LEARN — Read the Skool lesson and review the PowerPoint Study Deck. 2. WATCH — Watch the required video and focus on the exact skill being taught. 3. PRACTICE — Complete the Student Worksheet in your own words. 4. APPLY — Complete the lab or service-call scenario using safe procedures. 5. COACH — Open HVAC Tech Coach AI, upload your work, and ask for feedback. 6. CORRECT — Fix answers marked incomplete, incorrect, or unsafe. 7. PROVE — Complete the knowledge check and explain your reasoning. 8. ADVANCE — Mark the course complete, then move to the next course. THE NINE LEVELS 1. Rookie — Safety, tools, measurements, HVAC science, electricity, components, and documentation. 2. Apprentice — Refrigeration cycles, heat pumps, sequence of operation, and basic diagnostics. 3. Installer — Equipment preparation, piping, evacuation, charging, startup, and installation quality. 4. Troubleshooter — Use the C.H.A.T. method to verify the complaint, collect evidence, test safely, and explain the next step. 5. Systems Tech — Gas heat, oil heat, electric heat, combustion safety, and system-specific service. 6. Airflow Specialist — Static pressure, airflow measurement, duct systems, load calculations, and comfort problems. 7. Commercial Pro — Commercial refrigeration, ice machines, mini-splits, VRF, controls, and larger-system thinking. 8. EPA & Refrigerant Ready — EPA 608 Core and Types I, II, and III, plus refrigerant safety and A2L/low-GWP awareness. 9. Field Ready — Complete service-call simulations, customer communication, documentation, and the final capstone. HOW TO USE AI CORRECTLY HVAC Tech Coach AI is a second set of eyes. Use it to question your reasoning, review worksheets, practice service calls, and identify missing evidence. It does not authorize live work, replace manufacturer instructions, or make an unsafe condition safe.