PPA TEC NORA Bronze – Two Week Basic Oil Heat Program

After 10 days of concentrated fundamental classroom theory, coupled with practical laboratory work, including hands-on experience on a variety of live-fire equipment, you will acquire a solid foundation of knowledge. This training, along with field experience, will help build careers as installation and service technicians that will become an asset to you and your customers.

The final day of training is a test day. Standard test times range from 30 minutes – 3 hours depending on the individual student. In nearly all cases, students start testing at 12:30 PM.

Bronze Certificate of Training will be awarded to each student who completes the course and passes the examination. The test is based on the NORA Oil Heat Technician’s Manual, which is used for Silver Certification.

Requirements: There are some study assignments required to be done by the students in the evening during the course. Therefore, students should consider this in fulfillment of the program.

Registration includes lunch and the following tools:

• Beckett Module w/Keychain Pro-7652A
• Beckett Flash Drives
• Carlin Electrode Gauge Red & Yellow
• Energy Kinetics 6-Way Screwdriver & Thermostat Screwdriver
• 6-pack Oil Burner Electrode Gauges
• Coupling Popper
• T28 Bleeder Wrench
• Electric Meter

Our Instructors:

Mike Elmer has been in the HVAC and plumbing industry since 2002 and has worked for leading contractors in the South Central PA region. His background includes service HVAC, plumbing, and electric. Mike currently works in the field as a lead troubleshooting service technician.

Doug Zerbe has been in the HVAC industry since 2003.  On the contractor side of the industry, he has worked as an installer and service technician before he moved into installation and service management.  Doug also had the opportunity to work in technical support for an HVAC distributor and in sales for an HVAC manufacturer.