Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
What benefits will my school receive from accreditation of the program?
- If a school has proved itself to be up to par with industry standards, more funding is readily available to help the HVACR department live up to higher expectations.
- HVACR manufacturers are encouraged to donate equipment to PAHRA accredited programs.
- PAHRA accreditation benefits the students. Students have more appeal in the industry when employers see they are graduating from an HVACR program that is accredited.
- The involvement of a program's advisory board members and local contractors will raise the standing of the program in the local HVAC community and will aid in the hiring of graduates of the program.
- A PAHRA accredited program will receive local and national attention through press releases, newspaper and magazine articles and television news reports. The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration NEWS, one of the nations leading resource for contractors, regularly publishes articles promoting PAHRA accredited programs. The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) also distributes news releases promoting PAHRA accredited programs to more than 2,000 news and media sources. Visit the News section of this Web site to see just some of the articles written about PAHRA.
- A large plaque bearing the seal of PAHRA and the schools' name will be awarded to a program receiving PAHRA accreditation. The plaque will identify the areas of accreditation for the program.
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