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About NATE and How NATE Can Help You

www.natex.org

 

Why Ask For A NATE Technician to Work
on Your Air Conditioner?

The Answer: 

Technicians can claim to know heating and air-conditioning ---- but only the technicians that are NATE certified technicians can prove it!

 

What is Certification

and Why Does It Makes A Difference?

The consumer knows that a certified technician is  knowledgeable because an impartial third party has him checked out.

More than ever, technicians need extensive knowledge and a wide skill-base to successfully install and service the sophisticated and computerized heating and cooling systems.

The North American Technician Excellence, NATE, is the nation’s largest non-profit certification organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technicians.

NATE has tested and certified over 25,000 technicians nation-wide.

Consumer Reports, May 2001, notes:   "It's a plus if technicians are certified by North American Technician Excellence."

Ask your contractor for a NATE-certified technician, and give yourself peace of mind.

 

The NATE Coalition of Partners

NATE is a coalition of many partners, representing the variety of stakeholders in the HVAC/R industry:

• Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA);
• Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI);
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE);
• Building Performance Institute (BPI);
• Eastern Heating & Cooling Council (EHCC)
• Edison Electric Institute (EEI);
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI);
• Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA);
• Heating, Air Conditioning& Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI);
• National Energy Management Institute (NEMI, an organization representing Sheet Metal Contractors and Sheet Metal Workers);
• Plumbing-Heating-Cooling-Contractors--National Association (PHCC);
• Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES);
• Service Roundtable
• Skills USA
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); and
• the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The Last Word

Certification makes a difference in the quality of service.    NATE certification shows that the technician working on your heater or air conditioner:

• Knows heating and cooling
• Has proof of his knowledge
• Is proficient
• Actually repairs the problem
• Does the job efficiently
• Does it right the first time.

 

More information can be found on the NATE website www.natex.org