HVAC

Hello Lima2178

You should advise your Location and Country, which you may easily do in your own "Member's Profile".

The information will auto-update through all your Topics and Posts, including this one.

That should assist Members to help you with useful advice and suggestions.

It appears that English is not your first language, from your above message.

Because world-wide most Engineering work requires a good knowledge of English Language, both written and spoken, you need to improve your English Language skills.

Without wishing to upset you, you could do a course of English, to improve your personal prospects.

I trust you accept the above, as being in your own best interests.

Kind Regards....

Besides the previous questions, is your intention to open a full shop, or merely to do mechanical drawings. You didn't mention if you had any field experience. Personally I believe it would be a good idea to go to work for someone in the business for a year or so, not only could you gain valuable experience, but you could also cultivate some business contacts. It is a lot more likely for an architect or contractor to give you a chance to do some work for them if they know you from some place.

As ywroadrunner told you, you need some experience in the business. I am assuming that you do not have any empirical experience in HVAC, and you're a new graduate in ME.

Going to work for someone in the business is the best thing you can do. Network, make friends, learn all you can. School knowledge is rarely enough to be successful as a startup...practice in the profession is a must.

Keep in mind, an engineer needs study, practice and experience. You may be great in the study...now go get the practice and experience. It's the best route.

You need at least one great electrician who can match what you sell to someof the old equipment out there. Such as making the outside unit work with an old seldom use inside heating unit.

We are all giving you advice based on our past experience! That should open your eyes to what is necessary to create and become successful in your own business.

1. A sound business plan.

2. The resources to operate for a year without any income.

3. The desire to succeed no matter what!

4. The ability to modify your plan as the economy and business climate changes around you.

5. The experience in the field you are trying to "sell" to your customers. It's hard enough to convince a customer to purchase your services if you are a new company. Someone without experience as well will have an even more difficult time.

I wish you all the best! If you need any control work for your new systems, contact me!

John Castoro

ilcllc@comcast.net

www.innovativelogicalcontrols.com

Lima2178,

Contractors can tell you story after story about engineers who have the "book knowledge" but don't have experience and the "practical knowledge". Ask questions. Get your hands dirty. Do trouble-shooting and repair work for a while to find out how and why things fail. Read the manuals and the catalogs. Step back a little and look at an overview of how the equipment is relating to the users' needs and work styles. Be able to answer questions of why something is better to do one way than another, as well as when not to do something which theory says is good.

As time passes, you will be able to recognize what is happening in a system and be able to assess the best way that this particular system can be made to perform as desired (or designed, or needed).

The contractors will respect you, rely on you, and trust your instructions (even when they don't appear to make sense); because they know that you truly understand what is going on. Otherwise, they will see you as a hindrance and a person to be doubted and even ignored.

Regards--JMM

I belive that everything that is written here, is true.

I'm a Portuguese HVAC Engineer also and never worked in HVAC, because lake of practice. My first job was in contruction of Eolic Plants. I never work in HVAC and for several times I tryed to enter to a HVAC contractor company, but my practical expertice was too low in that area and they offer me a very small salary compared with the one that I was earning at the Eolic Plants. Normaly the begginers in HAVC companis, start to make quotations and them they grow up to the field.

Actulay I folow my own carreer in Chest Freezer Production (commercial refrigeration) in a Medium/Small company in Portugal and that's so. Now I'm 29 years old and I'm quite sure that I will never work in the HVAC systems. I'm quite distante from that matters now, but...we will see! My wages now, can't acept such situation as a begineer in HVAC companies. I complain a lot in times, but now it's past!!!

An advise that I can tell you, is to find quickly a HVAC company to work, even if you will pay to work, but if you realy want to do HVAC, so fight for it!!!

Any matter, use: fb.represents@gmail.com

FBarbosa

Hi I am HVAC Engineer, can you let me know in with country this job? thanks Joe

Thank you GUYS for all the inputs. really wonderful! More power to all .....

If your setting up in the Phillipines I would also suggest devolping a good way to drain the moisture away from the HVAC systems on residentials units so as not to cause a problem with standing water and insects. Learning about French Drains would be a good idea.