Start an HVAC Career Right Here in Winter Park

Turn Winter Park's steady demand into a skilled-trade paycheck

Winter Park is the kind of place where comfortable, well-maintained buildings are simply expected — and that expectation is your opportunity. AdventHealth Winter Park keeps a hospital and its connected medical offices at tightly controlled temperatures around the clock, where reliable cooling is not a luxury but a patient-safety requirement. Full Sail University runs studios, classrooms, and server-heavy production spaces that depend on precise climate control, and Rollins College maintains a historic campus of buildings that all need someone who understands refrigeration, airflow, and electrical systems. On top of those anchor employers, Winter Park's growing residential and commercial base means new installs, replacements, and service contracts keep coming year after year. That is exactly the demand an EPA-certified HVAC technician is trained to meet, and right now there is more of this work in the Winter Park area than there are skilled people to do it. Hyphen School's HVAC Technician Program is built to move you into that pipeline without giving up the income you earn today. You can start as an entry-level technician earning roughly $38,000 to $46,000, and as you grow from basic service into diagnostics and commissioning, Florida technicians commonly reach $50,000 to $65,000 within five years and $65,000 to $85,000 or more after a decade. The training is hands-on and practical: refrigeration cycles, refrigerant handling, electrical components and wiring, installation and startup, troubleshooting, and the preventive-maintenance routines that keep large facilities running. Because classes meet only on Saturday and Sunday, you keep your weekday job and your weekday paycheck while you retrain. Four months from your first lab, you can walk into interviews with your own tool kit and a certification employers actually ask for. This page explains how the program works and why Winter Park is such a strong place to begin.

Why Winter Park is a smart place to launch an HVAC career

• •AdventHealth Winter Park runs around-the-clock healthcare facilities where dependable cooling is mission-critical, creating steady, recession-resistant work for trained technicians.
• •Full Sail University's studios and production spaces and Rollins College's historic campus both need ongoing climate control, installs, and maintenance close to home.
• •Winter Park's growing residential and commercial base keeps new HVAC installs, replacements, and service contracts flowing through the area all year.
• •Florida HVAC employment is projected to grow 6 to 9 percent through 2032, and Winter Park's healthcare-plus-education-plus-residential mix is well positioned to capture it.
• •Training just 12 minutes from the Lee Road campus means Winter Park graduates can build a career without ever relocating.

A four-month program built around your earning potential

Over four months you move from HVAC fundamentals and refrigeration through electrical wiring, installation and startup, diagnostics, preventive maintenance, EPA 608 certification prep, and OSHA safety. Classes run Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 7pm, in a hybrid format pairing weekday online lectures with on-campus labs. Tuition is $6,165 and includes a $1,165 tool kit you keep, with 0% financing available so Winter Park students can invest in a new career without draining savings.

HVAC Careers Near Winter Park

Winter Park's growing residential and commercial base creates steady demand for licensed HVAC and plumbing technicians.

Florida Licensing Steps

1. 1Complete EPA 608 certification (covered in our program)
2. 2Accumulate 4 years of documented field experience
3. 3Pass the Florida CAC (Certified Air Conditioning) or CMC (Certified Mechanical) state exam
4. 4Submit application to the Florida DBPR with background check and insurance

A Day in the Life of a HVAC Technician

• · Diagnose and repair air conditioning units in residential homes and commercial buildings
• · Perform seasonal maintenance and inspections
• · Install new HVAC systems in new construction projects
• · Respond to emergency calls in extreme summer heat
• · Complete service reports and communicate with customers

Getting Here from Winter Park

From Winter Park, take I-4 or US-17-92 south — our Lee Road campus is under 15 minutes away. Our weekend-only schedule means Winter Parkstudents don't need to commute during the week.