Start with the basics
New to air conditioning? Start with the fundamentals, then learn how they apply to the systems you’ll work on.
How Boot Camp works
Study online. Build understanding step by step.
Boot Camp is a 27-module course delivered in HVAC Training Academy. Read the textbook, watch Ron's lessons, and use quizzes to check what you understand as you go.
Learning with Ron
Learn the basics. Get help along the way.
I explain the material, show you how it applies to HVAC work, and help when you get stuck. You bring the effort. I’ll help you keep moving. — Ron Walker
Watch, read, and review
Use Ron’s videos, PDF resources, and your textbook to work through the material. Go back over a lesson whenever you need to.
Study when it works for you
Log in during the day or at night. Work at your own pace with two years of course access.
Get help and stay on track
Learning online takes commitment. Ron stays in touch, answers questions, and helps you work through the parts that slow you down.
Here’s how you’ll study.
Enroll
Access the course in our HVAC Training Academy
Payment is handled at checkout. The course and student login are at hvactraining.academy.
Read and watch
Work with the textbook and Ron's videos
The course uses Residential Construction Academy HVAC, 2nd Edition by Eugene Silberstein, purchased separately, alongside online video instruction.
Check your learning
Take quizzes as you progress
Use the questions to find the topics you need to revisit. Some modules include formulas and conversions that take practice.
Apply the foundation
Keep learning with supervision
Bring your questions and technical vocabulary into conversations with employers and experienced technicians. Practical competence grows in the field.
Hear the instructor
Watch Ron explain a real HVAC concept.
His public lesson on the basic refrigeration cycle gives you a feel for his pace and explanations before you enroll.
It's a sample of Ron's teaching, not a login to the paid course. The 27-module Boot Camp is delivered in HVAC Training Academy with the textbook, videos, and quizzes described above.
Watch the free lessonAt a glance
Course27 modules delivered online in HVAC Training Academy
Learning materialsRequired textbook purchased separately · Ron's videos · quizzes
Before you enrollReview the curriculum, price, and checkout terms
Set the right expectation
Online training is one part of becoming a technician.
Boot Camp can build an understanding of the systems and language. Employers determine hiring, and safe hands-on work requires training and supervision on real equipment.
Start with principles
Understand heat, refrigerant, airflow, electrical controls, tools, and equipment.
Hear from Ron
His video lessons explain the concepts; contact us with a course question.
Practice with supervision
Use what you learned to ask better questions and build real skill alongside experienced people.
Explore before deciding
See the topics and the price.
Review the 27-module curriculum, the textbook requirement, and the full cost at your own pace.