HVAC Tech On Call Survival Guide

[@jakem117]

"You can't sacrifice tomorrows work for today". That's straight truth right there. You work until 1 AM? You still have calls tomorrow at seven or earlier. Be the ultimate scheduler, technician, prioritization master. PS: Always keep black pepper in the van. It helps bad things taste better if you get in a jam

[@robertrappold3713]

I really appreciate your content. 19 years in the trade; working in the Commercial and Industrial realm.

[@hvacservicementor]

Thanks, Robert! I appreciate that!

[@markwallace1251]

Excellent Advice 💯

[@unclemonster48]

We are on call all the time really. That company van or truck sitting in the driveway. Holidays and Sundays are my fave time to get called out. Double time on sundays and triple time holidays. Don’t threaten me with a good time. 😂

[@1984juant]

Wow! real practical information.

[@altyndom7039]

Making progress with the audio moving from left mono to right mono maybe one day we will get a stereo at least hoping for it.

[@hvacservicementor]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm looking into it.

[@ThelifeExperiment]

Luckily I have an on call dispatcher that works with me on call.

[@TheEZOOD]

been on call for 10 years. worst part of the job.

[@Chaomhainn]

Thanks for the inside information of do's and don'ts . This whole business sounds like CYA ( Cover your ass ) . Today we can wear a go-pro cam and CYA ? Most people today want to be a social media savy any way to be sucessful at CYA . Do employeers accept this policy for tech's or ignore it and look for ways to CYA for their own sake of keeping a business up and running ? A couple of months ago I had a situation with a co-worker. Went to the supervisor told him about the co-works behavior disorder problem . I told the supervisor that if it did not resolve that I would purchase a body cam or go-pro and send it to the Human Resourses department . Since then the culpret has tamed down . So my verbal CYA was effective at that time . But if needed I was going to go to the next step of and actual body cam . Cheers 12/11/2021

[@yuhyuh6775]

What is the typical pay in your area for a service tech?

[@hvacservicementor]

I don't typically discuss what different people make since there is so much that goes into that, but I have always been happy with my wages. YMMV.

[@abcdefghi2175]

I WOULD ADD KNOW THE PHONE NUMBERS OF TOW TRUCK IF YOUR TRUCK BREAKS DOWN! AND YOU ARE OUT THERE ALL ALONE

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

I would totally fail. I only work a set schedule. None of this on call nonsense. My time after work is my time!

[@thestallion504]

On call separates the men from the boys

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@thestallion504 On call separates slaves from free men. At the end of the work day, my time belongs to me, not my employer!

[@thestallion504]

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn slaves? Thats for anyone that works for someone else if you wanna look at it that way lol.

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@thestallion504 That is exactly what I was referring to, employees that work for HVAC companies, I personally would NEVER do on call work unless I owned the company. My interest in HVAC is simply to work on my own equipment, and do it right. No point in paying someone a couple hundred dollars more to come out and replace a sequencer or blower motor when I can do it myself. So if you own your own company, I don't disagree with you.

[@abcdefghi2175]

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn YOU ARE RIGHT THATS WHY THEY GET THE GUYS THAT HAVENT PAID THIER DUES TO GO ON CALL YOU KNOW THE YOUNG ONES