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			<title>Technical Training/Education</title>
			<description>Course offerings are presented by month.  Scroll down this page to view training opportunities. If you see a course which interests you, go to that month on the calendar and click on the hyperlink under the course title which will take you to the course description and enrollment form.    All classes held at:   North Texas ACCA Training Center 2008 E. Randol Mill Rd., #106 Arlington, Texas 76011   If you are considering making application to the state for your State Contractors License you can download the required forms by clicking here: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation   Technician Registrations Online: https://www.license.state.tx.us/App_Online/default.asp?LicenseType=ACR&amp;bhcp=1          NATE Certified online Courses covering many subjects are available to you through an NTXACCA agreement with HVACReducation.net   Click here for access to online courses: HVACReducation.net                   State License Prep Class                         August 28 - 31, 2008           ...

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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Leadership - 2008 Board of Directors &#0038; Commitees</title>
			<description> ACCA-NTX 2008 Board of Directors &amp; Commitees               Chairman of the Board  Ben Stark   Stark Heating &amp; Air                   Treasurer  Chuck Webb   TDIndustries                  Secretary  (OPEN)       Three-Year Director  Bob Ahring   Advent                  Three-Year Director  Billy Nix   AC Appliance Pros                      Three-Year Director  Randy Bellomy  Bellomy Heating &amp; Air      Two-Year Director  Mike Krause   Paradise Air    Two-Year Director  Brandon Sigmon   Brandons AC    One-Year Director  Steve Wilson  Wilsons Heating and Air    One-Year Director  Penny Hontz  Mid-Cities AC &amp; Heating    One-Year Director  Frankie Moeller  TDIndustries / Fort Worth       Associate Director  Martin Holzkamper  Texas Motors Ford    Associate Director  Bud Leavell  Yazaki Energy Systems    Associate Director  Bob Cherveny  M&amp;M Manufacturing    Associate Director  Garry Prcin  Oncor                          Executive Director  Rick Bousquet   ACCA-NTX                 2008...

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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Market Transformation Program</title>
			<description>As a Contractor Can you Afford to Be Leaving Money on the Table? As a contractor in today&#8217;s tight economy, can you afford to be leaving money on the table? Can you afford to let your competitors have a marketing advantage?  Contractors that are participating in the Oncor A/C Installer Market Transformation Program are successfully marketing their services to energy-conscious consumers who not only want a quality installation but also want to reduce their energy bills.   Through additional education and training, free marketing materials and the proper installation of air conditioning systems, market transformation program participants are finding that they are:      Reducing their callbacks    Increasing their sales of high efficiency equipment    Receiving incentive dollars   Please click on the links below for access to additional information and for the forms that need to be completed to participate in the program.  Either the System Design course or the Replacement Technician...

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			<title>About ACCA North Texas Chapter</title>
			<description> The North Texas Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is committed to assisting its members to be licensed, quality contractors who are recognized for their professionalism, excellence and superior customer service in their communities.    North Texas ACCA is the largest ACCA chapter in Texas, with more than 165 Contractor Members and over 65 Associate and Vocational members.  North Texas ACCA, chartered in 1984, is comprised of independent contractors working for contractor independence through a program of education and service. It represents the industry by working together through the Association to present a strong voice for contractors. Its mission is to assist and enable its members to acquire, serve and satisfy their customers. North Texas ACCA pursues this mission by:      Providing the highest quality of technical and management information and services; promoting good business ethics and sound business practices.    Being the standard of excellence...

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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Community Services Foundation</title>
			<description>  Vision: The vision of the Community Services Foundation (Foundation) is to improve the quality of life for elderly, disabled, low-income homeowners and non-profit or community agencies that provide support services for people in crisis. Mission: The mission of the Foundation is to improve the living climate conditions of elderly, disabled, and low-income homeowners and non-profit or community agencies serving people in crisis by providing safe, energy efficient air conditioning and heating equipment. This mission is accomplished through four separate and distinct programs: Heat the Town, Beat the Heat, Habitat for Humanity and Short-term Community Projects. Programs: Heat the Town is a program that provides repairs and services floor furnaces, unvented room heaters and, in some cases, central furnaces. Program workers also install smoke detectors for elderly and disabled homeowners, check for high levels of potentially deadly carbon monoxide, and install carbon monoxide detectors....

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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Legislative</title>
			<description>North Texas ACCA is an affiliated chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America. Legislation that affects contractors on a local, state or national level will be posted on this site with links to either TACCA or National ACCAs web sites.   Texas ACCA:   ACCA-Texas is a nonprofit trade association organized in 1979 to create guidelines and standards for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration contractors in Texas. These contractors design, install, maintain and service HVACR systems.   ACCA-Texas was instrumental in having the first air conditioning license law passed in Texas and has continued to work for improving the enforcement of this law.  Our mission is to promote quality and professionalism, help our members become more profitable, and enhance the HVACR industry image to the consumer.   National ACCA:   The Air Conditioning Contractors of America -  For over forty years, ACCA has been the nationwide association representing the HVACR contracting...

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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Code of Ethics</title>
			<description>The Code of Ethics (&amp;#8220;Code&amp;#8221;) of the North Texas Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (&amp;#8220;ACCA-NTC&amp;#8221;) serves as a code of professional conduct for ACCA-NTC members. It is designed to assist and enable its members to acquire, serve and satisfy their customers through the exhibition of integrity honesty, quality, efficiency, safety, and legality in their business practices. Members of ACCA-NTC shall abide by and conform to the following code of professional conduct:      Instill the highest respect for the environmental systems contracting profession within the community.         Ensure that honesty, integrity and good faith are hallmarks of contractors&amp;#8217; business practices, including individual contractor sales, advertising, installation, and service of environmental systems.         To the best of my ability, provide my clients with products and services as represented in my company&amp;#8217;s agreements, proposals and advertisements. This...

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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Contractors Membership</title>
			<description>&lt;h2 style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Contractor benefits&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; src=&quot;/attachments/wysiwyg/6/pic_contractor.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Do you have an A/C State license approved through T.D.L.R? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Do you own or work for a company that does either residential or commercial HVACR who has a license holder? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;If so, you&amp;nbsp;would be&amp;nbsp;considered a CONTRACTOR MEMBER upon joining our Association.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Some of your benefits of membership are:&lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE continuing education classes &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE yearly service managers seminar &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE quarterly trainings &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE general business consulting &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE legal resources &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;FREE legislative representation in Austin &amp;amp; D.C &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Members discounts off books, training, and NATE certifications &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Dinner meetings with great networking opportunities &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Opportunities to learn, grow, and develop from other ACCA members &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Great ACCA-NTX website with &amp;#8220;Contractor Locators&amp;#8221; for consumers &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Relationships with Associate members who want to save you money &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Special events such as Golf &amp;amp; Fishing Tournaments, Baseball games, etc&amp;#8230; &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Community service opportunities&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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			<title>Associate Membership</title>
			<description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Associate membership&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; src=&quot;/attachments/wysiwyg/6/pic_asscociate.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Are you a business who wants to provide services or products to our Contractor members? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;ANY business that wants to provide support services such as manufacturers, supply houses, insurance agents, fleet service, uniform companies, etc&amp;#8230; would be considered an ASSOCIATE MEMBER upon joining our Association.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Some of your benefits of membership are:&lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Networking opportunities at monthly dinner meetings &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Access to all membership databases &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Company profile in ACCA-NTX web-site business directory. Included are company summary, categorized listings, free web site links, and map quest directions. &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Ability to add events, articles, press releases, etc&amp;#8230; on ACCA-NTX web-site &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Yearly Tradeshow &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Event sponsorship opportunities throughout the year with great networking &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Ability to conduct &amp;#8220;generic&amp;#8221; topic trainings for members and non-members &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Newsletter advertising opportunities &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Participation in all Contractor special events &lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt&quot;&gt;Community service opportunities&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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			<description> North Texas ACCA can help you improve the expertise of your technicians, manage your company more efficiently, and increase your credibility in the community. FACT: The average AC Contractor has a 2% profit margin - ACCA members have a 3% profit margin.   AN INVESTMENT YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS OUT ON! TECHNICAL TRAINING &amp; CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS  North Texas ACCA offers an on-going series of training programs to meet your needs for employee training from your novice technicians to your seasoned professionals(including NATE certifications). We are on track to have over 1,400 people go through our North Texas Training Programs in 2007 and we are always striving to serve the training needs of the industry.          NON-TECHNICAL &amp; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS  North Texas ACCA is committed to helping you with important management issues by offering a variety of financial, customer service and business related courses. Contractors dont go out of business for the lack of technical skills, its your...

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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:28:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;Welcome to &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;YOUR &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;ACCA-North Texas Web-site:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                &lt;p&gt;The mission of ACCA-NTX is to promote quality and professionalism, help its members become more profitable. And enhance the image of the HVACR industry to the consumer through a variety of measurable and specific programs and services.&lt;br&gt;We want to welcome all our members to our new website and encourage you to utilize all the many great functions it provides. For our non-member friends, please take a moment to browse and educate yourself on the importance and benefits of becoming a member.&lt;/p&gt;
                &lt;p&gt;Ethics ; Profitability ; Training ; Networking ; Professionalism ; Business Growth ; Passion for the Industry ; Commitment ; Loyalty ; Community Service &amp;#8230;These are just not words, but instead, a vision shared by members of&amp;nbsp; ACCA-North Texas.&lt;/p&gt;
                &lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time, and enjoy the site!&lt;/p&gt;
                &lt;p&gt;Steve Lauten &amp;#8211; Chairman of the Board&lt;/p&gt;
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			<description> The North Texas Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is committed to assisting its members to be licensed, quality contractors who are recognized for their professionalism, excellence and superior customer service in their communities.    North Texas ACCA is the largest ACCA chapter in Texas, with more than 150 Contractor Members and over 60 Associate and Vocational members.  North Texas ACCA, chartered in 1984, is comprised of independent contractors working for contractor independence through a program of education and service. It represents the industry by working together through the Association to present a strong voice for contractors. Its mission is to assist and enable its members to acquire, serve and satisfy their customers. North Texas ACCA pursues this mission by:      Providing the highest quality of technical and management information and services; promoting good business ethics and sound business practices.    Being the standard of excellence...

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