HVAC · Electrical · Plumbing
License steps per state, every apprenticeship we can find, what each rung pays, and the shops hiring apprentices right now. Every number has a date and a source. You never pay.
Hours to journeyman
Verified from the boardTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration ↗—
Texas issues no state journeyman card for HVAC technicians; standing comes from the apprenticeship
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration · the ladder →
Apprentice year-1 pay
Research-seeded, not yet verifiedschedule ↗$12.89/hr
45% of journeyman $28.63/hr (BLS median)
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Typical UA HVACR service schedule (not local-verified) · rung by rung →
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What you can legally do with zero credentials in 51 states, and the EPA 608 path that gets you into HVAC in weeks.
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No experience → helper → apprentice → journeyman → master → contractor. The tier table with the board link on every row.
388 tier rows, 321 sponsors
Research datasets imported: 153 entry paths (0 unchanged), 359 new + 29 updated tier rows (65 retired), 51 thresholds, 321 new + 0 updated sponsors (195 retired). Labels: "verified" in the dataset = board page read that day → Verified from the board; everything else stays research-seeded until the board pass.
local MVP
Initial local build. Nothing deployed; no money spent.
Permalink #2026-08-28-site-initialBackfilled at launch
195 sponsors
195 sponsor records across 15 metros (IBEW/UA JATCs, IEC and ABC chapters, PHCC chapters, community and technical colleges). apprenticeship.gov Partner Finder is a JavaScript app (captured 2026-08-28) — the headless two-hop scrape that fills application windows and test dates is founder-gated, so every window is "not published — call".
Permalink #2026-08-28-apprenticeships-seededBackfilled at launch
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