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Airport HVAC JOB

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:30 -0600

http://careers.columbusairports.com/posi...ting_id=32

HVAC Mechanic
Airport(s): Port Columbus Airport, Rickenbacker, Bolton Field,
Location: Port Columbus International Airport
Hours: Variable
Supervisor: Supervisor, Facilities
Salary: $37,912 - $45,365

Description:
POSITION PURPOSE
Under immediate supervision, is responsible for maintaining and repairing heating and air conditioning equipment. Understands and demonstrates a commitment to the Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s Mission Statement, Business Plan, and Core Values in addition to all other Authority sponsored initiatives.

Assumes responsibility for effectively maintaining and repairing heating and air conditioning equipment.
• Inspects, observes and repairs heating and air conditioning units at regular intervals to ensure efficient operation.
• Adjusts and repairs cooling system units such as compressors, motors, and air cooling using hand tools.
• Calibrates thermostatic controls of heating or cooling units to keep temperature at specified levels.
• Operates drill press and other machine shop equipment used to repair heating and air condition equipment.
• Services pumps; performs water testing on boilers.
• Maintains sprinkler system and exhaust fans within terminal.
• Maintains glycol collection system and have received training for testing and repair.
• Maintains PC Air units on jetbridges.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Work in an indoor and outdoor environment; occasional travel from site to site; works frequently on computers; ability to work in adverse weather conditions. Must work under hazardous conditions including high places, chemical exposures, moving machinery, etc. The worker is subject to fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation etc. which affect the skin or respiratory system.
Shift – 8 hours; first and second shift.
Breaks – 30-minute lunch, and two 15-minute breaks.
Flooring – typically tile, carpeted or concrete surfaces.
Lighting – variable, natural and artificial light.
Temperature – variable environmental conditions based on specific job sites. May be exposed to seasonal weather and temperatures, dust etc.
Safety equipment – gloves, safety work boots, safety goggles/glasses or other personal protective equipment depending on job assignment, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Certification
High school diploma or GED.
Licensed to check and repair backflows, preferred.
Licensed in sprinkler system testing and repairs, preferred.
Must possess and maintain a valid Ohio driver license, in good standing. If job assignment includes driving requirements.

Required Knowledge
General knowledge of the construction, assembly, adjustment, and maintenance of a wide variety of heating and air conditioning equipment.
General knowledge of standard prices, methods, materials, and tools of the mechanics trade.

Experience
One (1) year of journeyman experience installing, repairing, and maintaining heating and air conditioning equipment.
Additional experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Skills/Abilities
Basic computer skills.
Must be flexible and able to work all shifts.
Ability to work well independently.
Ability to cooperate and communicate well with others.
Ability to do acetylene and electric welding.
Ability to operate drill press and other machine shop equipment.
Ability to work from blueprints.
Ability to interpret written and oral instructions and keep records.
Ability to supervise a helper.
Required to have regular and predictable attendance.

Deadline to apply is March 26, 2010.

AC with gaspack not heating

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:30:10 -0600

Hi, I just started an HVACR program and have a couple questions. First of all, I have not started the heater repair courses yet... but a friend of mine has a gas heater that is not working so I am viewing it as a learning opportunity. I have a couple of q's.

She has what I am told is an AC with a "gas pack" (an AC unit with a gas heater in the same unit) The Unit is blowing air but it is not heating. She called a repair technician who said the problem is the ignition circuit board. I opened the unit and found this part MODULE BOARD for junky Lennox

According to a teacher who also does HVACR for a living, the transformer that powers the ignitor (sparking type) is usually a separate thing from the main board. I did not notice a separate board except for the one that runs the fan which he says is another thing altogether.

My questions:
1. Is it possible the transformer for the ignitor and the control board are built in to one unit? (If you look at the picture on the link, the ignitor wire was attached to the nipple coming out of the top)

2. Assuming the repair guy was correct, am I replacing the correct part?

3. How would I test it and find out this is the problem? (I know the fan was working because it was blowing air when you turn it on, it was just cold. But he told me the fan board is not supposed to turn the fan on until it is hot. I also heard a clicking from inside the house when we turned the system on via the thermostat which seems like it would be the sound of the ignitor clicking. This makes me think the ignitor was working. The only thing I can think of that is wrong if both of these are working is it is not getting gas.)

4. The same board that the ignitor was connected to also had a contact marked "main valve". Is this referring to the gas supply valve?

Thank you for any help

Vermont Tech Launches Wood Pellet Heating and Educational Project February

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:51:39 -0600

Vermont Tech Launches Wood Pellet Heating and Educational Project

February 18, 2010

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt., February 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced the launch of an innovative biomass energy project at Vermont Technical College.

A wood pellet boiler will serve both as a practical heating source for a building on the college campus and as an invaluable hands-on learning tool for students interested in the growing field of renewable energy jobs.

Sanders, chairman of the Senate Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, secured $184,995 in federal funding for the project through the U.S. Department of Energy. Vermont Technical College will provide an additional $55,865.

Sanders said the project is part of an effort he and others around the state are making “to transform Vermont’s energy system so that we can become more energy independent, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and create good-paying local jobs. As we move forward toward improved energy efficiency through wind, solar, and geothermal energy, we also must understand the importance of biomass.”

Vermont Technical College President Ty Handy said, “Vermont Tech is excited about bringing this renewable energy source on campus and, through its Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Design and Technology, helping students prepare for careers in this vital and emerging field.”

The funding will establish a wood pellet boiler to heat the Red Schoolhouse building on the campus. The building is now served by the college’s central heating system, an outdated furnace which consumes 3,000 gallons of heating oil every year. The new boiler will be purchased from Waitsfield, Vermont-based Sunwood Systems.

The new boiler will allow Vermont Technical College students to test other forms of biomass fuel to better understand which fuels work best and grow best in certain environments. These experiments will utilize various energy grasses grown on campus by the college’s Dairy Farm Management and Diversified Agriculture program.

February 18, 2010

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt., February 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced the launch of an innovative biomass energy project at Vermont Technical College.

A wood pellet boiler will serve both as a practical heating source for a building on the college campus and as an invaluable hands-on learning tool for students interested in the growing field of renewable energy jobs.

Sanders, chairman of the Senate Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, secured $184,995 in federal funding for the project through the U.S. Department of Energy. Vermont Technical College will provide an additional $55,865.

Sanders said the project is part of an effort he and others around the state are making “to transform Vermont’s energy system so that we can become more energy independent, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and create good-paying local jobs. As we move forward toward improved energy efficiency through wind, solar, and geothermal energy, we also must understand the importance of biomass.”

Vermont Technical College President Ty Handy said, “Vermont Tech is excited about bringing this renewable energy source on campus and, through its Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Design and Technology, helping students prepare for careers in this vital and emerging field.”

The funding will establish a wood pellet boiler to heat the Red Schoolhouse building on the campus. The building is now served by the college’s central heating system, an outdated furnace which consumes 3,000 gallons of heating oil every year. The new boiler will be purchased from Waitsfield, Vermont-based Sunwood Systems.

The new boiler will allow Vermont Technical College students to test other forms of biomass fuel to better understand which fuels work best and grow best in certain environments. These experiments will utilize various energy grasses grown on campus by the college’s Dairy Farm Management and Diversified Agriculture program.

JOHN MELLENCAMP 4 U.S. SENATE

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:01:25 -0600

U.S. Cracks Down on ‘Contractors’ as a Tax Dodge

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:36:19 -0600

February 18, 2010
U.S. Cracks Down on ‘Contractors’ as a Tax Dodge
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

Federal and state officials, many facing record budget deficits, are starting to aggressively pursue companies that try to pass off regular employees as independent contractors.

President Obama’s 2010 budget assumes that the federal crackdown will yield at least $7 billion over 10 years. More than two dozen states also have stepped up enforcement, often by enacting stricter penalties for misclassifying workers.

Many workplace experts say a growing number of companies have maneuvered to cut costs by wrongly classifying regular employees as independent contractors, though they often are given desks, phone lines and assignments just like regular employees. Moreover, the experts say, workers have become more reluctant to challenge such practices, given the tough job market.

Companies that pass off employees as independent contractors avoid paying Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes for those workers. Companies do not withhold income taxes from contractors’ paychecks, and several studies have indicated that, on average, misclassified independent workers do not report 30 percent of their income.

One federal study concluded that employers illegally passed off 3.4 million regular workers as contractors, while the Labor Department estimates that up to 30 percent of companies misclassify employees. Ohio’s attorney general estimates that his state has 92,500 misclassified workers, which has cost the state up to $35 million a year in unemployment insurance taxes, up to $103 million in workers’ compensation premiums and up to $223 million in income tax revenue.

“It’s a very significant problem,” said the attorney general, Richard Cordray. “Misclassification is bad for business, government and labor. Law-abiding businesses are in many ways the biggest fans of increased enforcement. Misclassifying can mean a 20 or 30 percent cost difference per worker.”

Employers deny misclassifying workers deliberately. The businesses say the lines are unclear between employee and independent contractor.

Workers are generally considered employees when someone else controls how and when they perform their work. In contrast, independent contractors are generally in business for themselves, obtain customers on their own and control how they perform services.

Many businesses are dismayed about the tougher federal and state scrutiny.

“The goal of raising money is not a proper rationale for reclassifying who falls on what side of the line,” said Randel K. Johnson, senior vice president with the United States Chamber of Commerce. “The laws are unclear in this area, and legitimate clarification is one thing. But if it’s just a way to justify enforcing very unclear laws against employers who can have a legitimate disagreement with the Labor Department or I.R.S., then we’re concerned.”

Among the most often misclassified workers are truck drivers, construction workers, home health aides and high-tech engineers.

Portraying regular workers as contractors allows companies to circumvent minimum wage, overtime and antidiscrimination laws. Workers classified as contractors do not receive unemployment insurance if laid off or workers’ compensation if injured, and they rarely receive the health insurance or other fringe benefits regular employees do.

“This denies many workers their basic rights and protections and means less revenues to the Treasury and a competitive advantage for employers who misclassify,” said Jared Bernstein, who as executive director of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Middle Class Task Force has helped orchestrate the administration’s campaign against misclassification. “The last thing you want is to give a competitive advantage to employers who are breaking the rules.”

Organized labor, a strong supporter of Mr. Obama, has long complained about the practice. No administration has undertaken as big a crackdown as Mr. Obama’s, although administration and state officials deny they are doing it as a favor to labor.

California’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, is seeking $4.3 million from a construction firm he accused of misclassifying employees. Last April, he won a $13 million judgment when a court ruled that two companies had misclassified 300 janitors, cheated the state out of payroll taxes and not paid minimum wage and overtime.

Last November, the Illinois Department of Labor imposed $328,500 in penalties on a home improvement company for misclassifying 18 workers, saying it had pressed them to incorporate as separate business entities.

The Obama administration plans to expand investigations by hiring 100 more enforcement personnel. The I.R.S. has begun auditing 6,000 companies to see whether they are in compliance with the law.

The administration also plans to rewrite a three-decade-old I.R.S. rule that lets companies indefinitely classify employees as independent contractors — even when the government knows they are misclassified — so long as the company once had a reasonable belief that the workers were contractors.

One worker who welcomes stricter enforcement is Fritz Elienberg, who spent five years installing cable and Internet service for RCN in Boston.

Mr. Elienberg said he and a dozen other installers reported to an RCN office six mornings a week, shortly after 6:30, where they received their daily assignments and the equipment to do installations. He said he typically worked 10 to 14 hours a day and never received time-and-a-half pay for overtime.

“I didn’t feel like an independent contractor. I didn’t feel like my own boss,” Mr. Elienberg said. “I always believed I was an employee. It’s a win-win situation for them and a lose-lose for us. We didn’t get overtime, sick days, vacations, health insurance or pensions.”

Mr. Elienberg said his foot was seriously injured when a ladder fell on it, but workers’ compensation did not cover his medical bills because he was considered a contractor. He is suing RCN for overtime pay and the value of lost benefits.

Michele Murphy, an RCN spokeswoman, said the company often contracted with outside service providers but did not misclassify workers.

A Harvard study found that 4.5 percent of Massachusetts workers were misclassified, while a Cornell study concluded that 10 percent of New York’s private-sector workers were.

Last October, the attorneys general of New York, New Jersey and Montana threatened to sue FedEx Ground, asserting it had misclassified its drivers. The Teamsters union has long pressed officials to pursue the company. The Teamsters hope to unionize these drivers, but independent contractors, unlike regular employees, cannot form unions.

FedEx argues that these drivers are contractors because they own their trucks and can sell their routes.

One factor in the push for more aggressive enforcement is the Labor Department’s new top law enforcement official, M. Patricia Smith. As New York’s labor commissioner the past three years, she was known for cracking down on misclassification.

Ms. Smith oversaw a task force comprising various state agencies that conducted 2,413 misclassification investigations and 65 joint sweeps in which teams descended on companies’ offices to examine payroll records.

In a Feb. 1 report to New York’s governor, Ms. Smith noted that since late 2007, the task force had identified more than 31,000 instances of misclassification and assessed $11 million in unpaid unemployment taxes and $14.5 million in unpaid wages.

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Why are the Republicans against Health Care?

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:14:38 -0600

Well ? Could it have anything with paying taxes?

design and install

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:55:08 -0600

at what phase of house rehabbing construction should hvacr be brought in.is it during the framing process or after the plumbing has been done

my resume

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:30:28 -0600

Gabriel Akerele
123-49 146th Street
Jamaica, NY 11436
(347)626-1483
Gakerele@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position within a company with growth potential.

EDUCATION

Thomas Jefferson High School

ATI Career Training, Albuquerque, NM

HVAC/R EPA Certifications 608 & 410a, December, 2009

EXPERIENCE
Southeastern Consolidators
October2007-Febuary2009
loaded and unloaded tractor trailers by hand or forklift, and kept count on loading manifest
(404)622-4666

United Parcel Service , Pre-loader
November 2006- June 2007
Monitored complex cataloging and ordering systems. Operated conveyor belt.
Packaged and shipped materials and cargo in excess of 500 shipments a day.
Customer Service

Cost U Less, Customer Service

July 2005- March 2006
Resolved wide range of customer problems. Assisted customers by answering questions regarding merchandise.

Churches Chicken
July 2002- January 2003
Prepared daily meals for more than 1,000 customers per day to include special occasions and social functions. Maintained cleanliness and sanitary conditions of all equipment, utensils, spaces and storerooms.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATONS
Self-motivated and confident in making independent decisions.
Very well organized and able to meet deadlines.
Personable and persuasive in communicating creatively with customers from all cultures and economic levels.
Proven ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure.

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EPA Issues Final HCFC Allocation Rule

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:50:08 -0600

EPA Issues Final HCFC Allocation Rule

Supply of New HCFCS Reduced to 80% of Service Demand in 2010 with Further Annual Reductions Through 2014

PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN), a leading distributor and reclaimer of refrigerants as well as a provider of proprietary on-site decontamination services for large comfort and process cooling systems, announced that on December 15, 2009 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its final allocation rule for the production and consumption of all Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (“HCFC”) refrigerants. Under this new rule, which is effective January 1, 2010, the total United States HCFC “consumption” in 2010, which includes all HCFC production and importation, will be reduced to approximately 110 million pounds. The EPA has estimated the 2010 U.S. demand for HCFCs to be approximately 138 million pounds. Therefore the estimated servicing demand for HCFCs will exceed the available supply by approximately 20%, or more than 27.5 million pounds. Reclaimed and recycled refrigerant is expected to fill this supply gap. Additionally, the annual consumption of new HCFCs will be further reduced by an additional 10 million pounds each year from the previous year for 2011 through 2014. With these step downs, by 2014 the demand for HCFCs is expected to exceed the available supply by approximately 29%.

Kevin Zugibe, Chairman and CEO stated, “The EPA’s long awaited final rule provides for greater reductions in the allocated supply of R-22, when compared to the original proposed rule released for comment last December. Unlike last year’s draft rule, which proposed to fix the supply of new HCFCs for the next five years, the final rule imposes additional annual reductions through 2014, resulting in a total of 103 million fewer pounds available in the marketplace over the next five years. We believe this reduction represents a tremendous opportunity for Hudson.

“Recent EPA data shows that approximately 10 million pounds of HCFC-22 were reclaimed in 2008. With the reductions imposed under the new rule, commencing in 2010, a total of 27.5 million pounds of reclaimed or recycled HCFC-22 will be needed to meet the projected service demand. Simply stated, the availability of reclaimed refrigerant will be essential to ensure adequate supply to service large comfort and process cooling systems. We believe our leadership role in the reclamation industry, strengthened by our innovative Platinum Program and by the recent expansion of our production and distribution capabilities, position us well to benefit from this mandated shift in our industry.”

About Hudson Technologies

Hudson Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative solutions to recurring problems within the refrigeration industry. Hudson's proprietary RefrigerantSide® Services increase operating efficiency and energy savings, and remove moisture, oils and other contaminants frequently found in the refrigeration circuits of large comfort cooling and process refrigeration systems. Performed at a customer's site as an integral part of an effective scheduled maintenance program or in response to emergencies, RefrigerantSide® Services offer significant savings to customers due to their ability to be completed rapidly and at higher purity levels, and can be utilized while the customer's system continues to operate. In addition, the Company sells refrigerants and provides traditional reclamation services to the commercial and industrial air conditioning and refrigeration markets. For further information on Hudson, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.hudsontech.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995

Statements contained herein, which are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the markets for refrigerants (including unfavorable market conditions adversely affecting the demand for, and the price of refrigerants), the Company's ability to source refrigerants, regulatory and economic factors, seasonality, competition, litigation, the nature of supplier or customer arrangements which become available to the Company in the future, adverse weather conditions, possible technological obsolescence of existing products and services, possible reduction in the carrying value of long-lived assets, estimates of the useful life of its assets, potential environmental liability, customer concentration, the ability to obtain financing and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The words "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "may", "plan", "should" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made.

Contacts

Investor Relations:
Institutional Marketing Services (IMS)
John Nesbett / Jennifer Belodeau, 203-972-9200
jnesbett@institutionalms.com
or
Investors:
BPC Financial Marketing
John Baldissera, 800-368-1217
or
Company:
Hudson Technologies, Inc.
Brian F. Coleman, 845-735-6000
President & COO
bcoleman@hudsontech.com

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Hvacr MEP Welder, Brazing, La, Tx, Mo, Relocate Terms

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:24:14 -0500

Kevin M. Gregory
address avail upon Application of job.
254-580-3559 ~or~ 254-580-3464

Have Mobile Welding outfit, and RV to Travel for relocating.

Local 798 Member In Good Standing Since 2005

CARREER OBJECTIVE:

To advance with in the pipeline construction industry to a position which fully utilizes my skills, talent, and abilities to benefit the company and myself.

SKILL PROFILE:

Weldor, Job Steward, Straw, Helper, Automatic Shack, Road Bore, Tie In's, Various Computer Duties. Time Keeping, Determining appropriate supplies and tools for each crew that are necessary for all the aspects of the pipeline construction.

Operate light equipment ~ back hoe, fork lift, bob cat etc..

O.S.H.A. Training

C.P.R.

EXPERIENCE:

June 2009 to September 2009 ~ Henkles & McCoy
Rocky Express Weldor ~Zanesville, Ohio

February 2009 to May 2009 ~Associated Pipe
Double Joint Rack ~ Weldor ( capping heads)

June 2008 to December 2008 ~ Rockford Corporation
Board Walk Prjoect
Weldor

May 2008 to June 2008 ~ Sheehan ~ Orangefield Texas
Exxon Mobile Project

March 2008 to April 2008 ~ CRC Evans ~ Houston, Texas
Ran Procedures for Keystone Project

August 2007 to March 2008 Rockford Corporation
Livingston Texas
Energy Transfer Project
Weldor

I have worked in the HVAC Industry over 10 Years in the Dallas Texas area as weldor/pipefitter

Refigeration work, building Ice Hockey Rinks to NHL Specs. for The American Airline Center, SBC Center, Ford Center
For CIMCO out of Toronto Canada.

EDUCATION:

1990 Validictorian
of
Coolidge High School
Coolidge , Texas

1991 T.S.T.I ~ Waco , Texas
Welding Tech

Have rig will Travel, Willing to relocate, Available NOW.

Rate of pay min: open

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