If you’re thinking about going into a trade for your future career path, it’s a smart decision. Trade occupations, particularly in contracting, pay well, and there are always jobs available across the country, all year long. There are many contracting job specialties out there. In this article, we will focus on the specialty: mechanical contractor. Here, we will share some basic information and facts about the job, and you will be able to decide if this is the right contracting specialty for you to go into!
According to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, a mechanical contractor is a contractor who offers services that are unlimited in “the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend, or design, if not prohibited by law, central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems, including duct work in connection with a complete system if such duct work is performed by the contractor as necessary to complete an air-distribution system, boiler and unfired pressure vessel systems, lift station equipment and piping, and all appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection therewith, and any duct cleaning and equipment sanitizing that requires at least a partial disassembling of the system.”
For a fuller, more descriptive definition of what a mechanical contractor is defined as by the state of Florida, click here. Here, you can also read when a license is needed for this profession or not.
For this job, long-term, on-the-job training is essential because a lot of the systems, like HVAC system, are complex to work with. For the most part, employers prefer applicants with a postsecondary education and those who go through an apprenticeship.
In 2015, the average pay for a mechanical contractor is $45,110 a year. In 2014, there were 292,000 mechanical contractors in the United States. From 2014 to 2024, it is predicted that there will be a 14 percent increase in the number of mechanical contractor jobs available, which is a much faster increase than the national average for other occupations.
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