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Electricians

1. Electrician Learning

National Electrical Code:

Practice quizzes on the 2020 NEC. These are short and painless with ten randomly generated questions each. We refer to them as coffee-break code quizzes for that reason as they remove some of the drudgery that studying the NEC can bring on.

2. Electrician Fail… or Not:

Light-hearted pics and videos of baffoons and bloopers in the electrical trade.


HVAC Techs

1. EPA 608 Certification and Test Info:

Summary of EPA certification requirements for the purchasing and handling of refrigerants, types of certification, and test scoring expectations. This contains are more detailed subsections:

EPA 608 Types:

More detailed information on each types of certification test: CORE, Type I, Type II, and Type III.

2. Refrigerants Information:

Information on refrigerants helpful for students and field knowledge. Includes most common refrigerants.

3. HVAC Tech Fail… or Not:

Light-hearted pics and videos of baffoons and bloopers in the mechanical trades.


Plumbers

1. Plumber Fail… or Not:

Light-hearted pics and videos of baffoons and bloopers in the plumbing trade.


Other Trade Resources

This part of our website has resources that are helpful across the trades:

1. State by State Building Codes

2. Trade Term Search

Looking for a particular trade term? Try searching our site!

3. Building Trades Glossary

Check out our extensive trade terms glossary including many definitions from the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing codes. This glossary runs in the background of our site. See those highlighted words on every page? If you hover over them a pop-up definition window appears. Or click once or twice (depending on your browser) on the word or term and you will go to that terms definition page.


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