Physical ScienceHeating/ air conditioning technician
Air conditioning helps people survive the steamy days of summer. In northern climates people depend on heating systems during cold winters. What happens when these systems break down? The problems are solved by heatingand- air-conditioning technicians. They install, maintain, and repair heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and ventilation systems. To work in this profession, people would need a high-school education as well as training and apprenticeships, in which they learn, while working alongside experienced workers. In most areas certification and licensing are required in order to work with refrigerant gases and heating-and-air-conditioning units.
Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Heating and air-conditioning systems control the temperature, humidity, and the total air quality in residential, commercial, industrial, and other buildings.
Cool Training for Hot Careers
Do you enjoy working with your hands? Do you have a good “mechanical sense”? If so, you could do well as a heating and air conditioning technician.
HVAC Careers, Jobs and Training Information
This site provides an overview into the career as an HVAC professional.
Physics teacher
When you see a roller coaster complete a loop, do you think about the forces that keep the machine on the track? If you like physics, would you enjoy sharing your interest with the next generation? If so, a career as a physics teacher might be for you. Physics teachers use their knowledge and creativity to lead discussions, perform scientific demonstrations, and even do research with their students. Most states require a college degree in physics and science education as well as state teaching certification. Advanced degrees are needed to teach at the college or university level.
A Career in Physics Teaching?
Teaching physics at the high school level can be a very rewarding experience. Physics teachers often work with the best and most highly motivated students.
Why Teach Physics?
Physics teachers agree that they derive both a sense of achievement and pleasure from opening up new horizons to young minds.
Physics in Careers
What do athletes, auto mechanics, and physics teachers have in common? They are all careers in physics! Learn more at this page from the American Institute of Physics.