 Northwest Technical College in Bemidji is expanding their offerings with the new HVAC Plumbing and Refrigeration degree program. Today NTC invited industry leaders from all over Minnesota to talk about what the new HVAC program should look like. They talked about what the workforce needs as well as what skills the students would have to learn to succeed in the career path. Officials will review the feedback and then begin developing the program this coming January. Now the industry of HVAC has more jobs open than they have students to fill them and it's a really good career path. Some of the high techs high paying jobs in there make over a hundred thousand dollars a year so it's a great career path for someone who says you know what I'm really good at working with my hands and I really enjoy figuring out how systems work and so that whole part of commercial HVAC systems is a great career path. NTC hopes to launch the new HVAC program next fall. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.