ABOUT SHEETMETAL DUCTWORK FABRICATION SCHOOL
Jackie Price was a sheetmetal ductwork fabrication expert with over 50 years of sheetmetal ductwork fabrication instruction and HVAC industry experience.
Before he passed away, he wanted to continue contributing to the HVAC sheetmetal ductwork fabrication trade. He had already seen what he was teaching had become a "lost art". With his daughter and business partner Jeanette, he filmed lessons of his classes to leave the legacy of his skills, knowledge and teaching wisdom for future generations.
Jeanette, who is also a professional teacher, is currently working on developing the videos into a self-paced online course that will be user friendly and accessible from anywhere.
The hope is to fulfill Jackie's wish to share his knowledge in order to strengthen professional trade skills, build sheetmetal ductwork fabrication know-how, and deliver results just like how his in-person classes did.
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Here is Jackie Price guest teaching at the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center's HVAC program in Cleveland, Ohio.
WHAT YOU LEARN IN AN ONLINE SHEETMETAL DUCTWORK FABRICATION SCHOOL CLASS
As students you will plan layout, fabricate and install a variety of HVAC ductwork such as cleats, straight ducts and caps, elbows, transitions, offsets, plenums, square to rounds and other ductwork as requested. The training will also include fabrication of transitions and plenums for unit replacements and change outs.
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The student will learn the 3 basic principles of Sheet Metal layout: Parallel line development, Radial line development, and Triangulation.
Many students came to Jackie to learn how to create custom ductwork for "changeouts" for residential HVAC systems.
The course will teach you that, and more!
Stop outsourcing your sheetmetal ductwork fabrication and learn how to do it yourself with good workmanship.
QUALITY SHEETMETAL DUCTWORK FABRICATION INSTRUCTION
Read our reviews!
We invited Jackie to our shop to train our install teams on how to work with metal. Both of our lead installers were service techs first and had never worked with metal before. They learned everything that they needed to know so that they could do anything that they would ever need to in the field. The next day after class they had to build a skirt for a PGK unit. They did it with ease and even got a compliment from our client on how nice it looked. The price for this investment will pay its self-back in just a few short months and Jackie is an awesome instructor. - Bob Lauwers owner of Aspire Heating and Cooling, February 2021
FORMER STUDENTS
Jackie had the pleasure of teaching his sheemetal ductwork fabrication classes to many heating and cooling professionals, here are a few:
Commercial and government HVAC students:
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Navy
Stanford University
Department of Homeland Security
Lockheed Martin Aviation
California State University
Merck Pharmaceuticals
AMSEC, Naval Contractor
Coastal Carolina Community College
Military Base HVAC Departments
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Residential HVAC Students
Aspire HVAC: Rockville, North Carolina
Ostram Electrical & HVAC, Roanoke, Virginia
Robert B. Payne HVAC, Fredricksburg, Virginia
Geothermal Professionals, Ohio
Iceberg HVAC, Michigan
Parris Services, Manassas, Virginia
Herrings HVAC, Pennsylvania
Sensible Air Systems, North Carolina
Arc Mechanical, Vermont
Quality Heating and Cooling, New York
Jackie Price - In his own words:
We now have a generation that has little knowledge of how to make a straight duct, much less custom 'fittings' from a flat sheet. There is an ever increasing need for learning the basic fundamentals. But not all Installations can be "prefab-ed".
When an installer performs a "change out" or "unit" replacement does the installer know how to design and fabricate the transitions or plenums to connect to the existing supply and returns ducts with the most efficiency and quality? If not, the customer ends up with poor workmanship and probably an underperforming system and the company ends up with a bad reputation. A HVAC system with ductwork that is properly designed, fabricated and sized is the solution to this problem.
I’m passionate about the trade, workmanship and love teaching. I want to pass along my knowledge so that individuals can advance in their career and companies can improve their bottom line.
You will learn in a relaxed, non pressure environment.