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Simeon, 45, was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 12. Simeon completed the seven-month Welding Specialist program at RSI in May 2025.

Thanks for your time, Simeon. Did you move...

Chris, 55, from Florence, Kentucky, completed the nine-month Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program at RSI in May 2013, and the Associate of Occupational Studies in

Austin, 31, from Phoenix, Arizona, completed the ten-month Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program at RSI back in 2015. After gaining experience for several years across the industry, Austin did what many RSI grads aspire to do – he started his own HVA...

Switching careers takes nerves and can make one question their decision. That hesitation is normal and shared by many people who go on to build real, lasting careers in the trades. The gap between where you are now and working as a Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) technician is shorter than most people assume. 

The right training ...

Not every electrician works on the same systems. Some spend their days moving between homes, troubleshooting flickering lights and upgrading panels for homeowners. Others work on job sites where a single electrical room feeds thousands of square feet of retail space, or where a wiring error can take down an entire floor of a building. 

Both paths draw on the same ...