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HVAC & Refrigeration Technicians

Place HVAC and refrigeration members on construction and service work.

Dispatch on the right gas, refrigerant and trade ticket, then keep the job file with the member.

HVAC and refrigeration locals fill construction installation and service calls from a hall that has to distinguish tickets. Members move among signatory contractors; representation has to follow the member, not the last truck.

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Understand the Environment

Calls distinguish construction installation, service, refrigeration, gas and apprentice work, and they depend on a current trade Certificate of Qualification, gas licence, refrigerant handling ticket and related safety tickets.

Members are dispatched to signatory contractors on new construction, tenant-fit and service routes, then return to the list or move to the next call, so qualification and last-job history have to stay at the union.

Representation often involves travel and on-call or standby, whether a construction or service rate applied, overtime on start-up, and whether the person sent held the gas or refrigerant ticket the call required.

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Scenario

  1. A start-up call needs a ticketed refrigeration mechanic, not a helper who happens to be next on a general list.

  2. Hiring Hall matches the call to Education credentials and People availability.

  3. The member gets the call with site and rate; Finance starts the job against the contractor.

  4. If the contractor later tries to keep a construction installer on a service rate, the dispatch record is already there.

How Union Software Helps

Hiring Hall

See who is on a shutdown call and who is on the bench when a vote or announcement has to go out.

Finance & Dues

Keep dues and any strike-fund activity on the same member records.

Education & LMS

Know who is current on the tickets a call actually requires before the dispatcher sends them.

Voting

Run the strike vote and see turnout by contractor, ticket and list status.

Strike

Turn the same lists into picket and hall-duty assignments if the vote carries.

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Operationally Ready

Built for HVAC and refrigeration locals that dispatch construction and service calls, represent members across contractors and bargain with signatories.

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