In our industry we have two terms for technicians. Service & maintenance techs, and selling techs. Typically, we only allow selling techs to sell equipment and service and maintenance techs to do ...

Julie Lanza, director of training and education for pharmacy technicians at Beth Israel Lahey Health, said when her career began in the ’90s, “being a pharmacy technician was a job; it was not a ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. With five years of experience as a writer ...

After Medscape Nurses posted Can I Delegate This Task to a Medical Assistant?, many readers submitted additional questions about the role of medical assistants. What can medical assistants do, legally ...

Jessica Crosby is a freelance writer and former teacher with expertise in high school and college admissions. She creates content for education and personal finance companies and believes that all ...

Ask a contractor how they started their business, and a good chunk will say that they had a wealth of experience working under someone else in the HVAC industry, then decided to branch out and start ...

As a student, Patricia Leyk came across a career booth while eating lunch — an encounter that started her on a career path that has allowed her to use her interests and grow. "I liked biology. I liked ...

The refrigeration industry has a variety of competency exams and certification tests for technicians. Taking these exams can be beneficial because they can help identify areas of weakness or strength ...

For what seems like ages, whenever discussions occur within this industry about the technician shortage, this question inevitably arises: “Just exactly how many technicians do we need?” A fair ...

So I am here in San Antonio TX attending the 10 th annual Rush Truck Centers (RTC) Technician Skills Rodeo (being help immeasurably by my editorial compatriot Aaron Marsh; and does he take good photos ...

I met a guy, a home service contractor, at a gas station driving a brand-spanking new GMC Yukon Denali, who told me it gets 45 miles to the gallon. He also told me he gets his home service technicians ...