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How to become an HVAC technician in Georgia

Georgia does not license individual HVAC technicians. You learn on the job or in school, and the State Construction Industry Licensing Board licenses HVAC contractors who run their own business.1

5registered apprenticeship programs$27.11median an hour in Georgia

Pick your way in

Apprenticeship

Earn while you learn

A program hires you, pays you on the job and runs your classes.

Pay
From day one
In GA
5 registered programs
Find a program near you
Trade school

Classroom first

Learn the basics, then find work to log your hours.

Pay
You pay tuition
In GA
28 schools with programs
Compare 28 schools
Helper

Start on a crew

Get hired as a helper by a licensed HVAC contractor and log hours on the job.

Pay
Paid on the job
Start
No experience needed
How to get started

The license steps

  1. Get hired or start training

    Join a registered apprenticeship, take a trade school program, or work as a helper for a licensed contractor.

    Compare the ways in
  2. Conditioned Air Contractor Class I / Class II4 yrs

    4 years (Class I), 5 years (Class II)

    Time
    4 yrs
Pay once you're working

$56,390

a year is the median for HVAC technicians in Georgia ($27.11 an hour, May 2025).5

Pay by city and percentile
  1. Dalton$31.52
  2. Atlanta–Sandy Springs$28.35
  3. Gainesville$25.63
  4. Savannah$24.89
  5. Macon–Bibb County$23.55
Georgia median $27.11 an hour

Questions

Do you need a license to work on your own as an HVAC technician in Georgia?

Check the State Construction Industry Licensing Board before you bid work on your own.3

Are HVAC technicians in demand in Georgia?

Projections Central expects about 1,290 HVAC technician openings a year in Georgia through 2034, counting new jobs and people leaving the trade.4

Next step

Find an apprenticeship near you

5 registered programs in Georgia. Enter your ZIP to see the closest ones and what they ask for.

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More for HVAC technicians in Georgia

Sources

  1. Georgia SOS, State Construction Industry Licensing Board (rules.sos.ga.gov, 2026-10-27)
  2. Georgia SOS, State Construction Industry Licensing Board: experience requirements (rules.sos.ga.gov, 2026-10-27)
  3. State Construction Industry Licensing Board - Conditioned Air Contractors (sos.ga.gov)
  4. Projections Central, long-term occupational projections 2024-2034 (projectionscentral.org, 2024-2034)
  5. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Georgia, May 2025 (bls.gov, May 2025)