HVAC Install Helper

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Ready to build a career in HVAC while learning directly from experienced professionals?

Berkeys is looking for a motivated HVAC Install Helper to support residential HVAC installation and replacement projects. You’ll work alongside an experienced Install Lead, gain hands-on experience with HVAC equipment and installation practices, and develop the technical skills needed to advance in the trade.

This commission-based opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on work, takes direction well, and wants their effort, efficiency, and growth to influence their earning potential.

Average Annual Compensation on all commission: $50K-$75K/year

• A strong desire to learn and build a long-term career in HVAC.
• Dependability, a positive attitude, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to follow instructions and work effectively as part of an installation crew.
• Willingness to ask questions, accept coaching, and apply feedback.
• Respect for customers’ homes, property, and time.
• Ability to work safely and maintain an organized jobsite.
• Comfortable using basic hand and power tools.
• Ability to read a tape measure and perform basic job-related math.
• Ability to communicate professionally with customers, coworkers, and leadership.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality.
• Previous HVAC, construction, mechanical, electrical, warehouse, or skilled-trades experience is preferred but not required.
• Must own the required hand tools identified on the company tool list.

At Berkeys, this isn’t just a helper position—it’s an opportunity to learn a skilled trade and grow your HVAC career.

You’ll receive hands-on experience, structured training, and direct coaching from an experienced Install Lead. As your knowledge and abilities grow, you’ll have the opportunity to take on more advanced responsibilities and continue progressing within the HVAC trade.

If you’re dependable, mechanically inclined, ready to work, and eager to learn, we want to hear from you.

Apply today to begin building your HVAC career with Berkeys!

Responsibilities

• Assist the Install Lead with residential HVAC installations and equipment replacements.
• Help remove and transport existing HVAC equipment safely.
• Load, unload, stage, and organize equipment, tools, parts, and installation materials.
• Assist with installing furnaces, air handlers, evaporator coils, condensers, heat pumps, thermostats, drain systems, refrigerant lines, and related components.
• Support ductwork, plenum, transition, equipment-pad, drain-line, and supply and return modifications.
• Measure, cut, assemble, seal, secure, and insulate materials as directed.
• Assist with refrigerant recovery, brazing, pressure testing, evacuation, charging, wiring, startup, and commissioning within the limits of your training and certifications.
• Learn to use hand tools, power tools, testing instruments, recovery equipment, vacuum pumps, gauges, meters, and brazing equipment safely.
• Protect customers’ floors, walls, furnishings, landscaping, and other property.
• Keep tools, materials, vehicles, and jobsites clean, organized, and safe.
• Remove old equipment, packaging, and installation debris.
• Assist with recording equipment information, taking required photographs, and completing job documentation.
• Participate in technical, safety, manufacturer, and customer-service training.
• Apply coaching from the Install Lead and demonstrate continued technical growth.
• Follow all company, OSHA, manufacturer, environmental, and jobsite safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Current TDLR Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician registration required.
• EPA Section 608 certification required when handling refrigerants; Universal certification is preferred.
• Candidates actively working toward required certifications may be considered based on company requirements.
• A valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record are required to operate a company vehicle.
• Must maintain all certifications, registrations, and continuing education required for assigned work.

This is an active, hands-on field position requiring the ability to:

• Work in attics, crawlspaces, garages, mechanical areas, and indoor and outdoor jobsites.
• Work in hot, cold, humid, dusty, and poorly ventilated environments.
• Climb ladders and safely enter and exit vans, box trucks, and restricted workspaces.
• Stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, and perform physical labor for extended periods.
• Independently lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Move heavier equipment using lifting equipment or team-lifting procedures.
• Work around refrigerants, electrical components, power tools, moving equipment, fumes, and other typical HVAC jobsite conditions.

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Wrench Group and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. The company encourages all qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States to apply, but it does not sponsor applicants or employees who require a visa to work legally.