American Vocational Academy connects contractors with a pipeline of skilled, career-ready students—helping you grow your team while playing a key role in shaping the next generation of technicians.
If you’re like most contractors, you already know the talent shortage is real—and growing. Finding skilled, reliable technicians is harder than ever. But there’s a better way to build your team and future-proof your workforce.
Unlike the traditional “last-minute” job fair or school visit, AVA Contractors Connection empowers your company to form ongoing, in-the-classroom relationships with future technicians enrolled in American Vocational Academy’s accelerated Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technician and Plumbing assistant programs, allowing you to establish a consistent presence in the classroom and play a meaningful role in students’ training and development. This proactive engagement positions your company to recruit top Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technician and plumbing assistant talent year-round—ensuring you’re always ahead of the curve.
DID YOU KNOW? Many contracting companies rely on transactional relationships with local trade schools—often making contact too late, only to discover that the most promising students have already accepted other job offers.
We invite you to come witness the training for yourself.
Engage with excellent future employees directly! Present your company’s mission, vision, and core values to future professionals personally at our school.
We provide you opportunities to highlight what makes your company a great place to work—benefits, growth opportunities, company culture, and more, directly to potential employees.
Be part of the team! We provide an organized platform that allows you to participate in monthly classroom visits to build relationships and stay top-of-mind with students.
Enhance your future employees skills by Giving students hands-on experience through supervised field ride-alongs. (Affiliation agreement required.)
Stay ahead of employment prospecting by securing early commitments from promising students that you have already personally engaged with. (Affiliation agreement required.)

“Their students have an excellent foundation which allows us to build upon which is based on our businesses needs. Our jobs are completed quicker, on time, more efficiently! AVA places equal focus on people skills, as well as the technical skills which cultivates not just quality workers, but also quality people for Tri-County Air!”
Rich Trehuba
Tri-County Air

“Best thing about hiring AVA grads is that most of them are already invested. They’ve invested into themselves, so they’re going to be more invested into their jobs which means they will be more responsible. We also don’t have to invest more into training, they are ready to hit the ground running! I hope to hire more students from AVA!”
Jason Burk
Badger Bob's Services
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