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NORA gold certified

pj
pj Member Posts: 5
in THE MAIN WALL
What is Nora Gold Certified ?
Is it like NATE certified where you have to take a test for each specialty.

I looked at NORA's site and couldn't seem to find the parameters for the certification.

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  • Firedragon_4
    Firedragon_4 Member Posts: 1,436
    NORA has several

    sites and IMO it's confusing but a necessary evil (npi).

    Try this site, it should help you figure it out or call them.
    http://noraed.org/

    www.firedragonent.com

  • Alan R. Mercurio_3
    Alan R. Mercurio_3 Member Posts: 1,624


    pj, the Criteria here may help answer your question and the link Firedragon posted will certainly answer that and a whole lot more.

    Gold Certification: A new publication, Efficient Oilheat, An Energy Conservation Guide, updated in 2004, serves as the guidebook for attaining gold certification. The gold certification is for technicians who are able to move beyond basic installation and repair and can provide a systems analysis of the house, advise customers on equipment needs, and diagnose home comfort problems, as well as provide efficiency recommendations.

    Criteria for Gold Certification

    1. Completion and passage of the Silver National Certificate Program and Exam; or accepted into the Silver National Certificate Program from an Oilheat state association certification.

    2. Minimum of five years work experience as an Oilheat technician verified on company letterhead, signed by company owner or manager

    3. Minimum of 120 hours of Oilheat education training beyond Basic Oilheat Technician courses.


    Your friend in the industry,
    Alan R. Mercurio

    www.oiltechtalk.com

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  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    I think this is a fairly good presentation and certification

    system..after taking many of the classes the "student" will have made contact with many other professionals and had the benifit of open conversations that bring an exceptional amount of experience to the table. i am generally not into anything that smacks of governmental buracratic reduction of the human being to a number or a clump or herd to be managed according to some other reference to a number some place else however, i think the program does present a fairly comprehensive over view.
  • Firedragon_4
    Firedragon_4 Member Posts: 1,436
    Although NORA

    has it's own beaureaucratic system as any association normally does, it is not a 'governmental' agency Weezbo. It's a check-off program like 'Got Milk' or many others.

    It appears it just may be renewed and that will be good news if they learn from the mistakes, clean house, make some changes and become what most of us all hoped for, but it's JMO.

    "Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them." George Santayana

    "ALL cats look gray in the dark." my hero Benjamin Franklin.

    "No one will ever see me quit, because I simply won't. If I start something, I will finish it and do it well." Steve Belmarsh

    "An empty page of paper is a wonderful thing, it waits to be filled with ideas.", me, just me, George Lanthier

    www.firedragonent.com

  • lchmb
    lchmb Member Posts: 2,997
    hmm

    I can't get into the site...:(
  • Alan R. Mercurio_3
    Alan R. Mercurio_3 Member Posts: 1,624


    Try this my friend.

    NORA

    Your friend in the industry,
    Alan R. Mercurio

    www.oiltechtalk.com

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  • pj
    pj Member Posts: 5


    Alan

    Thanks for the response
    What is Gold certified specifically, and how does one get Gold certified is it service or installation based or both. Is there schooling and testing involved
    Does the cert cover Gas heat,oil heat, hydronics, warm air,heatpumps, air distribution.

    thanks
    pj
  • Firedragon_4
    Firedragon_4 Member Posts: 1,436
    Here's how VFDA in VT

    did it!

    http://www.vermontfuel.com/server/050305_gold.pdf


    www.firedragonent.com

  • Alan R. Mercurio_3
    Alan R. Mercurio_3 Member Posts: 1,624
    You're very welcome

    pj, Basicly the "GOLD" is considered the highest level of certification through NORA. The criteria is listed in my post above. you would need to have passed your Silver in order to "go for the gold" :)

    Sorry no Gas Training you need to see Timmie McElwain for that :)

    Here's the contents of the NORA Gold Technician Book:

    Chapter 1. The Science of Oilheat

    Chapter 2. What is Efficiency?

    Chapter 3. Chimneys and Venting

    Chapter 4. Low Cost no Cost Heating System Adjustments

    Chapter 5. Oil Burners

    Chapter 6. Boilers, Furnaces and Return on Investment

    Chapter 7. Efficient Oil Powered Water Heating

    Chapter 8. Minimizing Oil Burner Air Emissions

    Chapter 9. Technician Sales: Convincing Your Customer To Invest in Energy Conservation

    Chapter 10. Marketing and Selling Heating Equipment

    How the course is presented will vary from each instructor/proctor. I have taken both the Gold and Silver and converted them into Power Point Presentations I recommend that a technician get either book in advance and study it for 2 to 3 months. Then my presentation goes on for 2 days, Half the book on day 1 the other half on day 2 and then on the third day we have a morning review then the test. Day 3 is usually just a half day.

    I have to get on the road pj so if you have any further questions please feel free to ask I'll check in when I get to my hotel tonight.


    Your friend in the industry,
    Alan R. Mercurio

    www.oiltechtalk.com

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