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Southwest HVAC News
Laredo Community College Granted Accreditation.
 Laredo Community College has been
granted a six year accreditation of their Heating, Ventilation,
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) program. Laredo
Community College wanted to validate that they were preparing
their students for the ever changing challenges in HVACR industry.
To accomplish this, they decided to pursue accreditation of their
HVACR program.
Programmatic accreditation is
where an independent third party, reviews a program against set
educational and industry standards. In the HVACR industry
accreditation is conducted by HVAC Excellence. In seeking
accreditation, the staff at Laredo Community College completed a
self study evaluation of their program against set standards in:
curriculum, faculty, student facilities, placement services,
financial aid, and advisory committee involvement, training
facilities, equipment & safety.
The self-study once completed was
sent to HVAC Excellence for their executive team to thoroughly
assess for compliance against each standard. Upon completion of
their review, HVAC Excellence selected a group of industry
veterans with combined technical, administrative and teaching
experience in the HVAC industry to validate the self-study through
an intense review of the program.
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Having reviewed the
self-study and evaluated the program, HVAC Excellence has decided
to grant a six year accreditation of the Laredo Community College
program with commendation. The accreditation validates that the
program is preparing students for jobs in the HVACR industry and
verifies that the program has the needed resources and
administrative support to accomplish their goals.
 
In 1947, at the end
of World War II, Laredo Junior College was created on the historic
site of Fort McIntosh to prepare returning soldiers entering the
workforce. This was the beginning of Laredo Community College
offering the growing Laredo community excellence in education.
Over the years, Laredo Community College has grown into two
campuses which offer one semester, one or two year certificates
and Associate of Applied Science degrees.
In LCC’s
commitment to growth and excellence with their programs, they
sought out a third party verification of their HVACR program. This
distinguished programmatic accomplishment can only be met by
achieving the highest levels of instruction mandated by HVAC
Excellence. Some of the benefits of HVAC Excellence HVACR
programmatic accreditation include: students can have more
confidence in the HVACR program, employers have the assurance that
the graduates are properly trained, creates goals for
self-improvement, can assist the students in the acceptability of
transfer credits and it involved the faculty in the evaluation
process.
The Mechanical
Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and the United
Association (UA) represent over 3,000 premier employers and a
workforce of nearly 400,000. They have made a commitment to
recruiting HVACR technicians from schools with HVAC Excellence
credentials as a top priority and will provide new hires advanced
placement into their apprenticeship programs. Laredo Community
College is now listed on www.5starcareers.com the HVACR
recruitment site where individuals can learn about career
opportunities and fi d the top programs in the country to prepare
them for success.
Their course
development and instructional crew is comprised of HVACR industry
instructors and technicians with a full time lab assistant on
staff. Many of whom are industry leaders and who have taught or
worked in the trades throughout the United States. Their crew is
committed to student success and believes that education for the
trades is a high quality way to support the HVACR industry’s
needs. To learn more, contact them at 956-722-0521 or visit them
online at https://www.laredo.edu
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