RETA Breeze Sept/Oct 2025

EDUCATION CORNER

To all Members from the Education Coordinator: As we are nearing the 2025 Confer ence in Spokane, WA, I wanted to give a quick update on the books being written and reviewed. Industrial Refrigeration I (IR-I), Industrial Refrigeration II (IR-II), Energy Efficiency and the new Compliance Book will be completed by Conference. Then, the CO 2 introductions will be done and ready to be integrated into the Commercial and Industrial CO 2 books by Confer ence. We recently released RSES Book 1: Introduction to HVACR , a 347-page book for entry-level HVACR techni cians. This is the first book of a new series. IR-I and the RSES Book 1: Introduction to HVACR are in the Spanish translation process, and will be out by the end of the year. Finally, IR-I should be in SI before the end of the year. A lot of work in one year, but because of the great dedication of our volun teers, it has gone quite smoothly. So,

thank you to all that have been working hard behind the scenes this year. One thing that I find frustrating—but, is a fact—is no matter how hard everyone works, there are going to be some errors here and there. I encour age anyone who finds an issue in our books to please record the issue and send it through to education@reta.org so we can get the issues resolved. In closing, it has been a challenging time over the last month with lots of changes, but as they say, the only

thing that stays the same is change.

Thus, I want to share that even during these trying times I have been amazed by the dedication and commitment that the Board, Executive Committee and RETA-RSES staff have shown. So, please know that this Association is safe and in great hands.

Scott Melton Education Coordinator

scott@reta.org 1-509-833-5258

12 RETA.com

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025