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On "National Technical Institute Graduates 103 Certified HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical Technicians From Phoenix Campus"

A hundred new techs hitting the market from one campus in one year is real supply, not marketing noise—and it matters more than the headline suggests because it's proof that trade schools are actually scaling production where the work is. The question isn't whether NTI can graduate bodies; it's whether those 103 people stick with the trades past year two and whether they're trained on the systems and software your actual jobs run on, not just the theory. If vocational programs start moving the needle on retention and job-ready depth, we might actually close the technician gap instead of cycling through green hands constantly.

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