CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Carrier Commercial Service and Automated Logic Field, part of Carrier Global Corporation, have launched the first cohorts of TechVantage Ignite, a program to develop the next generation of commercial HVAC technicians and controls engineers. TechVantage Ignite combines classroom training and self-paced online learning with mentorship and on-the-job training. “Thirty-nine years ago, I was in your shoes,” Rich Simpson, associate director, field service, Carrier Commercial Service said at the start of the HVAC program. The initiative calls for hiring 1,000 service technicians in the U.S. and providing additional training to over 100,000 Carrier and partner HVAC technicians over five years. “We’ve added more technicians this year than any of the past five years,” said Jay Hoarell, managing director of Carrier Commercial Service.