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Technician Training
NAMA's Technician Training Program is a comprehensive, online course that provides training to vending technicians in areas of job fundamentals, refrigeration and electrical/electronics to further develop the requirements of the position. All materials and exams are offered online. The program is divided into three levels. One can register for each level individually or for all three in a cost-efficient bundle.
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The Power Tools: Technician Training Levels 1-3
This course covers all levels of Technician Training. Vending technicians will learn their job fundamentals, and about refrigeration and electronics for vending machines. After successful completion of three online exams, a certificate and an embroidered patch for each level are awarded. Well trained technicians will result in improved time per service call, fewer customer complaints and refunds, fewer repeat service calls, lower equipment maintenance costs, improved employee morale and reduced employee turnover. For more detail on each level Technician Training, or if training is needed only in a specific level, please explore each one below.
REGISTER FOR THE POWER TOOLS: TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVELS 1-3
ACCESS YOUR COURSES (AFTER PURCHASE)
Level 1: Job Fundamentals
An introduction to the vending industry and vending machines. It covers how to be a professional technician; common hand tools; basic soldering techniques; machine moving; minor repairs and maintenance; coin mechanisms and bill validators; pressurized gas cylinders; sanitation fundamental and security practices. After successful completion of an online exam, a certificate and an embroidered patch are awarded.
REGISTER FOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVEL 1
ACCESS YOUR COURSES (AFTER PURCHASE)
TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVEL 1 REGISTRY
Level 2: Refrigeration
For technicians who have completed Level 1, the next level covers refrigeration for vending machines. Course topics include refrigeration theory, heat transference, the refrigeration cycle, related electrical systems, testing compressor windings, testing external compressor parts, and troubleshooting refrigeration systems. After successful completion of an online exam, a certificate and an embroidered patch are awarded.
REGISTER FOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVEL 2
ACCESS YOUR COURSES (AFTER PURCHASE)
TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVELS 2 & 3 REGISTRY
Level 3: Electronics
For technicians who have completed Level 2, the final level covers electronics in vending machines. Topics include basic electrical principles, Ohm's Law, wiring devices, switches and controls, coils, relays, solenoids, capacitors, transformers and rectifiers, resistors, electronics and semiconductors, electric motors, heaters, electrodes, electrical test equipment and trouble-shooting vending schematics. After successful completion of an online exam, a certificate and an embroidered patch are awarded.
REGISTER FOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING LEVEL 3
Technician Training Registry
Level 1 - Job Fundamentals
| NAME | STATE | COMPANY |
| Pat Agnos | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Joe Amos | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jason Bain | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Bert Baker | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Moe Barnes | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Harold Barrett | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jack Bartimus | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Eugene Beaudoin | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Mike Benner | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Billy Blair | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rob Bonebrakes | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Mike Boston | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Dave Boxleitner | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jacob Bragunier | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Darrell, Jr. Brandenburg | MI | Canteen |
| Dave Brodell | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Chase Brown | AR | Snack Rack, Inc |
| Junior Brown | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Buchanan | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Scott Burns | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Carbone | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Clyde Casterlow | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Scott Chapman | MI | Canteen |
| Victor Chriest | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jeff Claffy | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Don Clamser | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Greg Clark | IN | Canteen |
| Kegan Clarke | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Sheldon Clarke | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Larry Clayton | OK | Unlisted |
| William Coffey | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Paul Coomber | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ron Copernoll | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Edward Craig | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Terry Cramsey | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| David Cromer | VA | Good Buy 2 You LLC |
| Brian Crowe | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Joe Cuthbertson | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Nick Dablow | ND | CHI Friendship |
| Ron David | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Edris Davies | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Roger Dean | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Joe Demartino | NY | Canteen |
| David Demcher | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Dennis DiMatteo | PA | Independent |
| Steve Dowdy | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Clarence Dury | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Norlin Eadie | MI | Canteen |
| Jake Edmonds | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Gordon Eldridge | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jimmy Elias | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Shayne Elliott | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ken Emberton | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rex Ernst | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Keith Evans | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Don Farley | IN | Canteen |
| Ric Foster | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Terrance Francis | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Donald Frashure | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Larry Gallagher | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jerome Gary | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ron Gerke | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Frank Godfrey | Unlisted | Canteen |
| James Gousha | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ronald Grandison | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Marshall Gulley | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Yazmin Guy | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Andrew Haight | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Wayne Hamilton | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Steve Harbin | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Larry Hase | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Chris Haskins | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Billy Hefner | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Mason Helton | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Stephen Hernandez | PA | Morning Start Services |
| Ernie Herring | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Marvin Hicks | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Hirtzel | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Greg Hommes | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Susan Huffman | NC | Canteen |
| Steve Hunt | Unlisted | Canteen |
| James Hutchinson | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jerry Inman | TX | Mcliff Coffee + Vending |
| James Jenkins | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Mike Jessup | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Albert Johnson | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rick Keziah | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Carl King | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Kevin King | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Joseph Kolowitz | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Konnic | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rick Kovac | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Paul Kovschak | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jeff Krepps | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Sidney Lambert | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Gary Lang | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Adrian Lares | CA | Independent |
| Thomas Lee | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Alan Lehmann | MA | Interseminarian-Project Place, Inc. |
| Dane Lewis | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Nathan Liggitt | PA | Reliable Vending |
| Jim Lockard | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Paul Lowery | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Steve Lynn | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Gary Mansfield | NC | Canteen |
| Jerry Marsh | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Roger Martinez | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Billy Mashburn | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Thomas Mayfield | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Michael Maynard | IL | Canteen |
| Danny McCulley | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Fred McLaine | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Bruce Miller | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| John Miller | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ezequiel Morales | IN | ReFresh Facility Services |
| Jeff Morgan | Unlisted | Canteen |
| William Mueller | MI | Canteen |
| Stephanie Nichols | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Dan Noah | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Tyler Nolan | WI | Konop |
| Tim Obrien | NC | Canteen |
| Al Palmer | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Jaron Parker | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Richard Passannante | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Vishal Paul | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Christian Peter | ME | Casco Bay Food and Beverage |
| Keston Peters | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Ike Pettit | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Pettit | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ron Phelps | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Darren Pierre | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Tom Pinkerton | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| David Pomrose | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rich Preator | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Wes Price | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Kevin Pugh | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Racey | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Tom Reed | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| George Rehder | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Steve Retter | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Gordon Rolston | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Randall Rubley | MI | Canteen |
| Gary Sager | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Mark Schook | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Darrin Scott | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Ben Schalk | MI | Canteen |
| Gregory Sewell | CA | Unlisted |
| Mike Sharp | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Rich Shearon | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Steve Shirk | Unlisted | Canteen |
| John Simpson | NV | Starcade |
| Joseph Skapik | Unlisted | Canteen |
| David Skipper | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Charles Smith | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Chris Smith | AK | Vend Alaska |
| Justin Smith | IL | Diamond Vending |
| Kemmeth Smith | TX | Smith Vending |
| John Snuggs | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Steve Spangler | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Aubrey Sprouse | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Gary Starns | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Jimmy Strickland | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Ron Swan | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Benny Thompson | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Richard Toplikar | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Victor Torres | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| David Tucker | Canada | Cool Vending |
| James Turman | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Daniel Vanderwoude | IN | ReFresh Facility Services |
| Don Wade | TX | Canteen |
| Brian Wagner | MS | Canteen |
| Tim Warren | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Sam Watson | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Richard Weathersby | TX | Weathersby Vending & Maintenance Services |
| David Whitcomb | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Mike Wilke | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Bravell Williams | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Clarence Williams | TX | Williams Snacks |
| Derrick Williams | AZ | All that vending |
| Roy Witmer | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Pat Wredt | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Bernard Yang | NJ | AAEON Electronics Inc |
| Philip Zeiders | Unlisted | Canteen |
| Mike Zuback | Unlisted | Unlisted |
Levels 1 & 2 - Job Fundamentals and Refrigeration
| NAME | STATE | COMPANY |
| Austin Busch | PA | One Source Office Refreshment Service Inc. |
| Richard Hambrock | ME | Casco Bay Food and Beverage |
| John Holloway | MI | Canteen |
| Mike Millett | UT | BYU Vending |
All Levels - Job Fundamentals, Refrigeration and Electronics
| NAME | STATE | COMPANY |
| Christine Abeyta | NM | New Mexico Commission for the Blind |
| Thomas Anderson | MI | Canteen |
| Jhong Bautista | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Randy Castillo | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Renato Castillo | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Nigel Chambers | NY | Cool Runnings Refrigeration and AC |
| Juan Collazo | PA | One Source Office Refreshment Service Inc. |
| Joseph DeMartino | NY | Canteen |
| Christian DeSantis | CA | Sierra Vend-Tech |
| Brandan Dougherty | WI | Canteen |
| Ronald DuFresne | WI | Canteen |
| Earl Dupont | MD | Canteen |
| Shane Farnican | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Garrett Fisher | MI | Canteen |
| Transton Frederick | MI | Canteen |
| Rommel Galdonez | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Melchor Gomez | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Douglas Green | IL | Independent |
| Dennis Hammer | IL | Independent |
| Shane Hinkley | MI | Canteen |
| Javier Jauregui | CA | Unlisted |
| Kenneth Jones | MD | Black Tie Services |
| Jason Kohn | WI | Canteen |
| Norbert LaCourse | GA | Unlisted |
| Jonthan Lister | NM | Mesilla Valley Snacks |
| Michael Lott | MS | Phoenix Sales and Associates |
| Keith Lawrie | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Dennis Matienzo | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Micheal Mitchell | CA | On the Edge Vending |
| Amorn Moonnoi | VA | Unlisted |
| Sharmley Obdamen | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Bonifacio Peralta | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| Benjamin Pilos | Unlisted | Unlisted |
| John Reinke | WI | Canteen |
| Tiana Richardson | MI | Rich Vending LLC |
| Thomas Roberts | NC | Canteen |
| Ramona Ruiz | NM | New Mexico Commission for the Blind |
| Jeremy Sparks | IN | Canteen |
| Briana Spencer | SC | BLS Vending LLC |
| Rich Stevens | IN | Unlisted |
| Jim Sullivan | WI | Canteen |
| Jonathan Szalay | NJ | 4EvR Perpetual |
| Mitchell Tessneer | FL | TNT Vending Services |
| Seth Theis | CO | Tice Vending |
| Andy Thielke | WI | Canteen |
| Michael Thompson | AZ | Tomdra, Inc. |
| Arnold Tocktoo | AK | Vend Alaska |
| Taylor Yohn | MN | Unlisted |
| Carter Zahm | CA | Sierra Vend-Tech |
| James Zobel | PA | One Source Office Refreshment Service Inc. |
Didn't See Your Name?
Because program attendees always have the option of opting out of the registry, many attendees who have completed this course are unlisted. If your name is missing and you want to be listed, or if you need to update your information, then please contact [email protected].