RETA-Training Institute

In 2019 the Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Association (RETA) formed the RETA-TI to address the critical needs facing the industrial/natural refrigeration industry with regard to workforce development. It has three critical initial programs: REDWHITEandCOOL- an innovative DOD/SkillBridge approved program to recruit,train and hire transitioning military, veterans,families into our inudstry. WiNR (Women in Natural Refrigeration) -to support, highlight and encourage the underrepresented part of the industry that is growing in number YaYa- Young adults/Youth in Action- to provide opportunities for those leaving high school with alternative education/training in the skilled trades/industrial refrigeration.