This week, I sit down with Ruchir Shah, founder of SkillCat, to unpack one of the most pressing challenges in our industry: the skilled labor shortage and the generational shift in HVAC.

Ruchir shares how SkillCat is transforming access to the trades through mobile-based, simulation-driven training that empowers both newcomers and experienced workers to reskill and thrive. We dive into licensing, hands-on assessments, apprenticeship pipelines, and how contractors can build sustainable talent strategies that actually work.