NEW for 2025! MSCA Technical Training at the EMCOR Training Center!

July 8, 2025

We’re thrilled to announce a new collaboration between MSCA and the EMCOR Training Center in Phoenix, AZ. This state-of-the-art training center provides technical training for your service techs, from fundamentals to specifics. With a facility that offers both classroom and hands-on learning, you can keep your techs up to date on the best practices and most recent equipment for the industry.

This autumn, we are offering:

Pump & Motor Service
September 29 – October 2, 2025 | Phoenix, AZ

This course delivers essential knowledge and practical experience to help technicians troubleshoot, service, and optimize pump and motor systems in the field.

Service techs will learn:

  • How centrifugal pumps work, and when to use them
  • Reading and applying pump curves
  • Identifying and preventing cavitation
  • System troubleshooting best practices
  • VFD basics and ECM motor fundamentals
  • Lead-lag vs. parallel pump configurations
  • Mechanical seal limitations
  • Pipe sizing and friction loss using the System Syzer
  • Primary-secondary vs. primary-only piping design
  • Key system components: fill valve, expansion tank, air separator
  • Hands-on pump and motor disassembly, repair, and reassembly

Perfect for service techs ready to build confidence, boost efficiency, and take on more advanced system challenges.

We Welcome Requests for Future Classes

MSCA will be partnering with the EMCOR Training Center to offer multiple tech training classes on different subjects throughout the year, so if you have a request, let us know! You can email requests to Teresa Pezzi: tpezzi@mcaa.org.

MSCA’s Full Lineup of Autumn Classes

MSCA will offer a variety of operations and sales training this autumn to set your team apart, plus MSCA25, a week filled with inspiring keynote speakers, in depth education, peer-to-peer discussions, and networking. Don’t miss out!

Service Managers Training Program
September 28 – October 2, 2025 | Phoenix, AZ

Field Service Supervisors Training Program
October 1 – 3, 2025 | Seattle, WA

Sales Basecamp
October 1 – 3, 2025 | Seattle, WA

Dispatcher Training Program
October 1 – 3, 2025 | Seattle, WA

MSCA25 Annual Conference Transform
November 912, 2025 | Scottsdale, AZ

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