Membership Advantages
Membership in The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) has its advantages – Members can benefit from the association’s purchasing power and save money by participating in group programs and services with the following partners:
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Group Insurance Programs: Insurance coverage is available for your employees at rates not usually available to smaller companies. Employee Benefits including Health & Dental, Critical Illness Recovery, Accidental Death, Home & Personal Auto are just some types of coverage available. |
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Merchant Card Services: Pivotal Payments, one of HRAI’s Membership Advantage Partner, a merchant card service provider offers an excellent program for all HRAI members, which includes: single source payment processing, modern hardware options that include stand-alone and wireless terminals, e-commerce solutions, and dedicated customer service for all programs 365 days of the year. Pivotal Payments is also offering better rates on debit, credit, terminal rentals and purchases and pricing guarantees. |
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Extended Warranties: HRAI’s exclusive “Blue Ribbon Protection Plan”, offered by Equiguard Inc., enables HRAI members to offer residential and commercial customers extended warranty coverage at an association price on any product, to almost any specification. |
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Vehicle Leasing: Members can access “fleet” pricing for vehicle leasing, rental and purchase through Somerville National Leasing. Let Somerville act as your lease consultant. |
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Fuel Discounts: Members have access to a fuel discount of 2.4 cents per litre with Petro-Canada. This program includes flexible reporting options, PIN security and other services. Existing SuperPass CardHolders can link to this discount in one easy step! Call HRAI today. |
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NEBS PAYweb.ca: This innovative web-hosted payroll solution gives absolute confidence that your payroll is completed on time and on budget. Call our payroll specialists or go to www.payweb.ca for a free demonstration. As a member of HRAI you receive special pricing and promotions, please call HRAI for your ID Code. |
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NEBS: Offers a complete range of business printing; including cheques, invoices, proposals, stationery and marketing tools needed to grow your company. As a member of HRAI you receive a 10% discount off new products and 5% off reorders. Please call HRAI for your ID Code. Visit www.nebs.ca or call 1-800-461-7572 to learn more. |
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Business Software: Members receive a 10% discount off the EMS® Professional when purchased as a system, which includes base accounting, job costing, service, dispatching, scheduling, wireless field service, marketing and much more in a completely integrated solution. C-U-C Software provides prompt, complete and personalized after-the-sale service to all clients. |
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Training Courses and Products: HRAI education programs provide industry members with the technical competence required to design and install HVAC systems. These programs include training and certification courses (in-class and home study), computer software, as well as over 20 technical manuals. HRAI members receive significant discounts on all courses and training materials. |
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HVAC Design Software: HRAI members are extended a discounted rate on the new Wrightsoft Right-Suite™ Canada software. Contact SkillTech at 1-800-267-2231, ext. 245 for details. |
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Financial Benchmarking Program: Offered annually in partnership with a management-consulting firm, contractors can inexpensively compare their financial performance to the rest of the industry and discover where improvement is needed. |
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Answer Plus: A Call Centre providing a specialized team of customer service representatives dedicated to taking calls in the HVACR Industry. With intensive training, these representatives provide clear, accurate, and detailed messages. Calls are screened for urgency and emergencies are escalated to resolution. |
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On-Hold Marketing Inc.: Provides members with an on-hold system package that broadcasts a professionally recorded message to all callers placed on hold. The message can include information about your products and services, provide your company history and impart to your callers how much you appreciate their business. Setup is easy; all you need to do is plug the equipment into your phone system. (Participants must have a “music on-hold jack” (the ability to play a radio) as part of their phone system). |
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Bell Mobility: Is the official communications provider for HRAC offering members corporate pricing on cellular communication products and services that are not available in consumer stores. HRAC members can benefit with access to free demo’s on Bell’s 10-4 walkie-talkie service, Mobile Internet Sticks for web access on the go and Blackberry data consultation. |
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The Air Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration NEWS: Offers a one-year subscription (52 issues) to The NEWS at only $55 USD. You will save $62.09 OFF the regular subscription price of $117.09 (USD). Members can subscribe on-line at www.hrai.ca/members. |
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Workplace Safety Group: Offers industry specific, online Health & Safety training programs that meet guidelines put out by the Ministries of Labour. Our foremost objective is to prevent workplace accidents, injuries or deaths by providing employee training before these accidents ever occur. Knowledge is the primary preventive agent! Workplace Safety Group offers:
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UEI
Financial: Offers members a flexible and affordable consumer financing
program. This partner promises to offer you a simple and easy
working relationship in helping you achieve your customers'
needs. Did you know? Dealers who use UEI Financial increase their average sales by up to $1,200. UEI Financial Benefits include:
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PinPoint GPS Solutions Inc.: Provides GPS based fleet tracking systems that increase productivity, reduce costs, improve employee safety and increase customer satisfaction. Grow your profits by cutting costs and increasing the number of customer calls you can make in a day. To learn more about this program, visit their website at www.pinpointgps.ca or call Grace Moreland at HRAI, 905-602-4700 or 1-800-267-2231 ext. 255. |
Essential Employee Management Tool Kit: The Essential Employee Management Tool Kit is a suite of Human Resources programs, policies and practices which are considered essential tools to sound employee practices. The Kit consists of four modules that can be bought together or separately, and cover a variety of topics and forms including recruiting, interviewing, hiring, job descriptions, performance review forms and a comprehensive employee handbook. For more information on pricing and a description of each module click here (PDF. Opens in new window). To order please contact Grace Moreland at 1-800-267-2231 ext. 255 or via e-mail. |
Each month the HRAI Member Links feature updates and promotions on Advantage programs as well as announcements of exciting new benefits available to you. To learn more about Member Advantage Programs, please contact Grace Moreland at 1-800-267-2231 ext. 255 or via e-mail. Not a member? Become one today!