C & C Heating & Air Conditioning celebrates National Women's History Month by encouraging women to join the skilled trades industry

General Manager Dayna Hottle says women can enjoy lucrative careers in the home service industry and can help fill the labor shortage gap

DETROIT, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --As a female leader in the home service industry, Dayna Hottle, co-owner and general manager of C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, a leading Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than seven decades of experience, encourages women to celebrate National Women's History Month by considering a lucrative career in the skilled trades.

"This month, we celebrate the strides women have taken throughout history to better our lives and the lives of our daughters and granddaughters," Hottle said. "The skilled trades have traditionally been a male-dominated industry, but there's no reason women can't work as plumbers, electricians and HVA techs. These careers don't cost a fortune to learn, and many are good-paying jobs with great benefits."

Hottle said a skilled labor shortage has left the profession with a lack of qualified employees to replace those Baby Boomers who are retiring. The shortage of skilled male workers means the current workforce won't be able to fill all the available positions, creating an opportunity for women to step in and fill the gap.

According to recent studies, the number of women working in the skilled trades reached its highest level in 2021, when more than 314,000 women were working in the industry. At C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, several women work in customer service and accounting departments, and the company has two women serving as HVAC technicians.

Hottle grew up in the industry. Her family started C & C in 1948, and her mother and grandmother joined her grandfather and great uncle, working to make sure the company was successful. Hottle worked for C & C during school breaks for most of her life. She came on full-time as the company's operations manager after graduating from college in 2005.

Hottle also serves on the steering committee for Women of Nexstar and is a member of Women in HVACR. Both groups provide women with the necessary training and networking opportunities they need to succeed in the skilled trades industry.

"As a woman in the skilled trades industry, I'd like to see more women in the field," she said. "It's particularly important to me to encourage young women to at least look into the heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical fields."

For more information about C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, call (586) 439-3319 or visit https://candcheat.com/.

About C & C Heating & Air Conditioning

C & C Heating & Air Conditioning is a Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than seven decades of expertise installing and servicing all makes and models of heating and cooling equipment. Their technicians are highly trained and qualified and undergo annual background checks, random drug testing, extensive technical and customer service training and are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified. Services include HVAC maintenance and repair, duct cleaning, whole-home air filtration systems, indoor air quality systems and comprehensive maintenance agreements. For more information, call C & C Heating & Air Conditioning at (586) 439-3319 or visit their website at https://candcheat.com/.

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