The Peterson School - Woburn, Massachusetts

Moriel M.

The worst school I've ever studied in my entire life! The teachers don't care if you're doing well, they arrive late and let you out early! This school only gives hours and you will have to study for yourself! the worst 2 years of my life at a school and almost 1 year after finishing I don't feel prepared to take the final exam! if you just want the hours and have to spend 2 years driving, $7k and have to study at home this is the perfect place... but if you are looking for a respectable school where you seek knowledge know that this is not the best place! Believe me, this is the worst school to find knowledge

Caden O.

Great school. The receptionist are goons though. Not helpful. Not professional

Df R.

If I didn’t need the 300 school hours to get my license I’d have gotten a refund. Still considering it. If you value your money and/or want to actually learn about electrical DO NOT go here.

It is halfway through the school year and I can guarantee if the class took a mock licensing test every student would fail. For the cost of the course being in the Thousands of dollars you’d think it would be a decent quality education. However the teacher is unqualified to teach and the most effort that’s put in is reading the answer key of one textbook or finding a bad YouTube video. No teaching or learning is done here. I should also add that basic electrical theory and math is not taught. It is SUGGESTED by the teacher that we learn it, instead of it being taught in class.

Class is supposed to be 4 hours but starts late and ends early. Not once have we been in class for the full 4 hours. If the board of licensing looks into these classes then about 100 people will have half of their schooling disqualified. If I ask a question in class it’s brushed off because “we’re not at that section yet” but we have already passed that code section, won’t be going back to it, and to top it off the class will be derailed for a significant portion of time about any other random topic or code area unrelated to what we are learning.

The most work we do is answering questions out of one textbook. Which there are some issues with the textbooks. The code book I received has text missing and huge ink splotches on other pages making it unusable on my license test. Another textbook is actually written by one of the teachers which is an expensive self published PowerPoint listing (incomplete I might add) osha safety laws that are free to look up. You are also forced to purchase these books you don’t use in order to take the class, considering it’s written by a teacher seems to be a conflict of interest.

Communication is no better at the school either. I’ve emailed about payments, class or materials issues and got back either no response at all or a short one ignoring most of what I asked. It’s not just personal communication but to the entire class that’s equally bad. Sometimes it’s up in the air if there’s class that day or not because no one tells the students or they’ve told the wrong class that the teachers out. The teacher by the way has missed the most days out of the class and because of which the school is requiring students to take school on Saturday as well just to make it in time for the end date.

Again, Even though I am paying THOUSANDS of dollars, I am totally on my own to TEACH AND LEARN MYSELF electrical code and theory. The only thing the class is good for is hearing the answer key for the textbooks which you do not get yourself with them. There are many issues at this school and I do not recommend to anyone I know or work with or who reads this to enroll here. Go to one of the high school trade schools night classes. You won’t get 300 hours in one year but who knows I might not either if they get disqualified. This school is ridiculous.

Khristopher N.

If you are veteran read this and be warned.

My experience started with the school contacting me stating "We contacted the GI Bill and they notified us they are not allowing for you to use your education benefits due to the online learning." Now I called the VA helpline for assistance. I explained to them what the school told me. The Educational specialist had then notified me "That is funny the school would tell you that. No we are approving educational applications. You just need to update your 22-1995 form." Now do not trust the school. They just want to pass you over for greed. They do not want to wait for payment. The manager is not acknowledging that his instructor did something wrong. The instructor's name was Tony. I have to warn anyone going to this school any issues the school will not assist with you to resolve them.

Update 06/28/2021: I drove one hour there to show up due to the previous experience I had. It went the same as last time. I had even tried to call 3x to get to the front desk. When I arrived the excuse I received when I asked why no one answered was as follows: "Well did you leave a message?" Are you kidding me? This school is a joke and the front desk staff still do not respect anyone who walks in or does not want to their job. They just ignore the issue and once again had to contact worechester to assist with the registration.

I have attached part of the conversation I had with this so called professional school. Where they choose to do nothing about resolving the issue at hand. Good luck everyone to find a better option for their career.

khristopher N.

I thought to give this school a second chance after my first experience being so poorly. Now I started the school the instructor Tony Aurilio not only threatened me personally, he was unprofessional, and talked in a way that was just down right disrespectful. As a veteran I felt personally disrespected and I also recommend that the general public do their studies on this school. Tony warned the class at the beginning he is been known to get into arguments with students. I tried asking a question and he felt personally attacked by a simple question I was looking to get the answer to. I do not expect an instructor to be unprofessional in the manner he was. Also whomever is managing the front desk never answers the phone not even for their own employees. Which I find disrespectful and unprofessional. I understand they are busy however they still need to answer the phone from other locations.

The manager is making excuses and kept not solving the issue just adding to the solution. I stated before and ask other again to please be advised on this school is nothing but problems and insist on ignoring your issues and not resolving them.

Jonathon W.

I’ve never met a more professional and cooperative group of people in my whole life. I walked into The Peterson school for Tier 1 plumbing knowing absolutely nothing about plumbing and hadn’t touched a pipe in my whole life. And my teacher Ed Seymour has completely changed my life and set me in a direction that will alter my future for the better.

E

The electrical program is an absolute waste of time and money. I've never paid so much and received so little from something before. These "professors"have no qualifications in teaching, you might as well just ask your uncle to explain everything in the code book. The only thing redeeming is the fact is you get 300 hours a year. But if you're looking into the school prepare to teach yourself entirely and waste 2 nights out of your own week. Self study self study self study. Even the paperwork they give you is out of date.

Lindsey B.

Can't say enough about this school, all of our lead service technicians at Bruno Brothers Plumbing and HVAC are licensed as a result of this program. We continue to refer all of employees for further education. Special thank you to Tony Aurillo for his professionalism and exceptional trade knowledge.