Job Detail

• Measure and lay out reference points for installation
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Assemble and install refrigeration or air conditioning components
• Coach and instruct apprentices
• Measure, cut and connect piping using welding and brazing equipment
• Provide customer service
• Start up system and test for leaks using testing devices
• Recharge system with refrigerant, check and test regulators, calibrate system and perform routine maintenance or servicing
• Interpret gas codes
• Install, troubleshoot, repair and overhaul entire heating, ventilation, air handling, refrigeration and air conditioning systems
• Handle, recover and store refrigerants
• Install, maintain and repair equipment in refrigerated trucks used to transport food or medical supplies
• Repair and replace parts and components for entire refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation or heat pump systems
• Read and interpret blueprints

Credentials

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses 

• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Trade Certification
• Ozone Depletion Prevention (ODP) Certificate

Experience and Specialization

Control Systems

• Energy conservation
• Electrical devices
• Electronic and solid state
• On-board diagnostics

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems

• Rooftop (self-contained)
• Heat pump
• Air motioning and circulation
• Filtration
• Built up (split system)
• Humidification and de-humidification system
• Ventilation