Air Condition and Refrigerator Repair Training Course

The Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Repair Course prepares students for careers in the RAC industry. This training opportunity provides occupational, professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition and creation, retention, and advancement.

The training also emphasizes a practical, hands-on application which is necessary for successful employment and job creation.

This course covers ability to select components, install, set up, test, fault find, repair and maintain refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

Graduates from this course receives certificate as  an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician .

Learning Objectives

Participants

• will be able to competently install an air conditioning and refrigeration system
• will be able to competently provide customer service
• will be able to identify business opportunities
• will be able to competently inspect and maintain air condition and refrigeration systems
• will be able to competently analyze and trace fault conditions in an air conditioning or refrigeration system
• will be able to repair and countermeasure air condition and refrigeration systems
• will be able to test and commission air conditioning and refrigeration systems

Who is this training for?

This air conditioning & refrigeration training program is part of our curriculum for apprentice and experienced HVAC technicians.

• Those who already have theoretical (and a measure of hands-on experience) background in RAC but desires to acquire in-depth-hands-on cutting edge training
• Tradesmen desiring skills upgrade and trade value
• Company workers desiring to upskill and increase value
• Company staff desiring an upskill program
• Current RAC students and Graduates in related filed interested in RAC
• Those interested in self-employment

Course Outline

• Theory of refrigeration
• Compression refrigeration cycle

• Gauge manifold assembly
• Electronic leak detector
• Multimeter
• Clamp-on meter

• Characteristics of refrigerants
• Importance of refrigeration rables
• Handling and storing refrigerants
• Section 608 of the Clean Air Act
• Regulatory requirements
• Recovery, recycling, and reclaiming

• Types of compressors
• Principles of operation

• Types of evaporators
• Operation of the evaporator in a refrigeration or air-conditioning system

• Effects of capillary tube length and size
• Thermostatic expansion valves

• Types of condensers
• Operation of the condenser in a refrigeration or air-conditioning system

• Tubing
• Liquid receivers
• Sight glass
• Filter driers

• Compressor
• Evaporator
• Condenser
• Reversing valve

• Installing and removing a manifold gauge set
• Measuring superheat and sub-cooling
• Recovering the refrigerant from a system
• Evacuating (pulling a vacuum)
• Charging a system by weight and by superheat
• Performing a “pump-down”
• Working with service valves and Schraeder cores
• Troubleshooting