Our Courses
5 Day Training Class - Includes Course No's 101-107*
*EPA Testing Portion is additional per person.
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Course No 101
Refrigeration Cycle & Critical Charging
Refrigeration Cycle, parts identification, proper charging, recovery & charging exercises, analog gauges vs digital, PT Charts, Superheat, Subcooling, Low Pressure, High Pressure sides, metering devices, driers, weigh-in methods, diagnostic tools, safety, codes standards, refrigeration detection system for 454B refrigerants, charging demo with some hands-on troubleshooting scenarios and performance testing exercises.
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Course No 102
All About Motors, Testing & Tools
Types of Compressors, learn about oils, compressor performance, ECM troubleshooting, capacitors, fan motors, blower motors, testing components operation, wiring up components, soft starts, hard starts, finding common-start-run, common failures & troubleshooting with hands-on exercises.
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Course No 103
Copper & Aluminum Brazing
Tools, methods, safety, A2L best practices when brazing, mostly hands-on with assigned exercises brazing copper and aluminum.
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Course No 104
Electrical Controls & Schematics
Types of controls, operations, reading schematics, single and three phase circuits, wiring, contactors, sequencers, relays, transformers, thermostats, capacitors, safety with codes, and troubleshooting. Wiring up a complete circuit board exercise.
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Courser No 105
Air Distribution & Taking Static Pressure
Duct systems, static pressure, air flow adjustments, ductulators, latent heat, sensible heat, taking CFM, dampers, filters, returns, home comfort, humidity, blower fan speeds, recommended tools, proper installation, common code violations, diagnosing air flow issues and troubleshooting.
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Course No 106
Gas, Electric, Heat Pumps- Heating Controls & Operations
Operations, how they work, pros & cons, inverter systems, hyper heat heat pumps, controls, sequences of operations, safeties, taking gas manifold readings, circuit cards, schematics, parts identification, and common failures. Hands-On exercises.
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Course No 107
HVAC Troubleshooting, Diagnosing & Common Failures
Task testing working on various systems, components, scenarios, diagnose gas and electric furnace failures, diagnose air flow issues on the supply side, identify return air problems, identify drain problems, identify thermostat problems, identify refrigerant system problems, also discussed will be tricks of the trade, fan propeller removal, capacitor replacement, parts locating, warranty work, thawing frozen coils, leak detection, circuit card replacement tips, float switch and condensate pumps, maintenance of residential air conditioning systems, maintenance of light commercial package units. This class is all exercises to test the skills that they have obtained, have a group discussion about scenarios and to reinforce their knowledge.
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Course No 108
EPA Class & Testing
6 hours of Instruction, materials, demos and exercises and testing.​​
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Course No 109
Duct Design, Air Flow, Air Balancing Basics & Duct Leak Testing
How to perform testing, balancing, duct leakage testing & solutions. This course is for an individual that has been working in the field for at least 3 years and has a good understanding of Air Distribution.
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Course No 110
Basics of Residential Load Calculations, Considerations & Apps
Design basics for residential homes, why they are needed, ways to use them as a sales tool, Manual J terminology that applies, thermal envelope, construction ratings, fenestration ratings, ACCA MJ8 defaults for applications, Relative Humidity & exercises on an ACCA approved app. This course is for an individual that has been working in the field for at least 3 years and has a basic understanding of duct sizing and equipment selection methods. This course will dive deeper into Energy Efficient Homes and some of the issues you run into when doing a load calculation.
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Course No 111
Customized Commercial & Industrial Hands-On Courses
Customized Classes Available on specific equipment, commercial, industrial or residential.
Required: Nameplate of similar equipment, number of units, name plates of additional equipment being used that requires training.
Recommended: That the 5 Day Class be taken prior to this hands-on portion to ensure the individuals have the fundamentals and understand how the system works.