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HVACR Technologies

Program Host

Edison Academy

Host Type

Vocational/technical

Program Focus

Green design & construction

Outcomes

Certificate

About the Program

In the first level of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) program students will learn to use a variety of hand tools including wrenches, pliers, screw drivers, hammers as well as specially tools of the HVAC trade which include digital multi-meters, thermometers, scales, vacuum pumps and refrigerant recovery equipment. Students will complete projects utilizing copper tubing, PVC and black iron pipe with ACR tubing cutters, flaring, swaging and threading tools. Students will also master the use of various types of torches for soldering and brazing and build a basic mechanical refrigeration cycle. In the second semester students will learn the concepts of electricity and complete a series of electrical projects and also be introduced to the sheet metal arts. Upon completing the first level of the course students will have been exposed to several areas of the HVAC trade.

Contact

Robert Stringham