Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

This degree prepares you for employment in residential or commercial settings. It’s a great pathway to join the industry at the entry level.

• Practice skills in service, troubleshooting, installation, and energy-efficient operation of heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and control systems.
• Prepare to work in residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
• Learn to read wiring diagrams, diagnose control circuits, and operate test equipment.
• Discover fundamentals in pneumatic, electric, and electronic controls.
• Prepare for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification.

Prepare for an entry-level job in residential, industrial, or commercial air conditioning repair and maintenance.

• Gain an introduction to air conditioning system operation and components.
• Learn basic skills in brazing and electrical applications.
• Practice using service tools and equipment on various types of air conditioning test equipment.
• Discover energy-efficient green technology used in high-efficiency residential, commercial, and industrial air conditioning.
• Train to solve and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems.
• Perform indoor air quality and system efficiency tests.
• Prepare for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification.

Prepare for employment in installing, servicing, troubleshooting, and operating electrical control systems for air conditioning and refrigeration.

• Gain an introduction to electrical control systems for air conditioning and refrigeration operation.
• Learn to read electrical diagrams.
• Study electrical and electronic components, motors, and circuitry for air conditioning and refrigeration controls.
• Discover single-phase and three-phase electrical power for air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
• Diagnose electrical and electronic problems and safely make necessary repairs.
• Prepare for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification.

Prepares for employment in the field and provides upgrade opportunities for currently employed personnel.

• Gain proficiency in service, troubleshooting, installation, and energy efficient operation of residential, commercial and industrial heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and control systems
• Learn to read wiring diagrams, diagnose control circuits, operate test equipment, and service pneumatic, electric and electronic controls.
• Expect to enter industry as an advanced apprentice or entry-level heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and controls technician.

Prepare for employment in refrigeration.

• Practice skills in service, troubleshooting, installation, and energy-efficient operation of refrigeration and air conditioning control systems.
• Explore refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, commercial refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, and metering devices.
• Prepare to work in residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
• Prepare for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certifications.

Prepare for employment in installing, servicing, troubleshooting, and operating automated air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

• Learn the basics of automation, commissioning, re-commissioning, retro-commissioning, and installation of heating and air conditioning systems.
• Practice servicing and troubleshooting issues with mechanical, electrical, and direct digital control (DDC) systems.
• Review automation system communication protocols and programming.
• Study direct digital controls, programmable controls, configurable controllers, multi-zone systems, communication protocols, control system commissioning, logic circuits, object and property program structure, and interoperability.

Prepare for employment in maintenance, repair, and service techniques of heating systems.

• Learn the principles of gas, electric, radiant, and boiler operated heating systems.
• Practice maintenance, repair and service techniques for furnaces, steam, and hot water boilers.
• Work with test instruments and safety controls.
• Discover basic skills in brazing and electrical applications.

Prepare for employment in installing, servicing, troubleshooting, and operating electrical control systems for air conditioning and refrigeration.

• Practice basic electrical theory and control system theory.
• Learn about electrical components and complex control systems with emphasis on supervisory control systems that employ direct digital, proportional and integral control modes, and theoretical faults.
• Train in installing, servicing, troubleshooting, and operating electrical control systems for air conditioning and refrigeration technology with the use of electrical diagrams.
• Discover single-phase and three-phase electrical power for air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
• Work with test instruments and safety controls.

Prepare for entry-level employment in air conditioning and refrigeration.

• Explore refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, soldering, brazing, and tools and equipment used in the industry.
• Learn about commercial refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, and metering devices.
• Practice charging commercial systems with new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refrigerants.
• Evaluate systems operations.
• Troubleshoot and service commercial refrigeration ice machines, coolers, walk-ins, refrigerators, and freezers.