HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer
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| Qualifications |
- Minimum age - 18
- Education - High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
- Experience -6 months or 3 credit hour of Training or equivalent
- Power Engineering Training
- Examination – Written
- Maximum Refrigeration or Air Conditioning (unsupervised) 100ton
- No conversion in this classification test only
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| Recommended Books and Readings |
HVAC-Heading, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Third Edition American Technical Publishers
Industrial Maintenance American Technical Publishing |
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| Curriculum at the Minimum: |
- Basic Mathematics
- Safety
- Basic Thermodynamics and Heat
- Basic Combustion and Fuels
- Basic Electricity
- Basic Psychometrics
- Basic Forced Air Heating System
- Basic Refrigeration Principles
- Basic Management of Refrigerants and Refrigeration Systems
- Basic Pressure-Enthalpy Diagrams
- Basic Compression Systems –Low Side
- Basic Compression System- High Side
- Basic Air Condition Systems
- Basic Heat Pumps
- Basic Control Systems
- Basic Heating and Cooling Loads
- Basic Load Calculations
- Basic HVAC Unit Selection
- Basic Forced Air System Design
- Basic Hydronic System Design
- Basic Distribution System Balance
- Introduction to Absorption Chillers
- Basic Maintenance Principles
- Basic Service and Repair Principles
- Basic Electronic and Programmable Controllers
- Basic Boiler Systems
- Basic Mechanical Systems
- Basic Fluid Power Systems
- Basic Troubleshooting
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