Professional Development
- Today Begins Now
- Soft Skills / Listening / Ethics
- Creating and marketing you, the Total Package
HVAC Introduction
- HVAC 101
- Keeping the comfort
HVAC Tools and Test Instruments
- Equipment and tools required
- Daily supplies to get the job done
- Test instruments for service, replacement, and diagnostics
HVAC Concepts You Must Know
- Reversing Valves and Check Valves
- Nomenclature defined and why you need to know this
- Metering Devices, purpose, diagnostics, replacement, and repair
HVAC Daily
- Thermostats
- Heat Exchangers
- Head Pressure Control Valves
- Heaters / Defrost Controls
HVAC Air Distribution
- Manual D
- Duct Sizing
- Measuring Air Flow
- Diagnosing Air Flow Issues
- Air Properties and Behavior
Refrigeration
- Proper Evacuation
- Leak Detection Devices
- Identifying Refrigerants
- Working with Copper Pipe
- Service Ports / Common Port
- Refrigeration System Components
- Pumping Down a Refrigeration System
- Recovery, Recycling, and Reclaiming Equipment
- Cooling Fundamentals and Energy Management
- Equipment and Instruments for Refrigerant Handling and Service
HVAC Electrical Basics
- Measuring Voltage
- Electrical Schematics
- Electrical Test Equipmen
- System Electrical Requirements
- Making a Preliminary Inspection
- Electrical Diagrams and Schematics
- Electrical Troubleshooting Strategies
- Electromagnets in HVAC—Why do I care?
- A/C, D/C, and Normal Voltages you Will see
- Basic Electricity, Electronics, Motors, and Controls
Motors, Metering, and Compression
- MotorsMotor Controls
- Metering Devices
- Compression in Action
- Relays and Contactors
- Compressor Protection
- Control Boards / Circuit Boards
- Low Side and High Side Service Ports and Purpose
HVAC System: Service and Installation
- Split System
- Installing Electrical Wiring
- Rooftop and Outdoor Units
- Installing Central Air Conditioning Systems
- Central Air Conditioning Systems / Heat Pumps
- Residential Split Systems – Straight Cool / Heat Pump
- Types of Air Conditioning Systems and Indoor Fundamentals
HVAC Service Basics
- Electrical Problems
- Checking Continuity
- Electrical Power Loss
- Determining Motor Troubles
- Noncondensables in a System
- What are you going to do if…
- Air Cleaning Products and Systems
- Servicing Central Air Conditioning Systems
- Service, What to Look For and How to Start
HVAC Professionalism and Courtesy
- Appearance and conduct on and off the job
- Service call protocol: introduction to completion
- Final summary as your journey goes into overdrive
EPA Preparation
- History, purpose, and terms
- Reviewing for your EPA exam requirements
- Refrigerants / Refrigerant Handling / Ozone
- Scheduling and taking the EPA Certification exam onsite
