Commercial/Industrial Refrigeration & HVAC Technology - Bellingham Technical College

Commercial/Industrial Refrigeration & HVAC Technology from Bellingham Technical College is a Campus Associate Engineering General degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The Commercial/Industrial Refrigeration & HVAC Technology program prepares students for employment as technicians in the design, operation, service, repair, installation and sales of these systems and equipment. The program combines theory with extensive practical hands-on training designed to simulate the actual work environment and skills needed to excel in this challenging field. Labs afford the student the opportunity to install, repair and/or operate literally hundreds of pieces of actual field equipment, such as commercial coolers; warm air , hydronic, electric, gas, and oil furnaces; package and split system A/C; rooftop commercial gas packs; refrigerated sea water systems; liquid chillers; industrial ice machines; centrifugal chillers; cascade refrigeration; pneumatic controls; and direct digital controls. Prospects for employment are excellent, with higher paying jobs due to the new environmental laws regulating CFC refrigerants, Indoor Air Quality requirements and increased use of computerized building controls. Employers in this industry include heating contractors, refrigeration contractors, controls contractors, commercial food storage facilities, property management firms, wholesale vendors, hotels, schools, industrial processing plants, and many others. The AAS degree emphasizes the development of technical skills as well as diagnostic, problem solving and customer service skills. Students from this program have received many scholarships and have been selected as one of the fifty-two statewide representatives in the Washington State contingent of the All-USA Academic Team for four years. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge and application of E.P.A. regulations and procedures applied to refrigeration and environmental awareness and will successfully complete and obtain E.P.A. Type 1 and 2 certification under section 608 for refrigerant usage. Graduates will demonstrate competency in Light Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning and successfully complete the A.R.I. competency in Light Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning. View more details on Bellingham Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering General courses.