PreApprenticeship - Construction - Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC)
PreApprenticeship-based
ONET: 49-9021.00
1
Years
40
Skills
272h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Orientation to the Trade
- Basic Safety and OSHA-30
- Introduction to Hand & Power Tools
- Introduction to Basic Rigging
- Introduction to Trade Math
- Basic Communication Skills
- Basic Employability Skills
- Introduction to Material Handling
- Introduction to Construction Drawings, Specifications, and Layout
- Basic Electricity
- Introduction to Heating
- Introduction to Cooling
- Air Distribution Systems
- Compressors
- Basic Maintenance
- Introduction to Duct Systems
On-the-job training
- Introduction to General Trade Orientation
- Care and use of tools
- Test and measurement devices
- Types and sizes of piping, tubing, fittings
- Introduction to refrigeration components
- Safety procedures and first aid
- Equipment records and reports
- Introduction to Fabrication of System Components
- Cut, thread, flare, bend, shape piping and tubing
- Install fittings
- Solder, braise, and tin fittings and components
- Care and use of oxy-acetylene and prestolite torches
- Silver and soft soldering
- Introduction to System Installation and Connection
- Electric supply lines and cables
- Electrical connections
- Water service lines
- Air supply lines
- Steam lines
- Steam return lines
- Steam traps and strainers
- Pressure reduction, expansion) evaporator, stop valves
- Suction and discharge lines
- Gauges
- Dehydrators
- Filters and strainers
- Controls
- Introduction to Equipment Installation & Repair:
- Install condensers
- Prepare compressor and motor bases
- Install and align compressors and motors
- Install evaporators and other cooling coils
- Install and align centrifugal pumps and bases
- Use of slings, lines, blocks and falls, chain hoists, rollers, dollies and skids
- Introduction to System Maintenance:
- Troubleshoot field systems
- Test pressure, flow, etc.
- Check liquid levels
- Check repair leaks (Freon, liquid)
- Purge, dehydrate, and charge systems
- Repair, align, and adjust fans and blower sections
- Align pulleys, bearing blocks, belt tension
- Introduction to Safety & Housekeeping
- Job Site Safety
- Asbestos statement
- Handling and disposing of other hazardous materials
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