HVACR Technician (Certificate)
Department: Advanced Manufacturing and Building Trades
Program Contact: Easton Newman
Phone: (435) 893-2241
Email: easton.newman@snow.edu
Program Description
This program prepares students for an interesting and profitable career as an HVACR Technician. Technicians will install, service and repair equipment in a wide range of applications including residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial settings. This program provides participants with the opportunity to prepare for a successful career, anywhere in the world, and acquire the knowledge and skills that will qualify them for employment opportunities with incomes higher than the typical U.S. household. Additionally, this industry has proven to be resistant to economic downturns. With increasing energy costs and indoor air quality expectations, employment opportunities and earnings are on the rise.
Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate safe work practices during all aspects of training.
- Demonstrate an understanding of electricity as it applies to air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems.
- Demonstrate the application of refrigeration theory as it applies to servicing air conditioning, heat pump and refrigeration systems.
- Prepare for the Environmental Protection Agency Section 608 Refrigerant Handling Certification.
- Prepare for the Rocky Mountain Gas Association Natural Gas Technician Certification.
- Demonstrate a variety of methods to assemble pipe and tubing.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully diagnose electrical and mechanical problems with air conditioning, refrigeration, furnace, and boiler systems.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate professionally both verbally and in writing.