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Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration Technology

Certificate
Program Start Date: Fall term
Minimum Program Length: 3 terms day or evening
   Curriculum
 
Program Description
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration students learn skills to repair, install and maintain domestic, commercial and industrial HVAC equipment and controls.
 
Gainful Employment Disclosure information
This program falls under Gainful Employment Disclosure regulations, a rule by the U.S. Education Department. Each program that falls under these regulations is required to report:
  • Occupation, SOC code, and links to profile on O*NET
  • Costs – tuition/fees and books/supplies
  • On-time graduation (completion) rate for program.
  • Job placement rate for students completing program
  • Median loan debt incurred by students as provided by ED (identified separately as Title IV loan debt and private educational loan debt)
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Practical Experience
Students gain experience repairing HVAC systems, designing heating and air conditioning
systems, servicing air conditioning systems, using test equipment and reading blueprints.

 
Professional Opportunities
HVAC sales representative, HVAC technician, electrical controls technician

 
Unique Aspects

Courses from this certificate will apply towards an Associate in Applied Science Degree-General Technology with a major in Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology.

EEDA Career Cluster
Architecture & Construction; Manufacturing

 
Course Requirements:
A. General Education Courses (followed by number of credit hours)
• None
 
B. Major Courses (followed by number of credit hours)
ACR 101 Fundamentals of Refrigeration (5)
ACR 106 Basic Electricity for HVAC (4)
ACR 110 Heating Fundamentals (4)
ACR 120 Basic Air Conditioning (4)
ACR 125 Fundamentals of HVAC (4)
ACR 130 Domestic Refrigeration (4)
ACR 140 Automatic Controls (3)
ACR 175 EPA 608 Certification Preparation (1)
ACR 210 Heat Pumps (4)
ACR 221 Residential Load Calculations (2)
ACR 224 Codes and Ordinances (2)
A CR 240 Advanced Automatic Controls (3)
 
C. Electives and/or Other Additional Courses Required for Graduation

• None

Minimum semester credit hours required for graduation: 40