HVAC Level 1

• Introduction to HVAC
  Covers the basic principles of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, career opportunities in HVAC, training, and apprenticeship programs.

• Trade Mathematics
  Explains how to solve problems involving the measurement of lines, involving the measurement of lines, area, volume, weights, angles, pressure, vacuum, an temperature.

• Tools of the Trade
  Describes the purpose and use of tools such as wrenches, saws, hammers, rills, and measuring instruments, along with instructions on their safe use and maintenance.

• Copper and Plastic Piping Practices
  Covers the selection, preparation, joining, and support of copper, plastic piping and fittings.

• Soldering and Brazing
  Covers tools, materials, and safety precautions and depicts step-by-step procedures for soldering and brazing copper piping.

• Ferrous Metal Piping Practices
  Covers various types of iron and steel pipe and fittings, and provides step-by-step instructions for cutting, threading, and joining ferrous piping.

• Basic Electricity
  Teaches power generation and distribution, electrical components, DC circuits, and electrical safety.

• Introduction to Cooling
  Covers the basic principles of heat transfer, refrigeration, and pressure temperature relationships, and describes the components and accessories used in air systems.

• Introduction to Heating
  Covers heating fundamentals, types and designs of furnaces and their components, and basic procedures for installing and servicing furnaces.

HVAC Level 2

• Air Properties and Distribution
  Describes air distribution systems and their components, airflow measurement, ductwork, installation principles, and the use of psychometric charts.

• Chimneys, Vents, and Flues
  Describes the principles of furnace venting and the proper methods for selecting and installing vent systems for gas-fired heating equipment.

• Introduction to Mechanical Maintenance
  Covers the application and installation of various types of fasteners, gaskets, seals, and lubricants, as well as the installation and adjustment of different types of belt drives, bearings, and couplings.

• Alternating Current
  Covers transformers, single-phase and three-phase power distribution, capacitors, the theory and operation of induction motors, and the instruments and techniques used in testing AC circuits and components.

• Basic Electronics
  Explains the theory of solid state electronics as well as the operation, use, and testing, of the various electronic components used in HVAC equipment.

• Electronic Furnaces
  Covers the operation and testing of electric furnaces and their components, with emphasis on the operation of electric furnace control circuits.

• HVAC Controls
  Covers the operation, testing, and adjustment of conventional and electronic thermostats as well as the operation of common electrical, electronic, and pneumatic circuits used to control HVAC systems.

• Accessories and Optional Equipment
  Covers the basic principles, processed, and devices used to control humidity and air cleanliness, as well as devices used to conserve energy in HVAC systems.

• Metering Devices
  Covers the operating principles, applications, installation, and adjustment of the various types of fixed and adjustable expansion devices used in air conditioning equipment.

• Compressors
  Explains the operating principles of the different types of compressors used in comfort air conditioning systems as well as basic installation serve and repair procedures for these compressors.

• Heat Pumps
  Covers the principles of reverse cycle heating, describes the operation of the various types of heat pumps, and helps the trainee learn how to analyze heat pump installation and service procedures.

• Leak Detection, Evacuation, Recovery, and Charging
  Covers all the basic refrigerant handling and equipment servicing procedures that a technician must know in order to service HVAC systems in a manner that is safe for the environment.

• Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Program
  Prepares trainees to take a certification test required for all persons who purchase or work with refrigerants.

HVAC Level 3

• Preventative Maintenance
  Describes the purpose of preventive maintenance and outlines the procedures for servicing gas and oil furnaces, electric heating equipment, cooling equipment, and heat pumps.

• Introduction for Troubleshooting
  Covers basic troubleshooting techniques and develops hands-on skills in the testing of electrical and mechanical components of cooling and heating equipment.

• Troubleshooting Electronic controls
  Explains how to analyze circuit diagrams for electronic and micro processor-based controls used in comfort heating and cooling equipment, and how to trouble-shoot systems that use these controls.

• Troubleshooting Gas Heating
  Covers tools and instruments used in troubleshooting gas-heating appliances and offer trainees the opportunity to isolate and correct faults under the instructor’s supervision.

• Troubleshooting Electric Heating
  Reviews the operation of electric heating appliances, as the trainees will spend time in the lab learning to isolate and correct faults in such equipment.

• Troubleshooting Oil Heat
  Teaches trainees to identify the common courses of problems in oil furnaces and offers hands-on experience in isolating and correcting oil furnace malfunctions.

• Troubleshooting Cooling
  Covers the basic techniques and equipment used in troubleshooting cooling equipment; explains how to troubleshoot cooling equipment malfunctions in the lab.

• Troubleshooting Heat Pumps
  Following a review of hat pumps operation and hat pump control circuits, the trainee will work with the instructor in the lab to isolate and correct faults in the hating, cooling, auxiliary heat, and defrost functions of heat pumps.

• Troubleshooting Accessories
  In hands-on lab sessions, trainees learn how to troubleshoot humidifiers, electronic air cleaners, economizers, zone controls, and heat recovery ventilators.

• Commercial Heating and Cooling Stymies
  Trainees learn the operating principles safety concerns, piping systems, and service requirements associated with the different types of boilers, chillers, chilled water systems, and absorption equipment.

• Air and Water Balance
  Covers the instruments, techniques, and procedures used in balancing air and water distribution systems.

• Steam Systems
  Covers safely procedures, turn-on, operation, and shut-down as well as preventive maintenance procedures, piping systems associated with steam heating systems, and steam traps.

• Customer Relations
  Teaches how to interact with customers in ways that earn the customer’s confidence and explains how to solve customer relations problems that occur in HVAC service situations.

HVAC Level 4

• Advanced Blueprint Reading
  Discusses techniques for reading and using blueprints, specifications, and shop drawings.

• Indoor Air Quality
  Introduces indoor air quality and its effect on the health and comfort of building occupants. Provides guidelines for performing a building IAQ survey and identifies equipment and methods used to test for and achieve good indoor air quality.

• Energy Management Systems
  Explains how computers and microprocessor controls are used to manage zoned HVAC systems in residential and commercial buildings. Includes and introduction to computers and computer networks.

• Water Treatment
  Covers the kinds of water problems encountered in heating and cooling systems and identifies various water treatment methods and equipment.

• System Star-Up and Shut-Down
  Covers procedures for the start-up of hot water and steam heating systems, chilled water systems, and forced air distribution systems. Emphasis is on start-up after initial equipment installation or after an extended period of shutdown. Procedures to prepare the same kinds of systems for extended periods of shut-down for extended periods of shut-down are included.

• Heating and Cooling System Design
  Explains the factors that affect the heating and cooling loads of a building, describes the process by which the heating and cooling loads are calculated, and shows how load information is used to select heating and cooling equipment. Covers types of duct systems as well as their selection, sizing, and installation.

• Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment
  Covers components and operation of refrigeration systems, with an emphasis on systems used in cold storage and other commercial food preservation applications. Also covers the components and operations of ice-making machines.