Refrigeration Service

The Refrigeration Service certificate is a first level minor certificate that will prepare students to begin a career in commercial and industrial refrigeration as a Refrigeration Technician. The skills gained in this program will give individuals the advantage in crowd of candidates applying for entry level jobs. Completion of this program will prepare the candidate to be employed as a maintenance technician and work toward becoming a journeyman, while also continuing their studies to earn the next level major certificate.

The Refrigeration Service Certificate of Achievement projects to have approximately 15 to 20 annual completers.

The Refrigeration Services Certificate of Achievement will prepare students for entry-level employment as a Refrigeration Technician and for industry certifications.

This certificate will give the individual a chance to enter into the refrigeration career early, which will help with the person not wasting time to see if this particular path in the industry, is the route they want to pursue.  This will also give them employment choices that they might have not had at the time in their education.  This will help increase living wage, it will help individuals to move forward in their employment, and also motivate the individual to continue in their HVAC/R path and finish the certificate, maybe also go further and continue to an AA.

Requirement	Dept. Name/#	Course Title	Units	Sequence
Core Course	HVAC A100	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Principles	3.0	Yr 1, Fall
Core Course	HVAC A101	Basic Electrical for HVAC-R	3.0	Yr 1, Fall
Core Course	HVAC A102	Refrigeration Service	3.0	Yr 1, Spring
Core Course	HVAC A105	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Controls	3.0	Yr 1, Spring
Core Course	HVAC A111	Ice Machine Service & Repair	3.0	Yr 1, Spring
TOTAL UNITS			15.0 Units

Proposed Sequence:

Year 1, Fall = 6 units

Year 1, Spring = 9 units

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR), Associate in Science Degree and Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR), Certificate of Achievement

Similar programs exist at Cypress, Citrus, Compton, El Camino, LA Trade, and Mt San Antonio. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration AS at Mt. San Antonio, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Certificate of Achievement at Mt. San Antonio, Heating and Air Conditioning AS at Citrus College, Heating and Air Conditioning Certificate of Achievement at Citrus College, Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning/Refrigeration (HVAC-R) Technology non-credit program at Santa Ana College.

The Refrigeration Service Certificate of Achievement projects to have approximately 15 to 20 annual completers.