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Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration

In this program, students are trained to install, repair, and maintain cooling, heating, air handling, humidification, filtering, and refrigeration equipment including motors and controls. Applications are used emulating those found in residential, commercial, and industrial sites. Electrical, electronics, hydronics, air conditioning, refrigeration, solar geothermal and thermodynamics are taught. Students are exposed to energy conservation theory and equipment as well as energy management techniques and equipment.

A substantial component of instruction will be provided in chemistry, the physics of heat, fluids and gases, the mathematics of heat gains and losses, and engineering design of heating and cooling systems.

Apprentice licenses are issued to deserving seniors upon successful completion of the four-year curriculum. Apprenticeship time must be served following graduation in order to obtain a journeyman’s license issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

HVAC+R and Plumbing Career Guide

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Available Certifications

  • EPA Section 608 Technician Certification
  • EPA 410A Safety Certification
  • 10-Hour OSHA Construction Safety Course Certification

Articulation Agreements

Massachusetts Community Colleges, Massasoit Community College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Academic Prerequisites), New England Institute of Technology 

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Info for Current HVAC Students

HVAC/R Program Essentials

Classroom Tools

Pen
Pencil
Highlighter
Calculator
Ruler
Saturation (p/t) Chart

Organization

Three ring 3” binder
Three 100 page spiral notebooks
Related notebook
Shop notebook
Vocabulary notebook

Related Notebook

Today’s date at top
If it’s on the overhead, it should be in your notes. You are responsible to copy a classmate’s notes if you are absent. Notes are to be reviewed daily

Shop Notebook

Today’s date on top
Identify your project
Record pressures and temperatures and make notes on proper operation note faults and how they were cleared

Vocabulary

The technical vocabulary is in the back of modern refrigeration and air conditioning
There are over 1000 terms
Recording the definition builds trade knowledge

Grading

25% Daily Grade
25% Homework
25% Employability
25% Tests

Daily Grade

Attention
Active participation
Taking notes
Questions

Homework

10 vocabulary words are to be copied into the vocabulary notebook, and are due on Wednesdays
Vocabulary words are to be numbered and highlighted
20 minutes per day reviewing daily notes

Employability

This grade reflects your value as an employee
Tools & notebooks
On time
Prepared to work
Team player
Apprentice behavior

Tests

You will be awarded a weekly test grade
Test or quiz
Usually written may be oral
Test grades are assigned for classroom presentations and written sequences of operation
Multiples evaluations will be averaged

Homework Center

The Homework Center is recommended to all students as a proven means to success at Tri-County RVTHS
Research suggests that students who develop a homework routine are more successful than those who don’t

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Career Pathways

Skills and Competencies: Tri-County Training

  • Print Reading
  • Electrical Controls and Systems
  • Piping, Fittings and Materials
  • Refrigeration Tools and Testing
  • Instruments Installation
  • Wiring and Service Refrigeration
  • Cycle Concepts of Air-Conditioning
  • Electrical Controls and Systems
  • Heat Pump and Electric Heating
  • Oil and Gas Heat Efficiency, Installation and Service

Tri-County Diploma or On-The-Job Training

  • HVAC/R Installer
  • HVAC/R Mechanic
  • Heating and Cooling Technician
  • Oil Burner Technician
  • Gas Burner Technician
  • Control Wiring Specialist
  • Mechanical Drafter / Design / AutoCAD
  • Sheet Metal Technician
  • Refrigeration Technician
  • Pipefitter

Two-Year or Four-Year College Majors

  • Heating, Ventilation and Air- Conditioning Technology
  • Industrial Engineering Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Engineering
  • Facility Engineering