Event Details
If you wish to work on refrigeration, air conditioning and/or heat pump systems this is the minimum legal qualification required. Over 5 days the course will teach you the basic skills and knowledge needed to be able to work on any size of refrigerant based systems. There will be a day 1/2 in the classroom covering the theory of system operations, a day 1/2 of practical lessons followed by two days of assessments (subject to class sizes). On satisfactory completion of the course you will achieve City & Guilds 2079-11 F-Gas Category 1 qualification.
Course content
- Course explanation: (The ‘provisional driving licence’)
- The basic principles of how a system works
- Common components – what they do and different types
- Refrigerants – associated hazards, environmental issues and legal responsibilities
- How systems are controlled, protection devices
- Typical system operating conditions and performance
- Introduction to brazing and jointing
- System procedures – strength / tightness pressure testing
- Refrigerant handling – evacuation, charging and recovering
- Leak testing and reduction of leak potential
- F-Gas assessment