The Air Conditioning/Refrigeration and Heating field has seen rapid changes in the technology associated with it over the past few years. The demand for the comforts provided through adequate climate control place even more emphasis on the dramatic increase in the need for qualified technicians and service personnel, both in the refrigeration and heating areas.

With the impact of an energy shortage, the equipment already in service will see many changes and the design of new products will undergo rapid changes to try and develop systems that are energy conscious and conservation oriented. Alternate sources of power and heat will have to be investigated, and all of this points to a more challenging future for anyone wishing to take on this field of work.

 CURRICULUM

The curriculum of the Air Conditioning/Refrigeration and Heating program is primarily focused toward the training of service personnel for this field. The objective of the program is to provide the student with the opportunity to become knowledge in the basic principles of air conditioning/refrigeration and heating mechanisms, their operation, service and repair. After completing the program the individual should have attained the ability to become a competent service technician.

 MISSIONS STATEMENT

The mission of this program is to provide the student with a working knowledge in the field of air conditioning/refrigeration and heating. While creating within the student, the hands on ability and confidence needed for successful employment within the industry.