As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Learn how to service, maintain and install commercial air conditioning and refrigeration units
• Problem solve and repair identified faults on systems
• Work on site environments, on large and small commercial sites to install various Air Conditioning & Refrigeration systems
• Carry out pre-planned repair works on Air Conditioning equipment
• Understand customer requirements to ensure successful delivery / installation / maintenance of works

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship. This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1UP
• St. Georges Road, Bristol, BS1 5UA

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BATH COLLEGE

Training course

Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
• Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
• Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
• Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
• Perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
• Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
• Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
• Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
• Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
• Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
• Identify and use tools and equipment.
• Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
• Complete a customer handover.
• Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
• Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
• Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
• Apply ethical principles.
• Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
• Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
• Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
• Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
• Perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
• Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
• Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
• Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
• Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
• Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
• Identify and use tools and equipment.
• Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
• Complete a customer handover.
• Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
• Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
• Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
• Apply ethical principles.