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Refrigeration Air Conditioning Apprentice
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Launch your career with Calby Air Limited as a Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Apprentice
Gain hands-on experience installing, servicing and maintaining commercial cooling and air conditioning systems, while earning a wage and working towards a recognised industry qualification. A great opportunity to build a skilled, future-focused career.
About the Role
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Duties will include:
- Assisting qualified engineers with the installation, service and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
- Learning how to diagnose faults and carry out repairs on commercial and industrial equipment.
- Supporting preventative maintenance visits to customer sites.
- Installing pipework, cabling, brackets and associated components.
- Using specialist tools and equipment safely and effectively.
- Reading and interpreting technical drawings, manuals and specifications.
- Carrying out system testing, commissioning and performance checks.
- Maintaining accurate service records and job documentation.
- Ensuring all work is completed in line with health, safety and environmental regulations.
- Developing knowledge of refrigerants, energy efficiency and sustainable cooling technologies.
- Delivering excellent customer service while working on client premises.
- Attending college/training sessions and completing coursework towards the apprenticeship qualification.
- Working as part of a professional team to deliver high-quality engineering solutions across a range of commercial projects.
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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.
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Career Progression
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there is the opportunity to progress into a full-time Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineer role with Calby Air Limited. Apprentices can continue to develop their technical skills, gain industry-recognised certifications, and take on greater responsibility within the business. This apprenticeship provides an excellent foundation for a long-term career in a growing industry, with opportunities to specialise in areas such as commercial refrigeration, air conditioning, energy-efficient technologies and system design.
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