Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Mechanic Certificate at Vancouver Island University

With VIU’s Refrigeration Air Conditioning Mechanic, you train for a well-paid career in the HVAC industry solving mechanical and technical problems. Because you gain a broad skillset in this program, you’re likely to have a job where every day is a little different. You could be fixing cooling in a residential home in the morning and in the afternoon be working at a food processing facility.

Faculty: Trades and Applied Technology  |  Duration: 25 weeks  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: The Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Mechanic Foundation program is offered twice each year.  |  Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Courses include Use Safe Work Practices, Use Tools and Equipment, Service and Maintain Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems, Apply Fundamentals of Refrigeration, Apply Electrical Concepts, Apply Work Place Skills.

Career pathways

When you complete this program, you can find work in many industries, from residential repair to mining and commercial fishing and more. Roles include Refrigeration Air-Conditioning Mechanic career options; hospitals and universities; medical facilities; large grocery retailers; food processing facilities; residential homes; trucks, rail and sea containers; restaurants.

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