Associate of Science: HVACR Technician

Cooling and heating-devices help regulate the temperature, humidity, and air quality in residential homes, commercial locations, and industrial facilities. Critical items like food and medicine require refrigeration to keep them from spoiling. Technicians repair, maintain, and install heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Our program trains these technicians. Los Angeles Trade-TechnicalCollege offers an Associate of Science degree in Refrigeration and AirConditioning Mechanics, as well as Certificate of Achievement.  By fulfilling the program requirements, students will have the necessary knowledge and skills for a career in residential ,commercial, and Industrial service and repair of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration systems. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refrigerant certification will be received. Electrical controls, piping installation, compressor installation and repair are just some of the skills that would be mastered during this program. 

25 to 30 annually.

Cooling and heating devices help regulate the temperature, humidity, and air quality in residential homes, commercial locations, and industrial facilities. Critical items like food and medicine require refrigeration to keep them from spoiling. Technicians repair, maintain, and install heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Our program trains these technicians. Los Angeles Trade-Technical College offers anAssociate of Science degree in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics, as well as Certificate of Achievement.  By fulfilling the program requirements, students will have the necessary knowledge and skills for a career in residential, commercial, and Industrial service and repair of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration systems. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) refrigerant certification will be received. Electrical controls piping installation, compressor installation and repair are just some of the skills that would be mastered during this program.

HVACR Technician

Associate in Science Degree 

MajorUnits: 48

Requirements for the Associate in Science degree in HVACR Technician may be met by completing 48 major units with a “C” or better along with 18 general education courses meeting graduation requirements. Information on the requirements may be found in the catalog under Graduation/Transfer Requirements.

HVACR Technician

Certificate of Achievement 

MajorUnits: 48

Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement in HVACR Technician may be met by completing 48 major units with a “C” or better..

   REQUIREDCOURSES:

Course Name & No.	Title	Units	Pre/Co-requisite Course?  (Yes or No)	Semester to Be Completed
REF A/C 202	Fundamentals of Refrigeration	3	No	1st
REF A/C 250	Indoor Air Quality	3	No	1st
ECONMT 115	Principles of D.C. Electricity	3	No	1st
ECONMT 119	Applied Electrical Calculations and Measurements	3 – or -	No	1st
ECONMT 173	Electrical Math I	3	No	1st
REF A/C 159	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Electricity	3	No	2nd
REF A/C 203	Compression System of Refrigeration	3	No	2nd
REF A/C 204	Functions of Compression Systems	3	No	2nd
ECONMT 129	Fundamentals of Alternating Current	3	No	2nd
REF A/C 187	Servicing 1	3	No	3rd
REF A/C 134	Servicing 2	3	No	3rd
REF A/C 208	Refrigerant Management EPA 608 Certification	4	No	3rd
REF A/C 160	Refrigeration System Principles & Practices	4	No	4th
REF A/C 164	Gas Heating Systems	4	No	4th

·      ELECTIVECOURSES:

Course Name & No.	Title	Units	Pre/Co-requisite Course?  (Yes or No)	Semester to Be Completed
BLDGCTQ 101	Contractor’s License Law	3	No
BLDGCTQ 102	OSHA (Safety Standards)	2	No
ECONMT 100	OSHA (Safety Standards)	2	No
PHYSICS 12	Physics Fundamentals	3	No
REF A/C 100	Air Conditioning Project Management	3	No
REF A/C 161	Air Conditioning Systems Principles and Practices	3	No
REF A/C 162	Piping Principles and Practices	3	No
REF A/C 165	Thermal Energy Storage and heat Recovery	3	No
REF A/C 166	Water Towers, Evaporative Condensers &	3	No
REF A/C 176	Heating and Air Conditioning 1	3	No
REF A/C 177	Heating and Air Conditioning 2	3	No
REF A/C 188	Servicing 1	3	No
REF A/C 250	Servicing 2	3	No
REF A/C 199	Mechanical Code 1-HVCR	3	No
REF A/C 209	NATE Certification Preparation	3	No
REF A/C 210	Refrigeration System Efficiency Factors	3	No
REF A/C 255	Energy Management	4	No
REF A/C 941	Cooperative Education	4	No

 

This is an evening option for our existing full-time day only program. Time constraints account for the program differences. LATTC has offered this program continually since 1972. Changes in the statewide data bases in the 1990's the program just vanished. LATTC catalogs show the program back to 1972.

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