HVAC Technician Fundamentals

Hours: 80 / Access Length: 12 Months
Retail Price: $1,295.00

Course Overview:

High-quality online training developed by leading HVACR experts that truly develops your core technical skills and advances your industry knowledge. You want to be among the best HVACR professionals in the industry. You know that ongoing training is essential to developing your core technical skills and advancing your industry knowledge. All of the courses are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) recognized, providing technicians with the opportunity to earn continuing education hours in addition to continuing education units.

Course Outline:

Alternating Current: Reactance, Impedance and Power Factor+B4:B3B4:B37
Basic Structure of Matter
Basic System Operation
Circuit Protection Devices: Fuses
Circuit Protection: Circuit Breakers and Overload Protection
Compression Cycle I
Compression Cycle II
Electrical Safety
Electronics—History and Concepts
Fan Safety
Fire Safety
Fundamentals of Alternating Current
Gas Laws I
Gas Laws II
Heat Energy
Ladders, Scaffolds, and Lifts
Magnetic Attraction, Repulsion, and Shielding
Magnetism and Transformers
Material Handling
Personal Protective Equipment
Pressure-Temperature Relationships
Refrigerant Properties
Refrigerant Tables
Refrigerant Usage Certification
Relays, Contactors and Starters
Series Circuits, Parallel Circuits, and Power
Soldering, Brazing and Welding
Terminology and Units of Measurement
Tools and Test Instruments
Transformers
Type I: Small Appliances
Type II: High-Pressure Systems
Type III: Low-Pressure Systems
Understanding Electrical Schematics

System Requirements:

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 GHz or higher
RAM: 2 GB or higher
Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
Speakers / Headphones
Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

Operating System Requirements:

Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
Mac OSX 10 or higher.
Latest Chrome OS
Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
Latest Mozilla FireFox
Latest Microsoft Edge
Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.