Prepares students for positions in the heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration industry.

Graduates will be prepared for entry-level Service Technicians, Building Maintenance Technicians, Equipment Assemblers and Start-Up Residential and Light Commercial Installers. Students will participate in work-based training through realistic training activities on campus.

Included in this program are academic courses in communication, quantitative reasoning, and social sciences that provide knowledge and abilities upon which technical skills are built and enhance personal development.

This program is approximately four quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.

This program is approved as an HVAC/Refrigeration (06A) specialty electrical training program in the State of Washington.

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates applying to become an HVAC/Refrigeration (06A) specialty electrician can be credited with an estimated 1,178 hours of work experience. This program is not applicable to any other electrical specialty or sub-category.

Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

*HAC 102	Basic Electricity	5
*HAC 105	Electrical Circuits	4
*HAC 120	Advanced Controls & Troubleshooting	4
*HAC 162	Electric Motors & their Applications	4
*HAC 164	Electric Motors & Troubleshooting Motors	3
*HAC 166	Siemens Controls	3
*HAC 168	PLC Programming	2
HAC 170	Heating I	7
HAC 175	Heating Lab I	5
HAC 181	Heating II	6
HAC 183	Heating Lab II	4
HAC 201	Advanced Refrigeration Systems	10
HAC 230	EPA Refrigerant Recovery Certification	1
HAC 237	Basic Refrigeration I	7
HAC 242	Basic Refrigeration Lab I	5
HAC 246	Basic Refrigeration II	6
HAC 249	Job Readiness	5
HAC 255	Basic Refrigeration Lab II	3
HAC 256	Commercial Heat Pumps	7
ENGL& 101	English Composition (or higher) or CMST& 220	5
MAT 105	Math for Industrial Professions (or higher)	5
PSYC& 100	or other social science or humanities class	5

TOTAL CREDITS FOR COMPLETION               106

*Prerequisites for Heating & Refrigeration

Highly Recommended Classes (These classes could be taken while waiting to start the program.)

HAC 210	Stationary Engineer	7
CAS 105	Keyboarding (or Orientation to Computers and MS Office)	3