From heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician to refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician
12 of the 40 essential skills of a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician are already essential for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician — about 30% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 28
- would be new
- 30%
- of the target job covered
- 40
- essential skills of a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician
What a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician does
Refrigeration air condition and heat pump technicians have the competence and ability to safely and satisfactory perform design, pre-assembling, installation, putting into operation, commissioning, operating, in-service inspection, leakage checking, general maintenance, circuit maintenance, decommissioning, removing, reclaiming, recycling refrigerant and dismantling of refrigeration, air condition and heat pump systems, equipment or appliance, and to work with electrical, electrotechnical and electronical components of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- conduct routine machinery checks
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- handle refrigerant transfer pumps
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- operate climate control
- refrigerants
- thermodynamics
- use testing equipment
What would be new
28 skillsEssential for a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician and not for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- consult technical resources
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- electronics
- install air conditioning device
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install heat pump
- install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts
- install insulation material
- install refrigeration equipment
- install ventilation equipment
- lay pipe installation
- maintain air conditioning systems
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain electronic equipment
- measure electrical characteristics
- mechanics
- operate hand drill
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform refrigerant leak checks
- perform test run
- prepare copper gas-lines pipes
- record test data
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits
- use measurement instruments
← heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technicianrefrigeration air condition and heat pump technician →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.