Commercial Hvac Technician

Job Description

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Installs, connects, and adjusts thermostats, humidistats, and timers, using hand tools.
• Repairs or replaces defective equipment, components, or wiring.
• Joins pipes or tubing to equipment and to fuel, water, or refrigerant source, to form complete circuit.
• Fabricates, assembles, and installs duct work and chassis parts, using portable metal-working tools and welding equipment.
• Tests electrical circuits and components for continuity, using electrical test equipment.
• Disassembles system and cleans and oils parts.
• Assembles, positions, and mounts heating or cooling equipment, following blueprints.
• Tests pipe or tubing joints and connections for leaks, using pressure gauge or soap-and-water solution.
• Installs auxiliary components to heating-cooling equipment, such as expansion and discharge valves, air ducts, pipes, blowers, dampers, flues, and stokers, following blueprints.
• Adjusts system controls to setting recommended by manufacturer to balance system, using hand tools.
• Inspects and tests system to verify system compliance with plans and specifications and to detect malfunctions.
• Discusses heating-cooling system malfunctions with users to isolate problems or to verify malfunctions have been corrected.
• Repairs & Troubleshooting to Chillers, Cooling Towers, RTUs
• Inspects inoperative equipment to locate source of trouble.
• Studies blueprints to determine configuration of heating or cooling equipment components.
• Lays out and connects electrical wiring between controls and equipment according to wiring diagram, using electrician's hand tools.
• Reassembles equipment and starts unit to test operation.
• Measures, cuts, threads, and bends pipe or tubing, using pipe fitter's tools.
• Cuts and drills holes in floors, walls, and roof to install equipment, using power saws and drills.
  

Apprentices shall perform all duties listed above under the guidance of a journeyman mechanic combined with on-the-job training and any additional schooling as required.

• High school education/G.E.D. with schooling in trade industry.
• Universal CFC certification required.
• At least 4 years of experience in the HVAC industry.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance.