New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant) (Level 3)

Summary

If you want to get into the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry and work on domestic and commercial equipment, then the New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant) Level 3 is for you. This pre-apprenticeship qualification will prepare you for the industry and teach you all the fundamentals that you will need to know.

You will learn to:

• Assemble, install and maintain a basic refrigeration and/or air conditioning plant
• Safely test basic electrical circuitry
• Recover refrigerant into a cylinder
• Charge refrigeration systems in accordance with current regulations

Classes are three days a week with two days of work experience.

Career Opportunities

At the successful completion of this programme, students will have the required competencies to function successfully and effectively at operational levels within the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning sector. Graduates could go on to become:

• Heating and ventilation installers
• Refrigeration technicians
• Electrical service technicians

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant) (Level 3) and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

• Achieved all of the graduate outcomes in the graduate profile showing competence to a minimum of 120 credits in accordance with the programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant) (Level 3).
• Completed required practical and theoretical course work and assignments.