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• NATE Gas Refresher Class/Testing

  • When
    Saturday, December 08, 2018
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Montgomery College Rockville, MD - Gudelsky Institute of Technical Education
  • Registered
    4 registrants

  Registration is closed

  NATE Gas
  

  
  NATIONAL HVAC TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
  
  Registration Closes: Saturday, November 17, 2018

  
  North American Technician Excellence, Inc. (NATE) is the leading certification program for technicians in the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) industry.
  
  NATE is more than a technician certification program. Led by the leading trade associations in the HVAC industry, it is part of a comprehensive industry initiative to:
  

  • recognize technicians who meet high industry standards
  • promote education and improve technical proficiency in the industry
  • give the industry a clearly defined structure, so that the consumer can easily identify qualified technicians.

  When a technician is certified in an area, it’s clear they meet a broad, comprehensive set of expectations - not just some standards for one kind of equipment or one model.
  

  Those taking this test should have a basic and working knowledge of HVAC equipment, installing and/or servicing, and prior related theory instruction (at least 240 hours).
  The Core Exam covers safety, tools, soft skills, principles of heat transfer, total comfort, and electrical.

  An HVAC technician must pass the Core Exam and at least one of the Specialty Exams to become a Certified Technician.

  There are five separate Specialty Exams — air conditioning, air distribution, gas heating, heat pumps, and oil heating.
  There are two types: installation and service (service technicians are automatically certified as installation technicians as well).

  The NATE Air Conditioning Excellence HVAC exams are an industry-approved test of knowledge meaningful to HVAC technicians. The exams are designed to test what 80% of technicians need to know 80% of the time in a given year. It’s not an easy test, but nothing worth earning is.
  
  

  REFRESHER CLASS & TEST

  A four hour refresher class which will be a review of the knowledge needed to take the test will be held prior to the administration of the test. This is a refresher process not a training process.

  
  

  TEST

  The Core Exam consists of 50 questions and each Specialty Exam consists of 100 questions.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: Results will be sent to the technician, not the employer, unless the technician signs a release of scores form.

  
  

  PROCTOR

  Association of Air Conditioning Professionals (AACP) is an authorized proctor organization.

  NOTE: Photo ID is required for entrance to the exam site.
  
  
  REGISTRATION RSVP
  

  By reason of new NATE regulations, all registrations MUST be received two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date.

  Download directions to Montgomery College
  

  CANCELLATIONS: Attendee substitutions are permitted. Cancellations received five (5) days prior to the class/exam session will be charged a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be made after that date. A maximum of 25 technicians are allowed.
  

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• Section 608 Technician Certification - CFC Refresher Class and Testing

  • When
    Saturday, December 15, 2018
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Montgomery College Rockville, MD - Gudelsky Institute of Technical Education
  • Spaces left
    16
  • Registered
    9 registrants

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  Section 608 Technician Certification - CFC Refresher Class and Testing
  

  
  

  Registration Closes: Saturday, December 8, 2018

  
  

  Refresher Class: This is a four-hour refresher class for technicians who want to take the CFC Certification Test. The refresher class will review the knowledge needed to take the test and will be held prior to the administration of the test. This is a refresher class - not a training process.

  Certification Test, only: A technician can register to take the certification test without sitting through the refresher class. The registration process will prompt for the selection desired option.

  Photo identification is required to enter the test site.

  
  

  About CFC [ChloroFluoroCarbon] Certification
  

  EPA regulations under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act require that technicians who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of equipment that could release ozone depleting refrigerants into the atmosphere must be certified.

  Technicians are required to pass an EPA-approved test to earn Section 608 Technician Certification. The tests are specific to the type of equipment the technician seeks to work on. Section 608 Technician Certification credentials do not expire.

  Types of Certification
  

  To pass any EPA type, a candidate must pass a CORE section of the test plus one of the technician types [I, II, III or Universal]. Once CORE is passed, it need not be taken again and it may be used for additional EPA types.

  The EPA developed four types of certification:

  1. Type I - To service small appliances
  2. Type II - To service or dispose of high- or very high-pressure appliances, except small appliances and MVACs
  3. Type III - To service or dispose of low-pressure appliances
  4. Universal - To service all types of equipment
     

  
  

  Study Guide and On-Site Procedures
  

  Each participant of the Refresher Class will be sent a Study Guide. This manual, included in the Refresher Class registration fee, includes the information needed to refresh technicians on how to recover and contain refrigerant. This include both high- and low-pressure air conditioning and refrigeration equipment above and/or below 25 tons.

  The certification test is administered by AACP through VGI Training, an EPA-approved certifying organization.

  Participants are typically allowed a non-programmable pocket calculator, Temperature-Pressure chart, and a pencil. A Temperature-Pressure chart is supplied in the EPA Section 608 Applicant Study Guide. A practice "Recovery Efficiency" chart is on the back of the Temperature-Pressure chart. On the day of the test, recreate the chart when given the instruction to begin the test.

  Test Score

  Upon passing the test, the technician will receive a certificate and a wallet card from VGI Training. VGI Training will maintain a database of all technicians who have successfully passed the VGI Training Refrigerant Recovery test.

  
  

  Re-Test
  

  If a technician needs to retest in a certain section, the technician can apply to take the test, only. A technician must provide the proctor with a copy of both sides of a card or letter of previous EPA-approved certification/non-certification for proof that the technician took such a test.

  If a copy of the previous EPA-approved testing is not provided, the technician must take the complete certification test, which includes Core, and Types I, II, and III. At a minimum, without documentation, the technician must take the Core and the Type that the technician needs for certification and to continue work in the HVACR industry.

  
  

  Directions to Montgomery College - Rockville Campus
  

  The class and specialty exam will be offered at the Rockville Campus of the Montgomery College. Download directions.
  
  

  Cancellation
  

  Cancellations received five (5) days prior to the class/exam will be charged a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be made after that date.
  

  A maximum of 25 technicians are allowed.
  

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