Title: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration I (17056-I)

Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities
  Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
  Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving.
  Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
  Demonstrate integrity.
  Demonstrate work ethic.
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Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills
  Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
  Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.
  Demonstrate respect for diversity.
  Demonstrate customer service skills.
  Collaborate with team members.
Demonstrating Professional Competencies
  Demonstrate big-picture thinking.
  Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.
  Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.
  Manage time and resources.
  Demonstrate information-literacy skills.
  Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
  Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.
  Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.
  Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.
  Demonstrate professionalism.
  Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
  Demonstrate workplace safety.
Examining All Aspects of an Industry
  Examine aspects of planning within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of financial responsibility within an industry/organization.
  Examine technical and production skills required of workers within an industry/organization.
  Examine principles of technology that underlie an industry/organization.
  Examine labor issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine community issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine health, safety, and environmental issues related to an industry/organization.
Addressing Elements of Student Life
  Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
  Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
  Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
  Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
Exploring Work-Based Learning
  Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.
  (Optional) Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.
  Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.
  (Optional) Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.
Applying Basic Construction Safety Standards (Core Safety)
  Comply with federal, state, and local safety requirements.
  Identify personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements.
  Maintain a safe working environment.
  Explain safe working practices around electrical hazards.
  Identify emergency first-aid procedures.
  Identify the types of fires and the methods used to extinguish them.
  Inspect course-specific hand and power tools to visually identify defects.
  Demonstrate lifting and carrying techniques.
  Demonstrate safe laddering techniques.
  Identify safe scaffolding techniques.
  Report personal injuries, environmental issues, and equipment safety violations to the appropriate authority.
  Demonstrate lockout and tagout procedures.
  Earn the Construction Industry OSHA 10 card.
  (Optional) Earn a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.
  Demonstrate use of hand tools and power tools.
Understanding the Theory of Heat
  Describe the changing states of matter.
  Describe the refrigeration process and the basic refrigeration components.
  Describe the relationship between pressures and fluids at saturation temperatures.
  Identify the British thermal unit (BTU) and types of heat.
Working with Piping and Tubing
  Demonstrate torch safety.
  Connect pipe, using steel threaded joint.
  Connect pipe, using cemented plastic joint.
  Connect tubing, using compression fitting.
  Connect tubing, using flare fitting.
  Connect tubing and fitting, using a soft solder joint.
  Connect tubing, using a swaged, brazed joint and nitrogen.
  Shape tubing run with offset and corner, using the bending tool.
  Connect tubing, using press fittings.
Understanding Basic Electricity
  Interpret a schematic diagram.
  Draw a schematic diagram.
  Calculate voltage, amperage, and resistance in series and parallel circuits.
  Determine the appropriate wire size, based on equipment load amperage.
  Measure voltages in electrical circuits.
  Measure amperage in electrical circuits.
  Measure resistance in electrical circuits.
  Test electrical circuits for continuity.
  Test equipment and motor windings for grounds, opens, and shorts.
  Measure capacitance of a capacitor.
  Make electrical connections.
  Install electrical components.
  Troubleshoot high-voltage electrical circuits.
  Troubleshoot low-voltage electrical circuits.
Servicing and Maintaining Refrigeration Systems
  Perform routine preventive maintenance on refrigeration systems.
  Compare electrical problems to mechanical problems.
  Demonstrate use of a refrigeration manifold gauge.
  Measure superheat and subcooling.
  Locate a leak in charged refrigerant circuits, using various leak detection methods.
  Locate a leak in an uncharged refrigerant circuit, using nitrogen pressurization or trace gas.
  Replace a filter-drier.
  Evacuate a refrigeration circuit.
  Charge a refrigeration circuit.
  Repair a leak in a refrigerant circuit.
  Identify various types of compressors.
  (Optional) Add oil to a compressor.
  (Optional) Adjust pressure to turn on an operating refrigeration system.
  Adjust the temperature switch.
  (Optional) Adjust the defrost cycle.
  (Optional) Attempt to start a stuck hermetic (single-phase) compressor.
  Test refrigerant system for acid.
Understanding Motors and Controls
  Connect single-phase motors.
  (Optional) Reverse the rotation of a single-phase motor.
  (Optional) Troubleshoot the starting components of a single-phase motor.
  (Optional) Install a hard-start kit on a hermetic compressor.
  (Optional) Install a motor contactor.
  (Optional) Replace a start or a run capacitor.
  (Optional) Replace a starting relay.
  (Optional) Replace a motor overload protector.
  (Optional) Lubricate bearings.
Complying with EPA Laws and Regulations
  (Optional) Identify regulations affecting ozone depletion.
  (Optional) Identify the evacuation requirements for small appliances.
  (Optional) Detect non-condensables, using the pressure and temperature relationship (i.e., the P/T chart).
  (Optional) Install high-side and low-side access valves when recovering refrigerant from small appliances with inoperative compressors.
  (Optional) Recover refrigerants with system-dependent (passive) and self-contained (active) recovery methods.
  (Optional) Remove the solderless access fitting at the conclusion of service.
  (Optional) Identify annual leak rates.
  (Optional) Identify high-pressure and low-pressure recovery techniques and requirements.
  (Optional) Identify the components of high-pressure and low-pressure appliances and the state of the refrigerant.
  (Optional) Identify pressure-temperature relationships of high-pressure and low-pressure refrigerants.
  (Optional) Obtain the EPA Section 608 certification.
Additional Course Information
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