Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, HVAC, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.
What is this job like?
- Estimate, order, pick up, deliver, and install materials and supplies needed to maintain equipment in good working condition.
- Estimate, order, pick up, deliver, and install materials and supplies needed to maintain equipment in good working condition.
- Install or repair air purification systems, such as specialized filters or ultraviolet (UV) light purification systems.
- Braze or solder parts to repair defective joints and leaks.
- Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring.
- Inspect and test systems to verify system compliance with plans and specifications or to detect and locate malfunctions.
- Install, connect, or adjust thermostats, humidistats, or timers.
- Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring.
- Schedule work with customers and initiate work orders, house requisitions, and orders from stock.
- Supervise and instruct assistants.
- Lay out reference points for installation of structural and functional components, using measuring instruments.
- Lift and align components into position, using hoist or block and tackle.
- Install dehumidifiers or related equipment for spaces that require cool, dry air to operate efficiently, such as computer rooms.
- Lay out and connect electrical wiring between controls and equipment, according to wiring diagrams, using electrician's hand tools.
- Install, connect, or adjust thermostats, humidistats, or timers.
- Install expansion and control valves, using acetylene torches and wrenches.
- Install auxiliary components to heating or cooling equipment, such as expansion or discharge valves, air ducts, pipes, blowers, dampers, flues, or stokers.
- Mount compressor, condenser, and other components in specified locations on frames, using hand tools and acetylene welding equipment.
- Test electrical circuits or components for continuity, using electrical test equipment.
- Adjust system controls to settings recommended by manufacturer to balance system.
- Cut or drill holes in floors, walls, or roof to install equipment, using power saws or drills.
- Comply with all applicable standards, policies, or procedures, such as safety procedures or the maintenance of a clean work area.
- Install or repair self-contained ground source heat pumps or hybrid ground or air source heat pumps to minimize carbon-based energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions.
- Connect heating or air conditioning equipment to fuel, water, or refrigerant source to form complete circuit.
- Measure, cut, thread, or bend pipe or tubing, using pipe fitter's tools.
- Record and report time, materials, faults, deficiencies, or other unusual occurrences on work orders.
- Estimate, order, pick up, deliver, and install materials and supplies needed to maintain equipment in good working condition.
- Supervise and instruct assistants.
- Install or repair air purification systems, such as specialized filters or ultraviolet (UV) light purification systems.
- Keep records of repairs and replacements made and causes of malfunctions.
- Recommend, develop, or perform preventive or general maintenance procedures, such as cleaning, power-washing, or vacuuming equipment, oiling parts, or changing filters.
- Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring.
- Discuss heating or cooling system malfunctions with users to isolate problems or to verify that repairs corrected malfunctions.
- Study blueprints, design specifications, or manufacturers' recommendations to ascertain the configuration of heating or cooling equipment components and to ensure the proper installation of components.
- Install or repair self-contained ground source heat pumps or hybrid ground or air source heat pumps to minimize carbon-based energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions.
- Measure, cut, thread, or bend pipe or tubing, using pipe fitter's tools.
- Perform mechanical overhauls and refrigerant reclaiming.
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