From heating and ventilation service installer to refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician
23 of the 40 essential skills of a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician are already essential for a heating and ventilation service installer — about 57% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from heating and ventilation service installer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 23
- skills carry over
- 17
- would be new
- 57%
- of the target job covered
- 40
- essential skills of a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician
What a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician does
Refrigeration air condition and heat pump technicians have the competence and ability to safely and satisfactory perform design, pre-assembling, installation, putting into operation, commissioning, operating, in-service inspection, leakage checking, general maintenance, circuit maintenance, decommissioning, removing, reclaiming, recycling refrigerant and dismantling of refrigeration, air condition and heat pump systems, equipment or appliance, and to work with electrical, electrotechnical and electronical components of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems.
What carries over
23 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts
- install ventilation equipment
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain electronic equipment
- mechanics
- operate hand drill
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- record test data
- refrigerants
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- thermodynamics
- use measurement instruments
- use testing equipment
What would be new
17 skillsEssential for a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician and not for a heating and ventilation service installer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- electronics
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- handle refrigerant transfer pumps
- install air conditioning device
- install heat pump
- install insulation material
- install refrigeration equipment
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
- lay pipe installation
- maintain air conditioning systems
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- measure electrical characteristics
- operate climate control
- perform refrigerant leak checks
- prepare copper gas-lines pipes
- test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits
Other moves from heating and ventilation service installer
2 roles- heating technician15 skills in common
- lift technician12 skills in common
← heating and ventilation service installerrefrigeration air condition and heat pump technician →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.