Wx Mechanical for Heating Technicians
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 9:00 AM to Thursday, December 12, 2024, 4:00 PM EST
Category: Weatherization Training
Course Description
This course is for HVAC Professionals only — specifically, those who are responsible for the installation of mechanical equipment such as gas furnaces and appliances in residential buildings.
Course Objectives
This course will cover:
- gas furnace fundamentals
- gas appliance inspection procedure
- carbon monoxide mitigation
- worst-case draft testing
Course Details
- Three days of course instruction and demonstrations
- Written test at end of day three
- Customized to meet your network’s needs
What You Will Learn
- basic principles of combustion
- principles of venting atmospheric and induced-draft furnaces
- how condensing furnaces operate
- furnace blower and airflow properties
- leak-testing and inspecting gas piping systems
- checking a gas furnace for electrical safety
- weatherization and code requirements for gas systems
- furnace cleaning and tuning
- testing carbon monoxide (CO) levels in combustion gas
- action levels for CO in ambient air and all gas appliances
- indicators and causes of CO production
- CO locations, standards and dangers
- chimney effect and vent pressure
- definition and identification of Combustion Appliance Zones
- how air ducts and exhaust fans affect pressure balances
- the process of determining worst case
- and more
Course Prerequisite
Participants must be heating system installers or service technicians or have attended a Basic Heating Systems training course or equivalent.
What is a Retrofit Installer?
A Retrofit Installer Technician is a residential heating professional who installs energy efficiency and safety upgrades in single-family homes and small (2-4 units) multi-family housing facilities. The technician uses a variety of building-science best practices to improve safety, comfort, durability, indoor air quality and energy efficiency.
$2,100.00 Course fee (applies to out-of-network trainees) Course fees must be received before the first day of class.
Indiana CEU's= 0 BPI CEU's= 3.5
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