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Refrig, Heating, and Air

Rick Dorssom
HVAC Instructor
rick.dorssom@sjsd.k12.mo.us
Years in Program: 2
Grade to Start: 11 or Adult

For students who want to work on refrigeration, air conditioning or heating units and systems for: Cooling and Heating Contractors; Fuel Oil Dealers; School Systems; Manufacturing Plants.

First year: Safety, Trade Terms, Tools, Measuring; Tubing and Connections; Soldering and Brazing; Soft Solder; Silver Solder; Oxyacetylene Soldering and Brazing; Basic Electricity; Fundamentals of Air Conditioning, Basic Refrigeration; Domestic Refrigeration; Electrical Controls; and Residential/Light Commercial Cooling and Heating.

Second Year: Safety; Controls; Domestic Refrigeration; Commercial Refrigeration; Residential/Light Commercial Cooling; Heating; Fundamentals of Air Conditioning; Heat Pumps; and Various Heating Systems; EPA Certification Preview and Test.

Prefer (but not required) a C or better in Algebra ,needs to understand fractions and decimals, and needs to read and comprehend on a 10th grade reading level.

Articulated college credit is available through this course. For more information, click here.


Can't find what you're looking for? Call 1-816-671-4170 or contact us by email.

"The Hillyard Technical Center is required by Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 not to discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, age, handicap or national origin in its educational activities. Any persons having inquiries relating to the above regulations is directed to contact Associate Superintendent of Personnel or Director of Special Services, 925 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri (phone 816-671-4000). These administrators have been designated to coordinate the efforts of the School District of St. Joseph to comply with the Title IX, Title VI, and Sections 504 guidelines."