2726 | EPA 608 Certification – Type I Technician

Students registering for this course will be provided with a notebook containing lesson objectives. Students must be able to pass the Type I Examination in order to be certified as a Type I Technician. To pass EPA Type I, the candidate must first pass a CORE section of the test plus one of the Technician Type Exams.

CORE components:

• Ozone and Ozone Depletion
• Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol
• Refrigerants, Refrigerant Oils & Refrigerant Substitutes
• The Mechanical Refrigeration Process
• Gauge Manifolds
• Leak Detection Guidelines
• Recovery, Recycling and Reclaiming
• Recovery Techniques & Guidelines
• Dehydration Evacuation Guidelines
• Refrigerant Safety Guidelines
• Refrigerant Cylinder Safety

Type I Technician primarily works on small appliances (household refrigerators, drinking fountains, window air conditioning units, etc.), Pressurized Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC’s) and vending machines.