2728 | EPA 608 Certification – Type 3 Technician

Students registering for this course will be provided with a notebook containing lesson objectives. Students must be able to pass the Type III Examination in order to be certified as Type III Technician. To pass EPA Type III 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 III Technician primarily works on equipment using a low pressure refrigerant such as R-123 or R-11. These units are usually large, chilled water systems.