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Jan 02, 2025
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IMR 4180 - Intro to EPA Certifications
Clock Hours: 10
Delivery Mode
on-ground
Course Description:
Students will prepare to take the federally mandated Certification for Technicians as required by the Montreal Protocol. Students will prepare for the E.P.A. certification 608 that addresses the handling of refrigerants by certified technicians only. Students will discuss and review the rules, regulations, and requirements that are in the Study guide for the certification. Students will prepare to take the certification test for small appliances, high pressure, and low pressure refrigeration systems.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will attain the necessary skills to be able to:
- Describe “The three R’s” of Refrigerant evacuation
- Describe the refrigeration cycle and its components
- Determine the state of refrigerant and its pressure group for location in cycle
- Define “Small Appliance”
- Define Phase out dates required by the “Montreal Protocol”
- Define Global Warming Potential
- Define Ozone
- Describe the effects of chlorine on the Ozone
- Describe “Passive Recovery”
- Describe “Active Recovery”
- Define Recovery Cylinder DOT Standards
- Define “De Minimus loss”
- Explain Recovery Techniques
- Define “High pressure” Refrigerants
- Define “Low Pressure” Refrigerants
- Explain Recovery requirements based on Recovery Equipment date
- Describe Low pressure evaporator rupture disk
- Describe Low Pressure Recovery equipment
- Explain Recovery procedures for Refrigerants in Chillers
- Describe the fines associated with intentionally venting refrigerants
- Describe the boiling temperatures in relation to Inches of Hg Vacuum
- Explain the Maximum recovery tank capacity
- Explain the maximum annual leak rates for various systems
- Define the E.P.A. and its authority for enforcing the Montreal Protocol
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