Course details

New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant)

About the course

If you want to get into the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry and work on domestic and commercial equipment, then the New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trade Assistant) Level 3 is for you. This pre-apprenticeship qualification will prepare you for the industry and teach you all the fundamentals that you will need to know.

You will learn to:

Assemble, install and maintain a basic refrigeration and/or air conditioning plant Safely test basic electrical circuitry Recover refrigerant into a cylinder Charge refrigeration systems in accordance with current regulations 

Classes are three days a week with two days of work experience.

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.

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