HVAC Technician

Certificate Program

The California State University, East Bay HVAC Technician Certificate provides heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration installers and technicians a comprehensive training program.

Cal State East Bay's HVAC coursework has been designed to follow the general consensus among industry leaders regarding what skills and knowledge HVAC/R professionals require. Our program meets the educational recommendations of HVAC/R industry organizations such as The Air-Conditioning Refrigeration Institute (ARI), North American Technician Excellence (NATE), Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) and Air-Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) and NATE endorses our curriculum with "Recognized Training" status.

The program's online-only format makes it convenient for HVAC/R professionals anywhere in the world, not just those who live or work in the San Francisco East Bay Area. With one master course broken down into 12 modules sections, the curriculum mixes text reading assignments, Web site tours, applied exercises, inline quizzes, industry terminology definitions, video clips, animations, images and handouts.

Students also will learn from a 28-year HVAC/R veteran who also is a pioneer in online HVAC/R training and the project director of the industry Web site HVACReduation.net.

Program Objectives

• To give graduates a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of heating and cooling system design, installation, operation and analysis.
• To provide graduates an understanding of proper safety practices and procedures, in the lab and the workplace, while installing, designing, troubleshooting and servicing HVAC/R systems.
• To give graduates familiarity with work habits, communication practices and computation skills as they relate to the HVAC/R industry workplace.
• To provide graduates an understanding of fossil fuel combustion systems found in residential and light commercial applications.
• To give graduates competency in the area of refrigerant handling.
• To give graduates expertise in finding HVAC/R-related information on the Web.
• To prepare graduates to sit for ARI and NATE-administered exams.
• To equip graduates with the skills and knowledge that will allow them to meet the highest standards of the HVAC/R profession and advance their careers.

Who Should Attend

• Individuals seeking to become HVAC/R technicians.
• HVAC/R technicians seeking to upgrade their skills.
• HVAC/R technicians seeking to prepare for industry certification exams.
• Any professionals involved in planning, designing, installing and operating HVAC/R systems.

Program Highlights