Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) field is changing rapidly. An understanding of manualand microprocessor-based controls is necessary. HVAC systems servicing program provides students with entrylevel skills and theoretical knowledge.
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) field is changing rapidly. An understanding of manualand microprocessor-based controls is necessary. HVAC systems servicing program provides students with entrylevel skills and theoretical knowledge.
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) field is changing rapidly. An understanding of manualand microprocessor-based controls is necessary. HVAC systems servicing program provides students with entrylevel skills and theoretical knowledge.
The Career Increasing emphasis is being placed on the levels of operational efficiencies of building energy systems. System and control concepts in the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) field are changing rapidly, attempting to meet these efficiency levels. An understanding of manual- and microprocessor-based controls is necessary, along with hands-on knowledge of controls, start-up, check-out, troubleshooting, diagnosing, repairing and replacement of HVAC components. A working knowledge of partial and complete HVAC systems is also required. Employment opportunities include the installation, servicing, or day-to-day operational maintenance of steam, water and air-type HVAC systems.
Average starting salary: $38,255
A.A.S. Degree Requirements Source: This information is based on the 2008 Dunwoody Employment Report SERV111 Electrical Circuits I SERV121 Heating Systems I The Program SERV131 Cooling Systems I The HVAC Systems Servicing program provides students with entry- SERV113 Elec Circuits III level skills and theoretical knowledge to maintain the safe operation and SERV122 Heating Systems II energy efficiency of residential, large-scale commercial and industrial SERV132 Cooling Systems II HVAC systems. HVAC systems consist of multiple mechanical, electrical SERV112 Elec Circuits II and electronic components. Technicians must be able to maintain those SERV123 Heating Systems III operating systems, as well as diagnose and correct problems. In addition SERV133 Cooling Systems III to field-related skills, students gain oral and written communication skills, SERV241 Domestic Refrigeration Service computer literacy, advanced computation skills, and critical thinking skills through Arts and Sciences and technical course work. SERV242 Commercial Refrigeration Service I SERV243 Commercial Refrigeration Service II Program Length SERV251 HVAC Control Concept Graduates of this six-quarter program will earn an Associate of Applied SERV252 HVAC Systems Servicing I Science (A.A.S.) degree. Students with previous training or experience in SERV253 HVAC Systems Servicing II the occupation may arrange to take selected courses in the program. SERV261 HVAC Systems Servicing III SERV262 Building Systems Operations I SERV263 Building Systems Operations II COMM100 Communication Theory and Practice Applying to Accredited Dunwoody’s by HVAC Excellence Admissions team is committed COMM101 Electronic Communications Dunwoody is easy to working College Dunwoody with youwas to ease and Minnesota the first simplify thetechnical ENGL101 Composition admissions process and provide college to have its HVAC programs all accredited the necessary To apply online, information regarding our academic programs, MATH105 Algebra, Trigonometry and Geometry by HVAC Excellence, the largest provider of visit dunwoody.edu. degree opportunities, financial aid, expectations RSCH100 Research, Resources and Information certification in the HVACR industry. Certification Or, to speak with a and everything else that enters into such an Arts/Humanities Electives ensures that Dunwoody programs meet or exceed Dunwoody Admissions important decision. industry standards for quality technical education. Diversity Electives representative, call Other exciting Building and Construction Science Electives 612-374-5800 or Technology programs and degree options are Social/Behavioral Science Electives 800-292-4652. available. Visit dunwoody.edu for complete details. General Electives
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Course Descriptions customer-relationship skills with a focus on occupational professionalism.
Job safety. SERV111 - Electrical Circuits I SERV241 - Domestic Refrigeration Service Basic electrical terminology and theory. An introduction to simple-circuit Emphasis on domestic refrigeration. The mechanical refrigeration cycle of construction. Basic electrical properties and their effects on circuits. Load domestic refrigeration equipment will be analyzed and serviced to provide capacity for wiring and fuses. Simple-circuit diagramming. The theory of optimum operation. Refrigeration system component installation, analysis, electrical generation through magnetism and electromagnetism. Analyzing check-out, repairs and maintenance. System start-up. Internal and external and testing circuits with various test equipment. control troubleshooting and analyzing. Operations of various control systems utilized in domestic refrigeration. Job safety. SERV112 - Electrical Circuits II Electrical circuit troubleshooting primary- and secondary-load circuits. SERV242 - Commercial Refrigeration Service I Ladder diagrams and electrical schematics of existing equipment generated Emphasis on light-commercial refrigeration systems. Whereas commercial on CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) programs. Building skills of refrigeration systems are of the air-cooled type of coils, this session also troubleshooting live circuits. Hands-on experiments that examine the studies water-cooled refrigeration systems. System component analysis, principles, applications, and wiring of series, parallel and series-parallel repair and replacement. Freeze protection. System start-up; internal- and circuits. Introduction to semiconductors and elementary solid-state circuits. external-control troubleshooting and analyzing; electrical and electronic- control systems. Mechanical refrigeration cycle. Job safety. SERV113 - Electrical Circuits III Theory of magnetism and circuitry as it pertains to the induction motor. SERV243 - Commercial Refrigeration Service II Introduction to fundamental types of motors used in the HVAC field. Wiring Process-chilled water and grocery store systems control and energy of various power and control circuits. Introduction to the relay, contactor management. Safety, both personal and equipment, is stressed. Daily and motor starter. Motor usage and service problems encountered in the operation and preventive maintenance. Control modes of process-chilled field. Electrical diagramming and schematics. Troubleshooting motor water and grocery store systems. Hands-on analysis and replacement of circuits. Motor nomenclature and safety. refrigeration system components. A variety of refrigeration controls are analyzed. Screw and centrifugal chiller operation leading to year-round SERV121 - Heating Systems I system analysis. Basic fundamentals and terminology pertaining to heat transfer. Thermal environmental science properties studied. Study of latent and sensible heat, SERV251 - HVAC Control Concept conduction, convection and radiation. Fundamental psychrometrics Fundamentals of HVAC control formations including pneumatic, electric, discussed. Air distribution, room air-movement characteristics and the electronic, DDC and building-management systems as they pertain to fundamentals of balancing air systems. Analyzing static, velocity and total troubleshooting on the psychrometric chart. Application of control systems pressure along with airflow measurements within ductwork. of individual room, air distribution, air handlers, chillers and boilers. Damper control including economizer cycles in conjunction with indoor air quality. SERV122 - Heating Systems II Focal point on heat generation as it pertains to residential furnaces. Natural SERV252 - HVAC Systems Servicing I and LP gases studied. Furnace types, sequence of operation, component Variable air-volume systems and reheat systems. Individual HVAC identification, ignition types, test equipment and safety studied. Hands-on components sized and selected along with single-line designs of variable troubleshooting pertaining to the mechanical operation and the electrical air-volume systems. Hands-on analyzing the control systems serving these control functions of gas furnaces. Improvement of diagnostic and critical- HVAC systems. Service and replacement/repair procedures. Ventilating thinking skills to meet service problems encountered in the field. and exhaust systems, their requirements and controls, are discussed. Combustion testing and job safety. Make-up air units, along with hands-on adjustment of these systems and their controls. SERV123 - Heating Systems III Introduction to oil-burning and forced-air electric furnaces. Building SERV253 - HVAC Systems Servicing II troubleshooting skills for gas, oil and electric furnaces. Hands-on Emphasis on air handling multi-zone, single-zone, reheat, variable air troubleshooting with emphasis on start-up and combustion testing. volume, induction, ventilation, make-up and exhaust systems. DX and Application will be made using wiring diagrams and schematics. Hands-on chilled-water systems and component operation check-out, analysis, repair troubleshooting pertaining to HVAC residential mechanical operations and and replacement. Control modes of various HVAC functions. System start- electrical control functions. Job safety. up and check-out procedures. Freeze protection. Energy management systems. Interfacing HVAC air handlers with energy sources in heating and SERV131 - Cooling Systems I cooling modes. Analyzing outdoor air control parameters coordinating Basic fundamentals of cooling as it pertains to HVAC&R systems. Studies between energy efficiencies and desirable indoor air qualities. revolve around the basic gas laws and the principles of the basic refrigeration cycle. Hands-on skills pertaining to refrigeration tubing SERV261 - HVAC Systems Servicing III handling, flaring, swedging, soft and hard soldering and brazing. Mechanical skill-building focus. Layout and construction of common sheet Introduction to refrigerants and refrigerant management including EPA metal components found in building HVAC&R systems. Retrofitting skills certification. with a working knowledge of the Uniform Mechanical Code. Welding skills with a focus on oxyacetylene, arc, and MIG. Safety issues stressed. SERV132 - Cooling Systems II Fundamentals of residential air conditioning. Evacuation procedures and SERV262 - Building Systems Operations I deep vacuums. Refrigerant recycling, recovery and management. Constant-volume HVAC systems. Blowers, filters, cooling coils, heating Systematic refrigerant charging procedures. Hands-on troubleshooting of coils, air blenders and mixing boxes are covered. Energy-management residential split system air conditioning. Basic cooling analysis through systems. Individual HVAC components sized and selected along with psychrometrics and pressure-enthalpy processes. Job safety. single-line designs of constant-volume and multi-zone systems. Low- and high- pressure steam, boilers and their systems. Steam/hot water fan coil SERV133 - Cooling Systems III units. Steam accessories and codes regulating them, with emphasis on the Residential air conditioning and heat-pump studies. Theory and hands-on Minnesota Boiler Examination. Hands-on analyzing control systems serving troubleshooting of heat pumps. Theory and operation of air-conditioning these HVAC systems. Focus on hot water heating systems and and heat-pump controls and safeties. Wiring diagrams and schematics. components. Real-life field problems simulated within shop projects. Introduction to Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems Servicing
SERV263 - Building Systems Operations II
Start-up, check-out, troubleshoot, diagnose, repair and replacement of various HVAC wet and dry systems and components. Final check-outs of various systems used in commercial installations. Operational reports. Control systems. Energy management systems. Preventive maintenance schedules of HVAC equipment. Plumping, fire-protection and snow-melting systems analyzed.