Technical Online Training
In today’s rapidly changing business and technology environment, you and your employees have to keep learning to stay competitive. A highly skilled technical workforce not only helps you stay ahead of your competition, it makes your organization more adaptable to change and better able to take advantage of unexpected business opportunities.
Online training offers numerous benefits to you as an HVAC business owner. Access is available anytime, anywhere. Your employees can schedule their learning when it’s most convenient for you and learn at their own pace. Travel costs and time away from the job are eliminated. Student progress is easy to measure with tracking data available to you online.
HVAC Learning Solutions can show you how to get convenient, expert technical training online to produce the maximum skills improvement in the minimum time and take your business to the next level. And, all our online technical courses earn NATE credits.
Technical courses available on our Learning Management System
include the following:
Heating
This course will provide you with an overview of differential pressure controls in gas furnaces including, electrical sequence of operation proper installation and the forces that make them open and close completing an electrical circuit.
This course will provide you with an overview of the field wiring of residential furnaces, including both high and low voltage connections, typical thermostat connections and their operation.
This course will provide you with an overview of installing gas supplies and vents including gas fuel supply lines, vent materials and installation techniques for various gas furnace installation types.
This course will provide you with an overview of Checking Two-Stage Heating.
This course will provide you with an overview of Winter Pre-Season Maintenance Part 1.
This course will provide you with an overview of Winter Pre-Season Maintenance Part 2.
Cooling
This course will provide you with an overview of basic air conditioning. Including industry terminology, capacity ratings, efficiency ratings, basic operation and refrigeration cycles.
This course will provide you with an overview of brazing refrigerant lines, including proper safety and handling, as well as proper installation techniques including evacuation and dehydration.
This course will provide you with an overview of checking capacitors for electric motors used in the HVAC industry including, testing for open or shorts as well as testing micro farad ratings.
This course will provide you with an overview of compressor mechanical checkouts including, typical operating pressure and temperature reading, as well as methods to identify causes of mechanical failures.
This course will provide you with an overview of compressor mechanical checkouts including, typical operating pressure and temperature reading, as well as methods to identify causes of mechanical failures.
This course will provide you with an overview of evacuation and dehydration including proper vacuum levels, micron gauges, proper use of refrigerant driers as well as evacuation and recovery equipment.
This course will provide you with practical experience in troubleshooting air conditi0ong units including typical operating pressu4res and temperatures and what to look for when something is not performing properly.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Define Saturation Point
- Understand and calculate subcooling, superheat, and approach temperatures
- Know when to add or recover refrigerant based on subcooling or approach
temperature
This course will help you understand what takes place inside the refrigeration cycle inside and air conditioning unit including, the changes of refrigerant state from liquid to vapor and how superheat and sub cooling relate to the cycle.
This course will provide you with an overview of proper sizing and layout of refrigerant lines to insure proper system operation for both comfort and system reliably.
This course will provide you with an overview of understanding of thermostatic expansion valves metering devices commonly referred to as TXV’s and how to check them for proper operation.
This course will provide you with an overview of using the superheat, sub cooling and approach methods for refrigerant charging and troubleshooting, including when to use each method and how to combine each method for advanced troubleshooting procedures.
This course will provide you with an overview of Residential AC units.
Heating Pump
This course will teach you the basics of heat pump operation including reverse cycle refrigerant operation, time and demand defrost and reversing valve operation in heat pump systems.
This course will provide you with an overview of Defrost Controls.
This course will provide you with an overview of Dual Fuel Comfort Systems.
Airflow
This course will provide you with an overview of troubleshooting residential duct work systems including, proper duct pressures, ventilation rates and tips on diagnosing common temperature problems in residential buildings.
This course will provide you with an overview of what an understanding the fan laws can do for you when working with air handlers in HVAC systems.
This course will provide you with an overview of achieving proper airflow in retrofit applications. Covering topics such as total air pressure, velocity pressure, static pressure proper friction rate and using a duct calculator.
Motors
This course will provide you with an overview of basic electric motors, including motor terminology, motor operation, installation and service techniques as well as motor types and proper applications.
This course will provide you with an overview of system setup for ECM variable speed blowers to insure both proper air delivery and comfort conditions.
Electrical
This course will provide you with an overview of electrical troubleshooting including tips and techniques to simplify troubleshooting procedure to remove the guess work from troubleshooting electrical circuits.
This course will provide you with an overview of air conditioning electrical troubleshooting including. Troubleshooting common circuits found in air conditioning systems as well as tips for proper inspection and diagnosis.
This course will provide you with an overview of gas furnace electrical troubleshooting including, typical sequence of operation. Staging and troubleshooting both electrical and mechanical problems.
This course will provide you with an overview of electricity at work including how electricity flows, electrical loads, and how electrical energy is put to work in the heating and air condition industry.
This course will provide you with an overview of what happens inside electrical circuits including parallel and series circuits, ohms law and the rules that apply to each type of electrical circuit.
This course will provide you with an overview of different types of electrical meters and how to make proper electrical measurements with them such as amperage, voltage and resistance.
This course will provide you with an overview of electrical schematics including, ladder and pictorial schematics, legends and notes that can be used for troubleshooting electrical problems.
This course will provide you with an overview of both alternating and direct current sources used in the HVAC industry. It will provide you with an understanding single and three phase power and the wiring used to connect the circuits.
This course will provide you with an overview of integrated modular controls which can be adjusted to control any Lennox L series rooftop unit. Including installation, switch configuration and set up as well as service and troubleshooting.
MISC.
Learn the basics of A/C, heating and heat pumps that will help to get your non-tech employees talking the talk with technicians. This course also discusses airflow, refrigerant piping and flow, electricity, basic IAQ and much more all in an easy to understand dialogue.
This course will provide you with an overview of the proven selling strategies for indoor air quality products providing you with an understanding of how to solve customers’ specific indoor air quality concerns.
This course will provide you with an overview of Filters.
