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Career training so cool, you’ll get goose bumps! At Apex’s heating and cooling school, you will be taught the skills to repair and maintain domestic and commercial air conditioning and refrigeration systems, as well as electrical controls, major home appliances and gas fired heating systems. During this HVAC refrigeration program, you will spend a total of 450 hours learning in-class and 450 hours completing hands-on training. By the end of the HVAC program, you will have been taught to troubleshoot and evaluate the performance of refrigerators, air conditioning, and appliance equipment.
This program also prepares you to take the EPA Type 608 certification exam. To work in the HVAC industry, technicians who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of refrigerant-containing equipment are certified under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. View the list of our EPA-certified technicians.
HVAC training classes are available full time and part time to meet your needs. Classes start every few weeks. Contact us for more information about our school for heating and air conditioning.
What can you expect at Apex’s school for heating and air conditioning? Gain an understanding of what our six courses will cover,
from your first basic course through more advanced classes.
This course is designed to build a strong foundation in basic electricity.
This class is designed to teach the basic vapor compression cycle and how refrigeration systems work.
In this course, the skills learned from both Major Home Appliances and Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning are applied to domestic refrigerators, freezers and residential air conditioners.
Student will be taught how to apply electrical and refrigeration theory to commercial refrigeration applications.
Students will be taught how to apply electrical and refrigeration theory to commercial air conditioning applications.
In this advanced class, students will be taught how to operate and maintain a cooling tower, including cooling tower theory and piping diagrams.
An HVAC technical school, also called an HVAC school, provides hands-on learning to students who wish to pursue work in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, appliance controls, and refrigeration. Apex’s HVAC training program offers classes that help prepare students for an entry-level position in the field.
HVAC service technicians install, repair and maintain heating systems, air conditioning units, ventilation systems, appliance controls and refrigeration equipment. Depending on their specific role, HVAC techs may work in residential environments like single family homes or multifamily apartments, or they may work in commercial settings like office buildings, hospitals and schools.
At Apex Technical School, students can complete the HVAC program in as little as 7 months. Contact us to find air conditioning and refrigeration classes that fit your schedule.
Eligible students may apply to receive federal student aid, such as grants and loans. Learn more about financial aid now.
As a trade school in New York City, Apex Technical School has offered vocational students hands-on training for more than 50 years. Whether you’re local to Brooklyn, The Bronx, Long Island, Newark, Union City, Passaic or a surrounding neighborhood, our technical school can help you pursue your future in a trade. HVAC and refrigeration classes are starting soon—contact us to learn more about our HVAC program.
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