Education programmes of job
Nature of work
The career of heating conditioning and refrigerationtechnique is a profession in the technical field. This work includes: reading engineering plans and drawings for the purpose of analyzing, testing, maintenance, and calibration.He/she should have knowledge in computer and IT, can express, read and write in foreign language, and should be able to prepare technical reports and manage employees and develop their skills. Also, he/she be able to provide and use occupational safety tools. Heating conditioning and refrigeration technician carry on the following tasks:
- Preparing tenders for purchasing and maintenance systems in the heating conditioning and refrigeration field, which must include technical and financial details.
- Preparing technical reports related to the task and developing work methods using advanced technology.
- Ability to work within a team.
- Providing and using occupational safety toolsand healthy working conditions.
- Applying quality assurance and industrial safety procedures.
- Assisting in educational process by working as laboratory technician or assisting the engineer in teaching subjects related to the profession.
Environment of work
- The heating conditioning and refrigerationtechnician works for 8 hours daily except weekends and official holidays. He/she may have to work overtime even on holidays especially when there is installation or periodic or emergency maintenance works that requires long time.
- This profession requires special uniform.
- Require measures and electrical and mechanical tools to perform the tasks.
- He/she should have a commitment to the international specification standards for heating conditioning and refrigeration systems, installing the systems in the proper environment and works on assuring the performance quality
Professional life
- The heating conditioning and refrigeration technician can perform the work whether in the public or private sectors. The salary at the beginning when working for the public sector is about 20000 Syrian Pounds.
- The professional course of the heating conditioning and refrigeration technician develops by gaining administrative and practical experiences through employment progression as a workshop chief then to the larger circles and departments in managing projects as an expert which includes planning tasks for the execution stages and defining the execution priorities.
- For the top ranking graduates of the technical institutes, they can proceed to the faculty of the same profession.
- They can travel to make some maintenance or to give a practical expertise for the installation of some systems.
- He/she can work individually by establishing own facility specialized in maintaining heating conditioning and refrigerationsystems or by joining some tenders to offer turnkey projects in the field of heating conditioning and refrigeration.
Sectors of careers
The Heating Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician can perform tasks within the following professional sectors:- Private sector, i.e. his/her own workshop.
- Public and private sectors in all industrial establishments that deals with Heating Conditioning and Refrigeration (hotels, housing complexes …..)
The Heating Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician can continue higher education at department of power engineering at public universities (available for 3% top ranking students).
The Heating Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician can continue higher education at private universities according to the criteria set by the universities.
Getting the job
The profession can be achieved through admission to the technical institute for mechanic and electricity department of heating conditioning and refrigeration and after finishing the senior high school scientific section with a score suiting the requirement defined by the ministry of higher education, Student at this department study the following knowledge fields: preparation field includes foreign language, computer science that helps in modern research and communication, other professional knowledge fields in electricity and mechanics, and a supportive knowledge fields includes metrology, quality engineering, industrial and occupational safety. Skills
General Skills:- A heating conditioning and refrigerationtechnician:
- Works effectively within a multidisciplinary team, and knowledge of different working environment.
- Shows personal effective skills at the working environment in the sense of ability for inventing solutions and giving innovative ideas.
- Should has self and continuous learning to be up-to-date with fast technical development and the possibility to transfer the knowledge and skills in the field of heatingconditioning and refrigeration.
- Should be able to accomplish the required tasks on time and effectively managing the time according to priorities.
- Should be able to manage tasks and resources effectively and the ability of improvement.
- Should be able to evaluate employees and work to update their skills continuously.
Specific Skills:
- Knowledge in occupational health and safety and industrial safety.
- Knowledge in the manners of communication between the professional engineer and the craftsmen within the workshop and assisting the engineer in the practical issues.
- Knowledge in writing technical reports
- Knowledge in IT and foreign language.
- Knowledge in using tools and maintaining them.
- Knowledge in selecting team members.
Sources and references
- Internal Book of Technical Institutes, University of Aleppo, 2008.
- Arabic Classification of Professions, Arab Labor Organization, 2008.
- National Accreditation Reference standards, Ministry of Higher Education, Syria, 2012.