Craft HVAC

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent and HVAC journeyman's card or six (6) years’ experience in industrial/manufacturing HVAC.

Skills Requirements

• Mathematics - add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers and common fractions.
• Language - read and interpret the following documents: safety policies, follow all operating and maintenance procedures, follow all emergency procedures and various manuals, write routine reports and correspondence, and use communication skills with coworkers.
• Reasoning ability - ability to apply common sense and understanding; ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions; and the ability to interact with coworkers through communications and acceptance of expectations and accountability.
• Communication skills.
• Experience working within an industrial maintenance, specifically manufacturing, environment.

Essential Experience Required

• Strong working knowledge of job site safety as well as ability to complete a company specific safety orientation;
• Solid knowledge and understanding of system operation, building plans and working drawings;
• Hold an HVAC Journeyperson’s card or 6 years of experience as HVAC Technician;
• Experience working with equipment such as: boom lifts, scissor lifts, and forklifts.
• Knowledge of the use and care of tools, safety practices, blueprint reading as well as mathematics, mechanical drawings, electricity, applied physics, and air-conditioning and refrigeration theory.
• Knowledge of installation, maintenance and repair of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
• A comprehensive understanding of boilers, burners, pumps, chillers, HVAC and other related equipment
• Must have color vision, be able to spend hours on feet, bending, lifting and other motor skills.
• Analytical ability required in order to detect, diagnose and repair defective or faulty heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment.
• Must determine appropriate methods and proper sequence of work as well as tools, equipment and materials required.
• Ability to stand and walk for up to seventy-five percent of work time.
• Must have a complete knowledge of piping systems, air, medical gas, water, fire protection, steam and all other utilities and their bypass systems

Essential Job Functions

• While working from within work orders, verbal instructions, complex blueprints, schematics and plans and sketches, the HVAC specialist will layout, plan, install, inspect, test, PM and repair a wide variety of complicated systems, equipment and circuits.
• Designs, adapts and/or fabricates and assembles apparatuses and equipment; adapt equipment for special applications and requirements; determine proper sizing and selections of materials and equipment.
• Installs and/or repairs refrigeration and associated equipment such as: air conditioning systems, water coolers and refrigeration units.
• Installs, maintains, balances and/or repairs building heating furnaces, comfort boilers, gas fired space heaters, comfort water heaters and controls for all such equipment.
• Operates various material handling equipment such as floor controlled or overhead cranes, prime movers or work savers to perform work pertaining to the craft; may occasionally operate a fork truck or man lift in performing work related to the craft.
• Assists, directs and trains apprentices in the HVAC craft.
• Maintains records and follows recordkeeping processes.