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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration:
voice: 956.364.4631
fax: 956.364.5201 toll-free: 800.852.8784 Department Chair:
Mailing Address: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
TSTC Harlingen 1902 North Loop 499 Harlingen,T X 78550 Location: The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration office is located in Building Systems Technology Building.
Office Hours: M - F: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat., Sun.: Closed Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology
Graduates from the Texas State Technical College Harlingen ACT program have excellent mechanical and electrical skills used to install, repair and troubleshoot air-conditioning systems and their components. They are able to use electrical meters, refrigerant recovery units, oxygen/acetylene equipment, manometers, air flow meters, temperature recorders and psychrometric charts for heating and cooling applications.
Graduates work with service contractors, industrial plants, retirement centers, hospitals, motels, telephone companies or become self-employed. The prerequisite for the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program is a high school diploma or GED. Proficiency in high school math and physics is helpful to prepare you for the program.
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Air conditioning and refrigeration technicians are always in demand, and are even becoming more so with the number of residential, commercial and industrial buildings increasing.
The TSTC program trains its technicians to communicate with HVAC engineers in solving technical and mechanical problems encountered in the field, and use and record technical information using the special instruments mentioned before. Students may choose to earn a one year mechanic certificate, a one-and-a-half year technician certificate or a one-and-a-half year associate of applied science degree.