Basic Automotive Air Conditioning

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Unit Standards

116703 & 116708 Entry Requirements: ABET Level 4 (Read/Write)

Objectives

Anyone interested to start working on automotive air cons as well as following industries:Auto Industries / Car Manufacturers (B) Mining as well as their sub-contractors, Panel Beaters, Insurance Industry Assessor, Fitment Centre’s.

Outcomes

On completion of this course the student will be able to: A) Be competent to use basic tools and procedures applicable to automotive air-conditioning. B) Understand principles of refrigeration, heat and unit used to express heat, specific heat, methods of heat transfer, latent and sensible heat, heat of compression, thermometers and their scales, atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure, absolute pressure, effect of pressure on boiling point of liquid, mechanical refrigeration cycle.C) Leak testing apply leak testing methods. D) Components–identify and explain automotive components and their function thereof. Ie. Compressor / condenser / evaporation / receiver drier / accumulator / orifice tube / expansion valve.

Duration

5 days, Monday to Friday, from 08h30 to 15h00.

Dates

23 Jan – 27 Jan 2012 20 Feb -24 Feb 2012 2 Apr – 5 Apr 2012 21 May – 25 May 2012 18 Jun -22 Jun 2012 23 Jul – 27 Jul 2012 20 Aug – 24 Aug 2012 17 Sep – 21 Sep 2012 22 Oct – 26 Oct 2012 26 Nov – 30 Nov 2012