Advanced Air Conditioning and Heating Certificate (AACH) HVAC/R
(CIP Code 470201)
22 Semester HoursGraduates of the Basic Air Conditioning and Heating Certificate program may enroll in the Advanced Air Conditioning and Heating Certificate to further develop their skills. The advanced program includes both theory and practical work in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning principles, calculations, the study of electrical components and programmable controls.
Students must successfully complete the Basic Air Conditioning and Heating Certificate or have departmental approval prior to being admitted into the Advanced Air Conditioning and Heating Certificate.
This program is available during the day and evening classes. However, a different course sequence and additional time may be required of students who attend only at night.
The Advanced Air Conditioning and Heating program is accredited by HVAC/Excellence.
Developmental Courses
This program of study requires that developmental courses must be completed prior to graduation. These developmental courses may or may not be prerequisites to courses required in the program. Developmental courses are determined by placement tests taken at the time of admission into the college. The developmental courses are MAT 013 and RWR 032. These courses do not count for credit in any program of study.
courses required to complete this program
Following is a list of courses required to complete this program. Since some courses are offered once a year, courses should be taken in the following sequence in order to complete the program in a timely manner:
FALL SEMESTERCreditLabClass
ACR 111 Gas Heating Principles 361
ACR 160 Service Customer Relations 303
ACR 206 Advanced Electricity for HVAC/R 231
895Total
SPRING SEMESTERCreditLabClass
ACR 131 Commercial Refrigeration 433
ACR 225 Industrial Air Conditioning 332
765Total
SUMMER SEMESTERCreditLabClass
ACR 201 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 332
ACR 220 Advanced Air Conditioning 433
765Total
222115Program Total
This program is aligned with the following career cluster: Architecture and Construction
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Program Contact
- Email: watkinscc@cctech.edu
- Office: M430
- Phone: (803) 778-7886
- Fax: (803) 778-7848
- Extension: 486