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The HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) and Plumbing Technology program has been designed around a business/industry and national skill standards model. This program uses project-based methods and national performance standards to instruct and evaluate students in a variety of careers in the mechanical and building maintenance industries. Students receive a highly technical instructional program that prepares them for an entry-level technician position using their academic and technical knowledge and skills to install, service and maintain heating, air conditioning, and plumbing systems. Instruction includes daily theory and hands-on application of basic principles of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing systems; Installation of rough-in plumbing system in frame construction and installation on rough-in plumbing system in ground; installation of residential plumbing fixtures, garbage disposals, kitchen and bath faucets, hot water heaters, gas fuel piping; installation of residential cooling systems; installation of residential heating systems; installation of refrigeration systems; blueprint reading; drain cleaning methods; HVAC trouble shooting methods and component replacement. Instruction also includes the use of ICC 2009 code books for plumbing, mechanical, and fuel/flue gas piping, basic hand tools, power tools and power equipment, refrigerant recovery equipment, manifold gauges, digital multi-meters and testing equipment.

Clustered learning experiences are offered in collaboration with the Construction Carpentry, Drafting and Design, Electrical and Network Cabling, and Practical Environmental Landscaping pathways as part of the Architecture & Construction career cluster. All first year students in this program will study plumbing. During the second year of the program, students will focus their studies by selecting either the HVAC pathway or the Plumbing pathway.

Students should expect a challenging learning environment both mentally and physically. Students with a high level of math and mechanical science skills will be well prepared for this technical curriculum.

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