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Life size equipment to train the skills needed for the setting of system controls and safety devices .
Students partaking in training on semi hermetic compressors . training providers but we feel strongly about uplifting industry skills even at the very low level of small R290 systems .”
Since its opening , the training centre has been quite busy with SAQCC authorised gas practitioner training as well as other short courses on offer .
“ We continue to receive a lot of enquiries , so Industry is noticing us and this is great because our mission is to get industry more involved in training . We are specifically very pro natural refrigerants . Our complete R290 laboratory with six mini-cold rooms is an example of this . It is also the starting point of where the “ new apprentice ” will begin their basic
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The accredited Raetech Trade Test centre .
refrigeration training and complete a R290 course with practical experience on R290 systems . The laboratory is fitted with all the necessary safety equipment like sensors / alarm system and cross ventilation where we supply fresh air through the air conditioning system and extract on lower level . The emphasis is how to work safely with flammable refrigerants ,” Basson adds .
Part of the next phase for the training centre will be to install an operational low charge Ammonia plant on which training can be done . With the addition of the ammonia plant , Raetech will be able to offer handson training in all commercially used natural refrigerants . CLA
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The centre has been very busy with safe handling of refrigerants training since its opening in June this year .
The centre ’ s R290 lab enables students to gain practical experience on flammable refrigerant systems . There is of course emphasis on safety .
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