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180 AIRAH Professional development Enhance your skills As Australia’s pre-eminent provider of HVAC&R training and education, AIRAH encourages world’s best-practice within the industry, and has gained a reputation for developing the competency of practitioners at all levels. AIRAH offers a selection of training for individuals from technicians to engineers. Some courses are available for on-site delivery, while others are available online or face-to-face. AIRAH is also planning another full schedule of exciting, face-to-face, compliance-based courses in 2016. Look out for more updates in Ecolibrium and HVAC&R Nation as dates and course information become available. Graduate Training Program AIRAH’s new Graduate Training Program is a definitive postgraduate training course for entrants to the HVAC&R industry. It will provide graduate mechanical engineers with comprehensive, practical HVAC&R training in a building services environment. Air Conditioning 101 Smoke Control and Fire Dampers This one-day face-to-face course outlines how AS/NZS 1668.1 applies the principles of smoke control in multi-compartment buildings. Sustainable Building Operations An introduction to the basics of air conditioning and ventilation in commercial buildings – ideal for non-technical people employed in building services industries. Available online. Join Brian in his new role as a facility manager of an existing commercial building, and learn how to achieve energy and water efficiencies, sustainable operations, and a 5 star NABERS Energy rating. Available online. Ammonia Water Treatment Accredited and non-accredited training available. Designed for technicians new to the water industry and on-site facility managers, this course provides an introduction to water treatment theory as it applies to cooling towers and related equipment. Available via distance learning. • Operate Ammonia Refrigeration Plant: three days – newly revised • Ammonia Emergency Response: one day • Ammonia Safety Awareness: half-day • Energy Efficient Industrial Refrigeration: two days – newly revised To learn more about AIRAH’s 2016 training program, visit the “Professional Development” tab at www.airah.org.au