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Professional Air Conditioning Program Schedule
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Professional Air Conditioning Program Schedule
ACC1 Technician Customer Service
For service and installation technicians
Date: January 28, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Designed with the technician in mind, this seminar will help prepare the technician for realworld issues that happen in the HVAC industry. Gain a deeper understanding of the customer’sexpectations. Learn the common pitfalls we face and how to handle them.

ACC2 System Charging and Troubleshooting
For service and installation technicians
Date: February 9, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Starting with a brief overview of refrigerant properties, Saturation Point, Enthalpy, Sub cooland Super heat. Proper dehydration practices and leak testing. Learn to use sub cooling,superheat for charging and diagnostics. Improve diagnostic skills and system reliability. Gainan insight into metering device strategy and how selection affects the system performanceand reliability.

ACC3 Manual N Load Calculation (two 4 hour classes)
Credits: 8 Continuing Education CreditsNote: To receive the NATE 8hr credit participants must attendboth sessions. There is not a partial 4hr credit.
Part One - For service, installation technicians & estimator/principal
Date: February 16, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
This seminar is an overview of the fundamentals of the ACCA Manual N light commercialload calculation methodology. A practical discussion of common issues associated with lightcommercial applications.

Part Two - For estimator/principal
Date: February 18, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Building on material covered in part one, participants will do short form paper load calculations ona typical light commercial application as well as look at how the type of business can vastly alterthe load requirements. This session is hands on and fast paced.

ACC5 Fundamentals of Gas Heating
For service and installation technicians
Date: February 23, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Brief review of combustion fundamentals. Proper methods for safe and reliable operation,measuring and adjust gas pressures. The pressure switches and their role in operation.How to measure the pressure in the combustion chamber. Various types of furnace ignitionand trouble shooting.

ACC6 Heat Pump Service
For service and installation technicians
Date: February 25, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Included in this seminar are a review of heat pump components and their function. Commondefrost controls and their servicing. With an overview of heat pump information from othermarkets that is often covered in the NATE heat pump exam.

ACC7 System Piping Design (two 4hr sessions)
For service and installation technicians
Part One - For service and installation technicians
Date: March 2, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150

Part Two - For service and installation technicians
Date: March 3, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
This seminar covers both refrigerant piping design & installation and also drain line design andinstallation. Learn how to strike a balance between capacity loss and oil return when designingrefrigerant systems. Both R-22 and R-410A system piping is covered. The material covers thecommon mistakes made with drain lines and why some drain lines don’t drain and why a drain linethat worked for so many years and now it won’t.

ACC8 Advanced System Diagnostics
For service and installation technicians
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
This seminar is designed to bring all the various components and the structure into playand how each affects the other. Learn how temperature, humidity and run cycle affectyour customer’s comfort and operating cost. How system operation is only one part of thecomfort equation. Useful tools in diagnosing system or structure issues.

ACC9 Light Commercial Fan Set up & Service
For service and installation technicians
Date: March 16, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
This seminar covers the set up & start up of belt driven blowers found in light commercialequipment & useful airflow diagnostic techniques for troubleshooting airflow issues.

ACC10 Economizer Set Up and Service
For service and installation technicians
Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Credits: 4 Continuing Education Credits
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Economizers are generally not well understood and yet widely used in light commercialapplications. Learn how to properly set up and check out most common economizers andhow to troubleshoot many common failures.

ACC11 Manual D - Duct Design (two 4hr classes)
Credits: 8 Continuing Education Credits
Note: To receive the NATE 8hr credit participants must attend bothsessions. There is not a partial 4hr credit.
Part One - For service, installation technicians & estimator/principal
Date: March 30, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
This session is an overview of duct sizing practices and applications. The discussion coverscommon mistakes in duct sizing and their effects on the system.

Part Two - For the estimator/principal
Date: March 31, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150
Learn the time proven and industry standard methods of duct design, Manual D. Alsoincluded are helpful quick charts to aid in quickly and accurately design a duct system. Theseminar looks at all the components of the duct system and the important role of registersizing and selection.

ACC12 APS Solutions for Business
For the estimator/principal
Date: April 8, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: Member - $75.00 Nonmember - $150


**Member price reflects the APS 50% CO-OP participation.