Job Description:

• 1) Plans requirements for fabricating, installing, testing, and servicing climate control and heat transfer assemblies and systems to assist engineering personnel, utilizing knowledge of heat transfer technology and engineering methods: Calculates required capacities for equipment units of proposed system to obtain specified performance and submits data to engineering personnel for approval.

• 2) Studies supplier catalogs and technical data to recommend equipment unit selections for system.

• 3) Prepares unit design layouts and detail drawings for fabricating parts and assembling system.

• 4) Estimates cost factors, such as labor and material for purchased and fabricated parts, and costs for assembling, testing and installing in customer's premises.

• 5) Fabricates nonstandard parts for system, using metalworking machinery and assembles system, using handtools and power tools.

• 6) Installs test fixtures, apparatus, and controls and conducts operational tests under specified conditions.

• 7) Analyzes test data and prepares report for evaluation by engineering personnel.

• 8) Installs system in customer premises and tests operational performance for compliance with contract specifications and applicable codes.

• 9) Diagnoses special service problems of systems under service contract and writes instructions for service or repair personnel.

• 10) May be designated according to specialty as Air-Conditioning Technician; Heating Technician; Refrigerating Technician.