Transport Refrigeration Technician

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install and overhaul heating systems
• Install equipment in refrigerated trucks used to transport food or medical supplies
• Install refrigeration systems
• Install ventilation, air handling and air conditioning systems
• Maintain and repair equipment in refrigerated trucks
• Measure and lay out reference points for installation
• Troubleshoot heating systems
• Assemble and install refrigeration or air conditioning components
• Measure, cut and connect piping using welding and brazing equipment
• Perform maintenance such as, recharging system with refrigerant, checking and testing regulators or calibrating system
• Handle, recover and store refrigerants
• Repair and replace parts and components for entire refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation or heat pump systems