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Where a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Refrigeration air condition and heat pump technicians have the competence and ability to safely and satisfactory perform design, pre-assembling, installation, putting into operation, commissioning, operating, in-service inspection, leakage checking, general maintenance, circuit maintenance, decommissioning, removing, reclaiming, recycling refrigerant and dismantling of refrigeration, air condition and heat pump systems, equipment or appliance, and to work with electrical, electrotechnical and electronical components of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems.

Also known as refrigeration mechanic, refrigeration service technician, heat pump service technician, heat pump technician, air conditioning technician, heat pump installation technician, refrigeration installation technician, air conditioning installation technician, air conditioning service technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 61 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: heating and ventilation service installer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
heating and ventilation servi… 76% covered agricultural machinery techni… 70% covered forge equipment technician 67% covered moulding machine technician 66% covered pneumatic systems technician 64% covered refrigeration air conditi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician needs 40 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • handle refrigerant transfer pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install air conditioning device constructing
  • maintain air conditioning systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install heat pump constructing
  • install refrigeration equipment constructing
  • perform refrigerant leak checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install ventilation equipment constructing
  • install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts constructing
  • refrigerants engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.