1- Description of the profession, the competencies required for the labor market and the required skills:
1- Description of the profession: (which the graduate will practice upon graduation from vocational education and training institutions)
The activities of professionals working in professions related to air conditioning and refrigeration are different and varied, as they include:
- Installing, calibrating, operating and maintaining air conditioning and refrigeration devices, as technicians install these devices in residential, commercial and industrial buildings according to engineering plans and site requirements, performing periodic maintenance and repairing various faults, and filling air conditioners with gas. Some technicians also work in the field of selling and marketing various types of these devices and their spare parts, as well as in air conditioning in vehicles and means of transportation.
- The profession includes the installation, equipment and maintenance of refrigeration systems from home and commercial refrigerators, factories and warehouses that deal with food materials and trucks that transport these materials and water coolers and freezers and air conditioning systems from window air conditioners and split and combined and central air conditioning in all types of residential and commercial facilities and public facilities such as hospitals and government buildings and others.
Professional workers in air conditioning and refrigeration professions deal with the instructions and instructions set by technicians or specialists or engineers, and follow engineering plans to determine the locations of central devices or motors and pumps as well as determine the paths of air ducts or refrigerant gas and mark these paths. And carry out some excavation work in walls and floors to extend the air network and sometimes install it suspended from the ceilings of rooms that are covered with artificial ceilings. And thermally and acoustically isolate all air paths, then install the main devices and transfer points and control switches and make the necessary electrical extensions to operate the air conditioning or refrigeration system. And carefully check all extensions to ensure their health and safety before operating the system.
The air conditioning and refrigeration technician requires a set of competencies, skills, knowledge and attitudes in order to be able to perform the tasks required for the profession. He needs:
- Manual skills in maintaining and repairing home, commercial and central refrigerators, including mechanical and electrical skills.
- The ability to add refrigerant gas when needed, and check the refrigerant flow channels in the correct ways to ensure that there are no gas leaks.
- And skill in installing and maintaining air conditioners of all types and shapes.
- The ability to extend networks for cooling and heating units for public facilities, and to carry out the necessary electrical extensions for air conditioning and refrigeration units.
- Read the maintenance manual issued by the manufacturer, and determine the methods and standards for inspection and adjustment of different devices.
- Use hand tools, electronic inspection devices and devices calculated according to the nature of the work required to be implemented.
- Knowledge of the theories of the profession, the principle of work, the systems, laws and calculations necessary for the profession.
- Follow the laws and instructions of occupational health and safety while performing their work.
- Accuracy in carrying out work, due to the major consequences that arise from the failure of air conditioning and refrigeration systems or undesirable changes in their performance.
- Read catalogs related to the profession.
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- Entrepreneurial and administrative skills that enable him to open his own project.

Possibility of starting:
As a professional assistant in refrigeration and air conditioning after graduation, and the period varies according to previous experience and the ability to develop, and then work
as a professional in refrigeration and air conditioning, and it is possible for his/her work to develop over time to become a
specialized technician in refrigeration and air conditioning with experience, and in medium and large workshops it is possible to develop to work
as a supervisor of workers, and many refrigeration and air conditioning technicians create
their own work. Income develops and multiplies according to development, gaining experience and demonstrating the ability to develop, and this is what distinguishes a graduate of a vocational education and training institution from someone who joins the labor market without a profession.
Income and employment are also linked to the general economic situation, but statistics showed a high ability for vocational graduates to find work or open their own business.
3-Qualification for the profession: (training locations, forms, admission requirements, and the possibility of completing education)
There are short courses on demand in these centers to develop the skills of workers in the profession and the unemployed or according to the target group.