Hey Alex! Quick one, I'm living in the US and working as a service tech in HVAC, mostly residential with some light commercial. There are little to no requirements for qualifications here, as long as someone in the company has a "Master HVAC" license. What are the requirements like in the UK??
As a minimum, you need your F-Gas (safe handling of refrigerants) this allows you to handle refrigerants legally. Most people will just have this and learn on the job. You do have options to do a 2-year college course for NVQ level 2 which is for simple refrigeration circuits and you can do an additional year for NVQ level 3 for complex refrigerant circuits. You can then do an HND or an HNC which is more university-level.
Hey Alex! Quick one, I'm living in the US and working as a service tech in HVAC, mostly residential with some light commercial. There are little to no requirements for qualifications here, as long as someone in the company has a "Master HVAC" license. What are the requirements like in the UK??
As a minimum, you need your F-Gas (safe handling of refrigerants) this allows you to handle refrigerants legally.
Most people will just have this and learn on the job.
You do have options to do a 2-year college course for NVQ level 2 which is for simple refrigeration circuits and you can do an additional year for NVQ level 3 for complex refrigerant circuits.
You can then do an HND or an HNC which is more university-level.