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Automotive Air Conditioning and Climate Control Diagnosis and Repair

Course Code: ACCC
  • Level: 3
  • Qualification: Award
  • Course type: Short course
  • Duration: Three days
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9.00am - 4.30pm

What's it all about?

Are you an experienced automotive technician? This IMIAL qualification in automotive air conditioning and climate control offers you the opportunity to develop new skills and enhance existing ones. The qualification provides the essential knowledge and skills required by technicians who wish to expand their breadth of knowledge of Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC) systems.

Course information

You will work towards carrying out routine servicing and maintenance on air conditioning systems, and/or the diagnosis and repair of air conditioning and climate control systems.

The selection criteria for entry onto these qualifications should take into account each applicant’s existing academic/vocational qualifications and experience. For example, you could have a level 2 NVQ/VCQ (or real work experience to this level) in the maintenance and repair of light or heavy vehicles, or bus and/or coaches or agricultural and/or plant vehicles.

Qualifications are assessed through a combination of online testing plus oral and/or practical assessment(s). Assessments vary depending on the level and learning route taken.

Air conditioning and climate control qualifications are suited to individuals looking for a career in the automotive industry and those already employed as technicians.Importantly, this qualification is approved by DEFRA for MAC technicians (working with cars and car derived vans) who handle F-Gas. Therefore on the completion of this qualification, technicians will hold a valid certificate (attestation) to legally recover F-Gas.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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