NATE CORE
Certification Exam and 2-Day Prep Course
Scope:
Tests a candidate's general knowledge, construction knowledge, and
HVACR specific knowledge in the areas of safety, tools, soft skills, heat
transfer, comfort, and electrical.
Qualifications:
This is a test for TECHNICIANS in the HVACR industry. The test is
designed for top level service technicians. This test
is a
requirement for NATE certification.
Date:
Tuesday and Wednesday,
February 21 & 22, 2012
Tuition: $395.00 /
Student (including NATE Exam on Day 2
and Exam Fee)
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Location: The
Trane Company
4000
Business Park Drive, Suite 105
Raleigh, NC 27610
(919) 833-0030
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The
Trane Company
4000
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Dual-Fuel System Commissioning Agenda
Session #1:
Equipment Installation Requirements 8:30
am – 10:30 am
Removing existing equipment and assessing sub-systems suitability for
reuse
Required Code upgrades for new installations
Manufacturers installation instructions
Electrical, controls, refrigerant piping, drains, venting system, gas
lines & safeties
Session #2:
Performance Driven Installation Requirements 10:30 am –
12:00 noon
Duct
connections and fitting geometry
Combustion Air requirements
Venting, vent sizes and vent connections
Refrigerant piping and preparation for reuse with R-410A
Leak
testing procedures refrigerant and fuel gas
Evacuation requirements refrigerant and gas line purging
Lunch: 12:00 noon – 12:45 pm
Session #3:
Basic
Air Flow Measurements and Capacity Testing: 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
The
temperature rise method
The ESP
method
Confirming capacity on vapor compression cycle
Confirming capacity on and operation on gas heat cycle
Confirming capacity on comfort cooling systems
Session
#4: Balancing, Adjusting and Documentation Forms 2:45 pm –
4:30 pm
Room
airflows and the room-by-room load
Total
C.F.M.
Refrigerant side measurements and adjustments
Air
side measurements and adjustments
Setting
and testing gas furnace and heating changeover controls
Documentation - Energy Star 3.0
Date:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuition: $149.00 / Student
Location:
The
Trane Company
4000
Business Park Drive, Suite 105
Raleigh, NC 27610
(919) 833-0030
Heat Pump System Commissioning Agenda
Session #1:
Equipment Installation Requirements
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Removing existing equipment and assessing sub-systems suitability for
reuse
Required Code upgrades for new installations
Manufacturers installation instructions
Electrical, controls, refrigerant piping, drains and safeties
Session #2:
Performance Driven Installation Requirements 10:30
am – 12:00 noon
Duct
connections and fitting geometry
Refrigerant piping and preparation for reuse with R-410A
Leak
testing procedures
Evacuation requirements in manufacturers data
Lunch: 12:00 noon – 12:45 pm
Session #3:
Basic
Air Flow Measurements and Capacity Testing: 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
The
temperature rise method
The ESP
method
Confirming capacity on vapor compression cycle
Confirming capacity on electric resistance heat cycle
Confirming capacity on comfort cooling systems
Session #4:
Balancing, Adjusting and Documentation Forms
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Room
airflows and the room-by-room load
Total
C.F.M.
Refrigerant side measurements and adjustments
Air
side measurements and adjustments
Documentation -
Energy Star 3.0
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Date:
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuition: $149.00 / Student
Location:
The Trane Company
6738 Netherlands Drive
Wilmington, NC
28405
Phone: (910) 792-0339
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Duct System Analysis and Design For Replacement
Systems
Agenda
Session #1: Understanding Duct Design Requirements
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Blower
performance
Pressure drop in fittings
Pressure drop in equipment and accessories
Analyzing the quality of the existing duct system for continued use
Session #2: Room Air Distribution 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Reading
a room-by-room load for duct design purposes
Selecting diffusers based on throw and spread
Grouping room loads for zoning
Sizing
practices for room branch ducts and zoning
Lunch: 12:00 noon – 12:45 pm
Session #3: Duct Fittings and Equipment Connections: 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Manual
– D fitting losses
Compliant duct systems and applications
Supply
air trunk duct design
Return
air trunk duct design
Air
capacity of building cavities and return air terminals
Session #4: Duct Design Methods and Air Balancing 2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Equal
Friction Method
Constant Velocity Method
Dynamic
Duct Systems / Bypass VAV
Application of dampers and other accessories
Testing
and Balancing
Date:
Tuition: $149.00 / Student
Location:
The
Trane Company, 4000 Business Park Drive, Suite 105,
Raleigh, NC 27610
Gas
Systems Installation and the 2012 NC Fuel Gas Code
Course
Agenda
Session #1: Equipment Installation Requirements
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Chapter-3 2012 NC Fuel Gas Code General Installation Regulations
Understanding clearances to combustibles
Manufacturers data and Code regulations
Access and service space
Session #2: Combustion air requirements
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Combustion air basics
Acceptable sources of combustion air
All air
from inside the structure
All air
from outside the structure
Sizing
openings per the 2012 North Carolina Fuel Gas Code
Lunch:
12:00 noon – 12:45 pm
Session #3: Gas pipe sizing
12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Longest
length method
Analyzing an existing piping networks capacity
Sizing
pipe based on the 2012 NC Fuel Gas Code Tables
Sizing
elevated pressure networks
Leak
testing and purging requirements
Session #4: venting and vent connectors
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Testing
flue draft and pressures in combustion appliance zone
Using
manufacturers vent instructions
Venting
Category I appliances
Venting
Category IV appliances
Testing vents for leakage and positive flow
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Date:
Tuition: $149.00 / Student
Location:
The Trane Company, 4000 Business Park Dr, Suite 105,
Raleigh, NC 27610 |
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