HVACR
In our Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR) program, you’ll learn how to install, maintain, and repair heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. You’ll gain hands-on experience with system components, electrical circuits, troubleshooting techniques, and safety protocols. This program prepares you to work in residential, commercial, and industrial settings, ensuring systems run efficiently and safely.
Our HVACR program includes:
- HVACR (AAS)
- HVACR (CC)
HVACR is a specialized field focused on the installation, maintenance, and repair of climate control systems. These systems are essential in keeping indoor environments comfortable and safe. HVACR professionals work with a wide range of equipment, including air conditioners, furnaces, refrigeration units, and ventilation systems. You’ll learn to troubleshoot, repair, and optimize these systems in residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
Choosing HVACR as a profession offers a promising career with high demand for skilled technicians. With the growing need for energy-efficient systems and climate control solutions, HVACR professionals are essential to industries like construction, healthcare, and hospitality. The field offers job stability, competitive wages, and the opportunity for career growth and specialization.
- High demand for HVACR professionals across industries
- Competitive salary It’s a trade that is essential and can’t be outsourced or replaced by automation, providing job security
- Opportunities for career advancement and specialization
- Hands-on, in-demand skills that are transferable across various industries
HVACR offers a rewarding career that combines technical skills, job security, and the chance to contribute to essential systems that impact daily life.
What’s distinctive about our HVACR program?
- Our HVACR program teaches industry-current technology.
- Faculty members have years of on-the-ground experience in the industry.
- Your hands-on learning experiences will begin on Day One.
- Our lab was custom-designed and built to meet current standards.
HVACR Program Details
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About HVACR at Kirtland
Eric Fradette
HVACR Program Director/Instructor
It is truly fulfilling to be able to contribute to the education of people learning the skills needed to pursue the tremendous opportunity this profession has to offer.
Students studying HVACR at Kirtland Community College have access to an incredibly authentic curriculum centered around real application of theory and skills essential to excel in this industry.
Students can expect to attain the abilities most sought after by employers by applying knowledge learned in the classroom to real world troubleshooting experiences with modern HVACR equipment in our growing labs.
