Fayetteville Technical Community College - Technikos Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY John H. Atkins Lillington, N. C. John F, Austin Elizabethtown, N. C. Terry L. Dunford Southport, N. C. President's List Robert S. Gray Fayetteville, N. C. Dana E. Ratcliffe Great Mills, Md. Cecil W. Stephenson Coats, N.C. Kenneth W. Darrock John W. Dawson, Jr. Edward M. Hayes Ara C. Jackson Edward T. Moore Charles C, Palmer Larry F. Watkins 28

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Air Conditioning Technicians are required to design, install, and maintain the complex systems of compressors, ducts, condensers, piping, motors, fans, and controls required to treat or control temperature, moisture, circulation, and purity of indoor air. Most of these systems are used to make living conditions indoors more comfortable and healthful, or to provide more favorable conditions for the production and storage of a great variety of goods and materials. The Air Conditioning Technology Curriculum is designed to prepare students to enter a number of specialized areas of work in this field such as design, manufacture, sales, engineering, installation, or maintenance of the complete systems or any of their components. A great variety of technical skills are required by these technicians, and a good knowledge of mathematics, science, and the various communicative skills are the most important prerequisites for students who enter this curriculum. The chemistry of refrigerants, the electrical principles of controls, the physics of pressure, temperature, and humidity control mechanisms, and the mathematics of calculating heat loads, exhaust systems, duct work, and pump pressures or capacities are all in the days' work for the Air Conditioning Technician. When he graduates from the Air Conditioning Technology Curriculum he has a thorough knowledge of the theory and fundamentals of refrigeration, heating, air conditioning and purification plus a practical understanding of many complex systems. AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY 27

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Air Conditioning Mechanics are in great demand to install, and maintain the year-round air conditioning systems used in practically all new building construction. Many new industrial processes use complex temperature and humidity control systems to produce modern complex materials and goods such as the plastics industry. The air conditioning mechanic in such industries is required to install, maintain, and repair refrigeration equipment of all types used in refrigeration systems for conditioning air and cooling industrial buildings. He calculates heat loads, installs compressors, condensers, motors, and other units of refrigeration equipment, and all types of gauges and controls for such systems. In maintenance work he may have to diagnose trouble and repair or overhaul pumps, compressors, and various electrical or pressure control systems. Many complex piping, duct, and wiring systems interconnect the various component parts of a complete system. The Air Conditioning Mechanic must be familiar with all of the various systems used in food stores for the storage and display of products, and must be able to install, repair and maintain large systems used in theaters, department stores, and manufacturing plants. The Air Conditioning Mechanics Curriculum is designed to prepare a graduate to enter the field in the in- stallation, repair and maintenance areas of this field. The technical skills and manipulative skills of the air conditioning mechanic require a solid foundation in science, mathematics, and the communicative skills, Graduates of this curriculum find good jobs and progress rapidly to supervisory positions. AlIR CONDITIONING MECHANICS 29