SACRAMENTO SEMINARS FALL 2008

1513 Sports Drive, Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95834



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Blood Borne Pathogens

Centrifugal Chillers

Conduit Bending Skills, Basic

Electricity and Motor Controls, Basic

Fire Detection and Alarm Systems

Hands-On Refrigeration Labs

R-410 Safety Training

Schematic Reading, Basic

Schematic Reading, Intermediate

Schematic Reading, Advanced

Understanding Airflow for DDC Systems

Understanding PLC's (Programmable Logic Controls)

Understanding of Pneumatics

Wiring and Schematics



BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS NEW


1 Session, 1 Hour Total. This seminar satisfies occupational requirements for handling potentially infectious materials as mandated by Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030. The course includes specific bloodborne pathogen information, transmission pathogens, exposure control plans, controlling occupational risk, PPE and HazCom. A one year course completion card will be issued upon course completion (1 hour).

F08SA693A, 08/20/08, 10:00am-11:30am, NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AL Revison code #80226


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CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS
2 Sessions, 8 Hours Per Session, 16 Hours Total. This is a two-day program designed to provide detailed information about Centrifugal Chillers and their place in the air conditioning community. Workshops break the chillers into sections, with a complete understanding of each component. The instructor will cover chiller operation to include lift, approach, temperature and pressure relationships and heat exchange mediums, cooling demand, controls and adjustments. The program involves a detailed understanding of chiller logs and the identification of problems. The student will gain an understanding of proper PM and inspections required to monitor and maintain system efficiency and safety, such as water treatment, cooling towers, refrigerants and mechanical rooms.


F08SA912A, 08/28/08, 8:00am-4:30am, NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AL Revison code #80241


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CONDUIT BENDING SKILLS, BASIC NEW

1 Session, 6 Hours Total. This 6-hour course is designed to instruct a beginner to bend and install electrical metallic tubing (EMT). Students will learn how to make 90 and 45 degree bends, offsets at 10, 20, 30, and 45 degrees, and how to install EMT following the electrical code. The seminar also includes a book about conduit bending for future reference.

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ELECTRICITY AND MOTOR CONTROLS, BASIC NEW
1 Session, 6 Hours Total. This 8-hour seminar is designed to teach beginners how to understand basic electricity, read and understand circuits, troubleshoot, and read ladder diagrams. With hands-on applications, students will elarn to use a digital meter to troubleshoot. Students will also learn the purposes and everyday uses of motor controls, and better understand how to apply Ohm' Law to basic circuitry.


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FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEMS NEW
1 Session, 8 Hours Total. This class will instruct the student on basic fire alarm systems, fire detection principles and types of detectors and their application. Conventional and analog addressable systems will be examined and compared. Circuit classifications will be explained and compared. An overview of NFPA, NEC and the IBC codes will be reviewed. Systems Inspection and Maintenance will be covered. This seminar will be facilitated by an industry professional from Hochiki America Corp.


F08SA623A, 09/09/08, 8:00am-4:30am, NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AL Revison code #80241

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HANDS-ON REFRIGERTION LABS
3 Sessions, 7 Hours per Session, 21 Hours Total. This seminar was designed to help students enhance their knowledge of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The students will learn the operations, systems evacuation, charging, cycling, an specific controls and parameters of HVAC units through hands-on lab projects. This seminar will also cover basic troubleshooting. Attendees must furnish their own safety goggles. Safety goggles available for sale at the San Francisco Training Center. Class size is limited to no more than 12 students for quality instruction, so register early.


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R-410 SAFETY TRAINING
1 Sessions, 3 Hours Total. This training class looks not only at the refrigerant, but at the working of the system using the R-410A. This is a major replacement for R-22. Students will compare the operating characteristics of R-410A versus R-22 in the refrigerant cycle, as well as proper service procedures will be discussed. Students will examine the safety issues of using R-410A and develop the mindset needed to obtain certification.


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SCHEMATIC READING, BASIC NEW

1 Sessions, 8 Hours Total. This one-day program explores the different types of schematics that technicians see in the work environment. Students will learn how to read a ladder diagram, become familiarized with various ysmbols, and learn how to use a meter to check components prior to being wired into the sytem. This program will also cover different motor control schematics, and the Hopscotch and Tiedown methods of troubleshooting.


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SCHEMATIC READING, INTERMEDIATE NEW
2-Weeks, 8 Hours Per Session, 16 Hours Total. This two-day program is a continuation of Basic Schematic Reading. Students will review how to read a ladder diagram, and basic troubleshooting techniques with a meter before learning the proper use of an infrared scan and the difference between an RMS meter and an average meter. The second day of this seminar is hands-on intensive with basic motor troubleshooting.


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SCHEMATIC READING, ADVANCED NEW
1 Sessions, 8 Hours Total. This one-day program is a continuation of the topics desicussed in Basic Schematic Reading and Intermediate Schematic Reading. Students will be instructed about a Variable Frequency Drives' hardware, focusing on the similarities and differences between analog and digital input and output. Students will learn how to change a VFD's parameters, as well as basic troubleshooting of the problems that can occur in a VDF.

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UNDERSTANDING AIRFLOW FOR DDC SYSTEMS NEW
1 Session, 3 Hours Total. Each student will receive a 0-2 inch analog magnehelic gauge with a kit and carrying case. Students will be instructed on external static pressure of an air conditioner, as well as how to measure it properly. Topics of discussion will include the conditions that change static pressure and how to use static pressure to troubleshoot your systems. In addition, basic air balancing techniques will be reviewed. Class size is limited to no more than 15 students for quality instruction, so register early!


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UNDERSTANDING PLC'S (PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLS) NEW
1 Session, 8 Hours Total. This 8-hour course is designed to instruct students with minimal knowledge of basic electricity and motor controls how to understand, troubleshoot, and write basic Programmable Logic Controller programs. Students will learn the purposes of PLCs and how they function, as well as how to convert a basic ladder logic circuit to a PLC program. The seminar includes a PLC lab workbook for reference.


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UNDERSTANDING OF PNEUMATICS NEW
1 Session, 8 Hours Total. This one-day workshop explores the fundamentals of pneumatic controls. Students will learn about the three-point loop in the pneumatic form, and how to build a pneumatic system with components that will feed a building with air power. The program will also cover characteristics of pneumatics, such as normally open vs. normally closed and direct acting vs. reverse acting, and pneumatic schematics. This seminar will be facilitated by an industry professional from the Warthan Group. Class size is limited to no more than 15 students for quality instruction, so register early! Back to Top


WIRING AND SCHEMATICS RETURNING
1 Session, 8 Hours Total. This one day program covers the basics to schematics and wiring diagrams and builds the techniques to deal with any diagram. Separate blankets from ladders. Create the listing of the most common symbols on HVAC diagrams that support HVAC operations. Discover the ANSI wiring system and how it applies to today's systems. Look at and compare some sample diagrams once you have established the universal step-by-step technique. Finally, look at troubleshooting techniques used on diagrams in HVAC.

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