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 Two Technician Types
Installation- recommend at least one year experience - If you have less experience, you should have taken and passed the Industry Competency Exam
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Service- recommend at least two years experience
Service Technicians are automatically certjfied as Installation Technicians as well
Specialties Available
• Air Conditioning • Air Distribution • Gas Heating
• Heat Pumps • Oil Heating • Hydronic
If you take and pass the Heat Pump Specialty, you also earn your Air Conditioning certification
Exam Structure
To earn certification, each candidate must take and pass a Core exam AND at least one Specialty exam of their choice. Additional certifications may then be earned by taking and passing additional Specialty exams.
Core Exam—50 questions
Covers Safety, Tools, Soft Skills, Principles of Heat Transfer and Total Comfort, and Electrical
Passing grade is 70 percent correct of all questions
Specialty Exams— 100 questions
Covers Installation, Service, System Components, Applied Knowledge, Regulations, Codes, andDesign
Passing grade is 70 percent correct of all questions
Each exam session lasts a maximum of four hours. Most candidates should be able to take the Core exam and one Specialty exam in that time frame.
To obtain additional information, contact
North American Technician Excellence, Inc.
4100 North Fairfax Drive, 210
Arlington, VA 22203
(877) 420-NATE tollfree
(703) 276-7247 phone
(703) 527-2316 fax
http://www.natex.org
To schedule a testing session, please contact
Air Conditioning Contractors of Ohio
18961 River's Edge Drive, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
1-800-353-ACCO
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