Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineering
Do you have an air conditioning engineering role to fill? Perhaps you’re interested in becoming a refrigeration engineer, and you’re curious to discover whether you have the relevant skills?
At COMCAT Recruitment, we’ve got a knowledgeable team ready to support you. Clients and candidates alike can benefit from our service that spreads across the UK, so you can find or advertise a career no matter where you’re based.
We’ll make life easy for you during every step of recruitment.
What Is A Refrigeration And Air Conditioning Engineer?
A refrigeration and air conditioning engineer installs, maintains and repairs cooling systems or ventilators. Engineers may be required to attend buildings or vehicles and likely encounter and support many different business types.
In the role, candidates will survey settings where cooling systems should be fitted, plan the layout of pipes, and complete the installation. Additionally, engineers need to conduct regular quality checks to ensure safe equipment. Fault finding and fixing errors fast is critical.
As a customer-facing role where engineers visit sites on behalf of their business, friendly and approachable nature is necessary. Refrigeration and air conditioning specialists may also take the time to advise customers on how to reduce their energy consumption.
A career in installing and repairing air conditioning equipment is fulfilling and often fundamental to the health of your customer, but it also poses challenges. Your working environment could be freezing, cramped and dusty, and you’ll be on the road often at potentially unsociable hours for emergency repairs.
What Qualifications Do Refrigeration And Air Conditioning Engineers Need?
- Customer service experience.
- A keen eye for detail.
- Exceptional capacity for problem-solving.
- A patient nature, rather than being prone to stress.
- Confidence when operating basic technology.
- Mathematical skills to calculate the size of system parts.
You can attain this role by completing a college course or an apprenticeship.
College courses that’ll qualify you are a level 2 diploma in either Access to Building Services Engineering or Installing and Maintaining Refrigeration Systems. Alternatively, you could complete a level 3 diploma in Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems, or a T Level in Building Services Engineering for Construction.
If you decide on an apprenticeship, you need to finish a building services engineering installer intermediate course. You could also choose a refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump engineering advanced apprenticeship.
How Will COMCAT Recruitment Help Me?
As an employer:
You needn’t source polite and professional air conditioning engineers on your own. At COMCAT Recruitment, we understand hiring engineers can be daunting, especially if they’re customer-facing.
Anyone who completes refrigeration and air conditioning maintenance on your behalf represents your business!
We host competency questionnaires that will indicate how knowledgeable applicants already are for your peace of mind.
We still encourage you to host personal hiring exams in-house to be sure of your decision, but you’re a step ahead with our support.
Job-Seekers:
We won’t advertise roles to you unless they’re an outstanding opportunity from a business we trust.
Additionally, we’ll clearly label the contract term any employer is seeking. You can’t accidentally walk into a short-term refrigeration engineering job without realising it.
Our team can advise extra courses you could take to increase your engineering value.
We’ll also offer you a competency questionnaire to prove your knowledge to any potential employer.
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