Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
- Assess refrigeration system operation
- Access and interpret all relevant informationto commencement of work on the refrigeration system
- Undertake checks on the refrigeration system, including appropriate basic electrical safety checks in accordance with relevant codes and regulations
- Develop appropriate operating procedures, as required
- Determine and record pressures and temperatures
- Isolate faults to component level and determine appropriate corrective action
- Check the refrigeration system for leaks and any contamination
- Recover refrigerant and evacuate system
- Evacuate the refrigeration system in accordance with codes and regulations
- Charge the refrigeration system
- Add appropriate lubricating oil to the refrigeration system
- Check the refrigeration system for leaks