Transport Refrigeration Technician

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install equipment in refrigerated trucks used to transport food or medical supplies
• Install ventilation, air handling and air conditioning systems
• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Maintain and repair equipment in refrigerated trucks
• Measure and lay out reference points for installation
• Troubleshoot ventilation, air handling, refrigeration and air conditioning systems
• Assemble and install refrigeration or air conditioning components
• Provide customer service
• Start up system and test for leaks using testing devices
• Perform maintenance such as, recharging system with refrigerant, checking and testing regulators or calibrating system
• Handle, recover and store refrigerants
• Repair and replace parts and components for entire refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation or heat pump systems

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Team player