Photo Essay: HVAC-R course teaches multi-faceted skills

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sacker, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration NCO in charge, demonstrates the proper use of brazing tools in an HVAC-R lab at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, June 10, 2010. Sheppard’s 366th Training Squadron trains newly enlisted Airmen, HVAC technicians needing to be upgraded to 7-level and hosts the advanced HVAC-R course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)

Photo Essay: HVAC-R course teaches multi-faceted skills

Published June 15, 2010
By Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Students from the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration course learn a variety of skills during their 20-week HVAC-R course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, June 10, 2010. HVAC-R instructors teach heating and cooling fundamentals, combustion analysis, piping and hydronic systems, contingency refrigeration and other lessons as a part of their 21-blocks of instruction.

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