Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Apprentice

First Year Apprentice Vacancy

Due to company expansion, we require 1st year refrigeration & air conditioning apprentices.

The apprenticeship offered will be for a four-year period and will involve both on the job and off the job training. We provide full training and development, uniforms, career progression post apprenticeship.

Duties will include installation of Commercial Refrigeration & Air Conditioning. The ideal candidate must be able to work within a team. Full training will be provided. Electrical, mechanical or construction work experience an advantage.

Minimum leaving certificate required.

Must be flexible with working hours when required. Head office based in Dublin but working Nationwide. Full Clean License. Ideally you will be from the Dublin area, but company vehicles traveling daily from Leitrim / Longford area.

Safe Pass & Manual handling an advantage.

Dublin North County - Fingal, St Margarets - Dublin North Cn, Carrick-On-Shannon, Longford County, Ashbourne/Ratoath

Industry Served

Dairy, agricultural, chemical/food processing; Industrial (pharmaceutical, power systems, large warehouses/cold storage, breweries, bulk tankers); Transport: (marine, container, lorries, car, coach, train, cranes); Commercial: retail shops, supermarkets, air conditioning building services, tower blocks, offices and shopping malls, clean room processes, micro-electronics and comfort/critical conditioned spaces

Profile of Craft The job of Refrigeration/Air Conditioning Craftsperson concerns installation, service and maintenance of high, medium and low temperature refrigeration and air conditioning equipment in industrial, commercial and domestic environments. Key aspects of the occupation include close control of temperature/humidity environmental conditions; supply/extraction/filtration of air conditioned heat pumps and energy management systems, storage of blood and medical items, cryogenics and electronic motor applications, At the end of the apprenticeship the Craftsperson will be able to demonstrate competence in the following:

Core Skills

Installation, service and maintenance of a broad range of high, medium and low temperature refrigeration equipment. Installation, service, maintenance of air conditioning systems and associated plant, ranging from split or remote type heatpumps to large capacity/tonnage chilled water machines. Safe handling and identification of refrigerants.

Specialist Skills • Dedicated PLC controllers of large refrigeration plant. • BEMS networking of outstations and slave controllers within buildings to control HVAC plant • Industrial ammonia systems • Large centrifugal/screw machines • VRV systems (inverters). Clean room environments • Close control • Air balancing/distribution • Energy management heat recovery • Pack systems • Cascade systems Common Skills

• Electrical trade • Power supplies • Motor control • PLC control systems • Safety/hardware interlocks • Wiring / terminating • Control protective devices

Personal Skills

• Initiative, adaptability • Work independently • Versatility • Communication skills • Customer relations awareness • Problem solving • Work under pressure/responsibility • Perseverance.