National Certification Schemes for Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Service Technicians: Examples of Strategies and Requirements for their Establishment and Operation

United Nations Environment Programme

National Certification Schemes for Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Service Technicians: Examples of Strategies and Requirements for their Establishment and Operation

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Law Division
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-07T06:01:50Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-07T06:01:50Z
dc.date.issued	2015-10
dc.description	It is expected that in the near future there will be a considerably higher uptake around the world, and particular in developing countries of ‘alternative refrigerants’, such as hydrocarbons, ammonia, carbon dioxide, unsaturated hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) –or hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) and HFOs mixtures. The refrigeration and air-conditioning industry will have to adapt to both the technical and safety issues concerning these refrigerants. In particular, many of the alternative refrigerants have specific characteristics regarding toxicity, flammability and high pressure which are different from those used previously such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). During the installation, maintenance, repair and dismantling of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment containing or relying of such alternatives, safety and technical issues need to be carefully evaluated and considered. Certification is the best practical method to verify the competence of personnel handling refrigerants and to ensure the correct installation, maintenance, repair and dismantling of a refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems. This is all the more important when servicing technicians have to deal with refrigerants with properties that they were previously not familiar with, particularly related to safety.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26717
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Russian
dc.page.number	92 p.
dc.relation.ispartof	OzonAction
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	hydrofluorocarbon
dc.subject	hydrocarbon
dc.subject	ammonia
dc.subject	ozone
dc.subject	ozone-depleting substance
dc.subject	ozone layer
dc.subject	refrigeration
dc.subject	air-conditioning
dc.subject	Ozone
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.theme	administration
dc.subject.theme	environmental governance
dc.title	National Certification Schemes for Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Service Technicians: Examples of Strategies and Requirements for their Establishment and Operation	en
dc.title.alternative	Les programmes nationaux de certification pour Les techniciens de maintenance en froid et cLimatisation	en
dc.title.alternative	НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОЦЕДУРЫ СЕРТИФИКАЦИИ ТЕХНИКОВ ПО ОБСЛУЖИВАНИЮ ХОЛОДИЛЬНОГО И КОНДИЦИОНЕРНОГО ОБОРУДОВАНИЯ	en
dc.type	Communication or other resource
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047