Facilities As Assets - Effective Building Maintenance: Protection of Capital Assets - page 26

15 hours, minimum, each year of additional instruction
in one or more craft areas.
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Minimum General All skills required of Level I technician.

Skill Set

Have taken and passed technician certification test(s)
at the “journeyman” level or higher. (The tests are
offered through Refrigeration Service Engineers Society
(RSES), HVAC Excellence, The Carbon Monoxide Safety
Association (COSA), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Safety Coalition, and North American Technician
Excellence, Inc. (NATE), among others.)

Be trained and hold an EPA-Approved Section 608
certification needed to service building air conditioning
and refrigeration systems.

Knowledge and understand of building codes, facility
standards, and applicable regulations for a specific craft.

Capable of performance of basic preventative
maintenance procedures within one or more craft areas
with minimal supervision.

Capable of training, supervising, and directing Level I
technicians.
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Craft Skill Set Have a basic grounding in the fundamentals of

commercial, industrial, or institutional heating,
ventilating, and air-conditioning system installation,
operation, and troubleshooting.

Capable of pipe and tube fitting (including
measurement and layout), silver soldering, soft
soldering, cutting/repairing steel pipe threads and
assembling steel pipe and fittings, and welding (electric
arc and MIG).
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Minimum 3-5 years working in construction or building
Experience maintenance.
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