AC Technician at Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services (AMFacilities)

Job Descriptions

• The air-conditioning technicians are responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing of air-conditioning equipment.
• They can be involved in heating or refrigeration work, as they are trained to work on both heating and cooling units, including motors, switches, pumps, wiring, thermostats and fans.

Responsibilities

• The air conditioning technicians install, inspect, maintain, and repair air conditioner.
• They ventilate equipment and controls making sure they operate efficiently and continuously.
• They perform regular maintenance work on cooling units.
• They diagnose electrical and mechanical defects and malfunctions.
• They install, replace, or repair equipment that has been damaged.
• They make adjustment and do calibrations of thermostatic controls.
• They install new air-conditioning systems and equipment.
• They inspect and maintain refrigerators and ice machines, and chilled water supply systems.
• They clean blowers and coils, check tensions of belts and motors.
• They make plans and designs of new air-conditioning systems including their installation and maintenance.

Required Knowledge

• The air-conditioning technicians must at least have SSCE and or Trade Test.
• They should know the principles of air-conditioning unit repair and maintenance, including controls, MSDS sheets, safety practices and procedures and tools used.
• They should be able to read and interpret building regulations and codes implemented by city, state and federal government agencies pertaining to installing air-conditioning units.

Skills and Profile:

• The air conditioning technicians should be able to work in places where they are exposed to dust, fumes, noise, toxic materials and high voltage equipment.
• They should also be capable of working in confined and hot spaces like roofs, crawl ways and attics.
• They may also have to work in adverse weather and may be required to lift heavy objects, bend, stoop, kneel or stand for long stretches of time.