Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2025-2026 Catalog with Addendum

Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology: Advanced Level, CERT

Location(s): TJC West


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Do you already have the basic skill set for heating, air conditioning and refrigeration repair and you’re ready to take the next step? Our advanced level certificate will build on your current foundation and provide you with new skills to further your career.

Our professors will teach you how to help plan and install residential air conditioning and commercial refrigeration systems.

The HART industry is constantly shifting due to rapid changes in technology. The need for extremely skilled, knowledgeable technicians who can adjust to these changes is on the rise, and there’s no better place for you to get the highly specialized education you’ll need than TJC.

Marketable skills for this award include: critical thinking, interpersonal skills, research and team work.

 

Certificate of Proficiency
TSI Exempt

Prerequisites


Second Semester


Total Semester Hours: 41


NOTE: Applicants must meet the admission requirements for TJC and take the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test. Bennett test scores will not be used to exclude a student from enrollment in the HART program.

NOTE: Department-specific courses must be taken in sequence and may have a prerequisite course. Exceptions must be approved in writing by the department chair.

All new students are required to attend air conditioning orientation.

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