Director’s Column

Refrigeration equipment and air-conditioning units using low to medium global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, such as R290 which is a propane or R600a an iso-butane and HFC-32 a methylene fluoride

It has always puzzled me as to how different service companies organise their maintenance and repair contract work. What constitutes a good service technician, whether it be routine service work

Since the start of registrations with ACRICSA in the early 2000s a selected group of Unit Standard were used for training in the Safe Handling of Refrigerants. The registration then

There is often the mistaken impression that SARACCA is the authority providing the registration certification for authorised refrigerant gas practitioners. The fact is that SAQCC gas is the registering authority

This month I am not talking about Refrigeration and the competencies required for working in that field and the safe handling of refrigerant gases. What we need to consider as

This year SARACCA embarked on a process to recognise Skills Development Providers who meet a minimum set of requirements. This was done to bring uniformity to the training of the

There is a lot of talk about recovery of refrigerant from an air conditioning units or refrigeration plants. But what does it means? Refrigerants are an important part of the

I have previously written about the training providers setting themselves up for training in the Hydro Carbon (HC) refrigerants. This is mainly for R290, which is a propane gas, but

An extract from the Pressure Equipment Regulations, regulation 17 says; “An authorised person or an approved inspection authority shall issue a certificate of conformity after completion of a gas installation,