Refer Training

I'm currently sitting in PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor waiting for my flight out at 6:40... They flew me out here for an Idealease Transport Refrigeration class. It's based on ThermoKing and Carrier's two week training programs and then condensed down into a 4 day class for Idealease. I took the test for my Universal/608 certification allowing me to legally work on any refrigeration system not covered by EPA 609 (Automotive A/C systems). I've never learned that much in 4 days before... Time to go home.

We currently do no work on trailer refer unit's at all and are not even set up to recover R-404A and I'll be the only one that can even legally touch a refer unit. It looks like we're going to get into refer service (or at least our leasing side will be) and they must be confident that they'll have work because they dropped over $3,000 for me to go to this class.

Learned quite a bit and I can honestly say that I think I could solve most anything wrong with a ThermoKing unit now. The electrical systems are simple and the wiring schematic is well laid out. LED indicators in the circuit board, self diagnostic abilities are amazing... I can shut the unit down and command individual solenoids and functions to cycle for up to 15 minutes. They put highway trucks to shame for diagnostic functions. Going into this I didn't know hardly anything about even a basic A/C system and now I actually understand how and why they work.

I was surprised that only 4 people were in the class (This is for the entire western sea board) but at the same time I think I learned a lot more that way.

Last two weeks: 80 hours