Refrigerant Handling and Recovery Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply safe handling procedures for various types of refrigerants in accordance with OHS Act and SANS 10147.
• Demonstrate correct use of refrigerant recovery, recycling, and reclaiming equipment.
• Analyze refrigerant system components to identify potential leaks and environmental hazards.
• Implement proper storage, transport, and disposal methods for recovered refrigerants.
• Evaluate compliance with relevant environmental legislation and industry codes of practice.
• Document refrigerant recovery activities accurately for regulatory reporting.

Target Audience

Technicians, engineers, and maintenance personnel involved in the installation, servicing, or decommissioning of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. No formal qualifications required.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practicals are essential to develop competence in refrigerant handling, recovery, leak detection, and system evacuation. Learners will operate recovery units, manifold gauges, vacuum pumps, and leak detectors under supervision, simulating real-world scenarios to meet the unit standard outcomes.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Safe Handling and Cylinder Management — Learners practice safe handling, transport, and storage of refrigerant cylinders, including proper use of PPE and identification of cylinder types. (3h)
• Practical 2: Recovery Unit Setup and Operation — Learners set up and operate a recovery unit on a training rig, recovering refrigerant from a split system and a small chiller, and measuring recovered amounts. (5h)
• Practical 3: Leak Detection and Repair — Using electronic and bubble leak detectors, learners locate simulated leaks on a pressurised system and perform basic repair procedures. (4h)
• Practical 4: Evacuation and System Charging — Learners evacuate a system using a vacuum pump and micron gauge, then recharge with refrigerant to specified levels. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.