Employment Information
- Post ID: 122207051
- Open Date: April 1, 2025
- Close Date: May 27, 2025
- Organization: VEP Mechanical Ltd
- Sector: Automotive & Mechanical
- Business Location:Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 203
- Duration: 1 calendar days (2 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 day ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/dartmouth/122207051/refrigeration-and-air-conditioning-mechanic-apprentice/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 4
- Compensation: $28.00 to $40.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
Job Description
Tasks
- Measure and lay out reference points for installation
- Assemble and install refrigeration or air conditioning components
- Coach and instruct apprentices
- Measure, cut and connect piping using welding and brazing equipment
- Provide customer service
- Start up system and test for leaks using testing devices
- Perform maintenance such as, recharging system with refrigerant, checking and testing regulators or calibrating system
- Interpret gas codes
- Handle, recover and store refrigerants
- Repair and replace parts and components for entire refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation or heat pump systems
- Supervise other workers
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Measure and mark sheet metal according to template
- Instruct apprentices
- Inspect products to ensure quality and conformity to specification
- Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
- Cut materials using power tools or by hand
- Fit and join sheet metal parts
- Install sheet metal products according to specifications and building codes
Experience and specialization
Type of service and repair
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system
Specialization or experience
- Custom sheet metal items
- Air volume (VAC)
- Dust and fume collection system
- Humidifier system
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Trade Certification
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Red Seal Certificate
- Ozone Depletion Prevention (ODP) Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Apprenticeship training
- Pre-apprenticeship training
- Level one apprenticeship training
- Level two apprenticeship training
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Travel insurance
- Wellness program