APRT 141A: COMPONENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HVAC SERVICE
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
| Heading | Value |
|---|---|
| Effective Term: | Summer 2025 |
| Units: | 3 |
| Hours: | 30 lecture, 24 laboratory per quarter (54 total per quarter) |
| Prerequisite: | Per California Code of Regulations, this course is limited to students admitted to the Sheet Metal Residential Service Apprenticeship Program. |
| Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
| Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
| Transferable: | None |
| Grade Type: | Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass) |
| Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- A student will be able to describe Chimney and flue operations under typical conditions.
- A student will be able to identify basic electrical symbols and diagrams.
Description
Identifying components and evaluating their status in servicing heating and air conditioning equipment. Discussion of the service technician's approach to field problems.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Describe residential furnace system, chimney, and flue operation under typical conditions.
- Demonstrate refrigeration leak detection and repair.
- Read basic electrical symbols and schematic diagrams.
Course Content
- Describe residential furnace system, chimney, and flue operation under typical conditions
- Service technician's approach to field problems
- Chimneys, vents, and flues; typical residential operation, health and safety, PVC, types of drafts
- Demonstrate refrigeration leak detection and repair
- Refrigeration components review
- Refrigeration leak detection, brazing, and charging
- Read basic electrical symbols and schematic diagrams
- Symbols and drawing conventions
- Overview of controls
Lab Content
- Work with residential furnaces and air conditioners
- Identify system component
- Verify system component functions
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
Laboratory equipped with air conditioning equipment.
Method(s) of Evaluation
Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:
Results of written quizzes and tests
Satisfactory completion of shop projects
Comprehensive written final examination
Maintenance of a workbook of student's daily work activities
Method(s) of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:
Lecture
Discussion
Laboratory
Demonstration
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
Meyer, Leo A. & Associates, Inc.. Servicing Environmental Systems, Workbook 1. current edition.
Meyer, Leo A. & Associates, Inc.. Servicing Environmental Systems, Workbook 2. current edition.
Althouse, Andrew D., C.H. Turr, and Alfred F. Bracciano. Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. current edition.
These are the standard Sheet Metal textbooks/workbooks used for this course. Although they may be older than 5 years, they are the most current books used when teaching this course.
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
- Readings from textbook on leak testing a refrigerant system
- Writing assignments given in the laboratory
- Create a schematic diagram of a typical furnace electrical circuit, and suggest and describe troubleshooting sequence for assigned problems
Discipline(s)
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Heating