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17-11-2009, 12:56 AM #1
Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
I am thinking of transferring my engineering skills to refrigeration engineering.
I am currently serving in the Royal Navy and looking to leave in the next 2 years. Seeing as I am in this job the only way I can get the qualifications required is to do distance/ online learning. Do any of you know of assessor companies who do this for NVQ 2 refrigeration & air conditioning engineering.
I understand I need practical experiance so I am attempting to try contacting companies about working with them for free on weekends when I am home.
I have been actively searching now for 6 months and havent really found any answers for this. I have seen NVQ 3's though.
Please dont tell me that I am in the best place and I should stay in this job bla bla. I am leaving because I dont enjoy being away 9 months of the year.
Many thanks for you time.
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17-11-2009, 09:54 AM #2
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
hi staglemon, its good to hear someone with a bit of drive + ambition , working on hvac is a task on its own but 50% of the work is on electrics how are you on that subject?
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21-11-2009, 02:41 AM #3
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
I am of basic standard when it comes to electrics but this is something I can improve on quickly as I have enough time at present to study it. I can do basic fault finding though.
How in depth do I need to go?
Sorry for the delay in writing back, its busy at the moment.
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21-11-2009, 10:54 AM #4
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City &glids must be choice
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21-11-2009, 01:26 PM #5
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What trade are you? LMEM, STOKER? all good trades to be a fridge engineer, i can put you in touch with a couple of guys who have made it in the industry with a RN background, 1 guy is the engineering manager for Carrier Transicold,covering Europe Middle east and Africa he was an LMEM, Stokers and even a steward have made it without too much difficulty...good luck
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21-11-2009, 04:49 PM #6
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
Hi Staglemon and welcome to the forum.
I know this link is to an American distant learning site but there is a range of free material available, might be worth a look...
http://www.refrigeration-engineer.co...ad.php?t=21985Brian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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21-11-2009, 11:31 PM #7
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I am an ETME which is basically a stoker I am looking to gain my next rate before I leave so I feel I have acheived in this job first before I try my hand at fridge engineering.
Any and all contacts or advice anyone has will be of loads of help. Already I have learnt something.
With reference to the city and guilds, I have looked on their site and there doesnt appear to be any online/ distance learning for fridges. I have only looked at the NVQ 2 though as I am not sure if my NVQ level 2 in maintenance engineering will be enough to leap frog the NVQ in fridges.
Thanks for the link I will take a look in the next few hours.
Thanks again everyone for your help
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22-11-2009, 12:04 AM #8
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
Hi mate.
Try the grimsby Institute.
They offer E learning for level 2 and 3
http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/Courses/E-learning/
All the best taz.
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24-11-2009, 08:28 AM #9
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
I am coming to the opinion that I may not be able to gain an NVQ 2 or3 via Online/ distance methods.
I have looked at the links that have been provided and the Grimsby one only has an E-leaning facility so I would still need to go to college. I can understand why as hands on maintenace aids learning alot.
The other 2 links are both American so as a training resources they are great but as a way to gain the qualification it is a no.
Who knows what to do now as it is too risky for me to leave the Navy and go to college whilst working to pay the mortgage!!!
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25-11-2009, 06:41 PM #10
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icslearn.co.uk do a Btec in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning but you need certain pre qualifications. You may of course have these already.
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26-11-2009, 05:13 AM #11
Re: Refrigeration engineering distance/ online learning?
It looks like there are 3 different qualifications to be gained via this website.
Which one/s would be the most beneficial to me?
The choices are:
BTEC Advanced Diploma in Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning.
or
BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Electrical principals with Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning.
or
BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Construction with Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning.
The top two seems the most appropriate but ofcourse I can only take one.
Thanks by the way for the website. At last I may of found something.
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26-11-2009, 08:59 PM #12
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I would say the first option , what you learn on it will easily help you pass the F-Gas requirements.
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29-11-2009, 10:51 PM #13
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If i took a BTEC in Refrigeration would I then need to take the NVQ2 / 3 as well. I can understand the level 3 maybe becasue it will mean I can work unsupervised but the level 2 as well? Surely not?
If so it's not worth taking it.
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18-11-2010, 08:06 AM #14
Accredited Online Degrees|Accredited Online Courses.
Hey
I know one site that provides list of top online accredited universities you can visit this linkonline-degrees-and-courses-com/ Or distance-learning-college-guide-com/ and enroll yourself in any of college which you seem to be the best.
Good luck!
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22-11-2010, 10:30 PM #15
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dude his post was 1 year old, he either gave up or is a millionaire by now
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