Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanics and Installers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Calibrated resistance measuring equipment (4-wire resistance sensors)
- Blow torches (Acetylene torches)
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air velocity and temperature monitors (Air flow sensors)
- Air velocity and temperature monitors (Air velocity meters)
- Voltage or current meters (Alternating current AC line splitters)
- Ammeters
- Multimeters (Autoranging meters)
- Awls
- Thermocouples (Bead type thermocouples)
- Pressure sensors (Bourdon tubes)
- Razor knives (Box cutters)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
- Capacitance meters (Capacitor analyzers)
- Single gas monitors (Carbon dioxide CO2 testers)
- Single gas monitors (Carbon monoxide detectors)
- Caulking guns (Caulking equipment)
- Caulking guns
- Chart recorders
- Circuit tester (Circuit analyzers)
- Circuit tracers
- Power saws (Circular saws)
- Clamp On Multimeter (Clamp-on multimeters)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Gas detectors (Combustible gas leak detectors)
- Explosimeters (Combustion analyzers)
- Water samplers (Contaminant content tests)
- Portable data input terminals (Dataloggers)
- Desktop computers
- Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
- Pressure indicators (Differential pressure detectors)
- Workshop presses (Drill presses)
- Shears (Duct knives)
- Metal cutters (Duct slicers)
- Vacuum cleaners (Duct vacuums)
- Pressure indicators (Duplex pressure gauges)
- Voltage or current meters (Electrical current meters)
- Screwdrivers (Flared tip screwdrivers)
- Tube end finishers (Flaring tools)
- Slip or groove joint pliers (Groove pliers)
- Hammers
- Saws (Hand hacksaws)
- Sheet metal pliers (Hand seamers)
- Handheld thermometer (Handheld thermometers)
- Clamp On Multimeter (Heating ventilation and air-conditioning/refrigeration HVAC/R clamp meters)
- Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
- Electronic measuring probes (High-voltage probes)
- Hoists
- Anemometers (Hot wire anemometers)
- Hygrometers (Humidity sensors)
- Hygrometers (Hygrosticks)
- Heat tracing equipment (Infrared thermometers)
- Magnifiers (Inspection mirrors)
- Razor knives (Insulation knives)
- Power saws (Jig saws)
- Ladders
- Laser printers
- Levels
- Longnose pliers (Long nose pliers)
- Magnetic tools (Magnetic pickup tools)
- Manometers
- Megohmmeters
- Metal cutters (Metal snips)
- Ammeters (Milliamp/microamp meters)
- Ohmmeters (Milliohm meters)
- Moisture meters
- Multimeters
- Surface thermometers (Non-contact surface temperature heads)
- Voltage or current meters (Non-contact voltage detectors)
- Nut drivers
- Ohmmeters
- Oil gun (Oil guns)
- Oxygen gas analyzers (Oxygen testers)
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- pH meters
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Pipe bending tools (Pipe benders)
- Thermocouples (Pipe clamp thermocouples)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
- Reamers (Pipe reamers)
- Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
- Pipe wrenches
- Flowmeters (Pitot tubes)
- Pressure indicators (Pneumatic air gauges)
- Power drills (Portable drills)
- Power drills
- Power grinders
- Power saws (Power hacksaws)
- Pressure indicators (Pressure gauges)
- GFI circuit testers (Receptacle testers)
- Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
- Refrigerant compressors (Reclaiming equipment)
- Liquid leak detectors (Refrigerant leak detectors)
- Pressure indicators (Refrigerant pressure meters)
- Refrigerant compressors (Refrigerant recovery machines)
- Vacuum pumps (Refrigerant vacuum pumps)
- Calibrated resistance measuring equipment (Resistance meters)
- Resistance thermometers (Resistance temperature detectors)
- Speed sensors (Revolutions per minute RPM meters)
- Blocks or pulleys (Riggings)
- Safety glasses
- Scaffolding
- Shears
- Wire lug crimping tool (Sheet metal crimpers)
- End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
- Slings
- Screwdrivers (Slotted screwdrivers)
- Smoke detectors (Smoke detector canisters)
- Leak testing equipment (Smoke pens)
- Hammers (Soft face hammers)
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering equipment)
- Platform lift (Staging equipment)
- Strap wrenches
- Swaging tools
- Temperature humidity testers (Temperature/humidity testers)
- Thermocouples
- Hammers (Tinners hammers)
- Tongs
- Tube bending machinery (Tubing benders)
- Flowmeters (Turbine flow meters)
- Two way radios
- Utility knives
- Vacuum gauges
- Flow sensors (Venturi meters)
- Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
- Flow sensors (Water flow meters)
- Depth indicators (Water level meters)
- Pressure indicators (Water pressure gauges)
- Water analyzers (Water testers)
- Wattmeters (Watt transducers)
- Wattmeters
- Welding masks (Welding hoods)
- Psychrometers (Wet bulb/dew point meters)
- Wire cutters
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
Technologies Include:
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- HVAC tools software
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Contact management systems
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data logging software
- Database software
- Facilities management software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Graphics software
- Industrial control software
- Building automation software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Atlas Construction Business Forms
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
