Troubleshooting and Red Seal Exam Preparation
The final course of the refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic program, followed through a fourth-year apprentice in Kitchener preparing for the Red Seal exam: how the exam is built and paced, a weighted study plan from the exam weightings, one diagnostic method for every system, refrigerant-side, electrical, air-side, heat pump, commercial and industrial faults, CSA B52, ODSHAR and O. Reg. 463/10 and safety review, the calculations most tested, exam technique and error logs, full mock exams and the final weeks before certification.
RAC-430 12 lessons · 3 h 26 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the Red Seal exam for refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics, including its format, pass mark and question types, and set pacing checkpoints for it
- Use an exam blueprint and honest self-ratings to build a weighted, spaced study plan, and adjust it weekly against the evidence
- Apply an eight-step diagnostic method to any refrigeration or air conditioning system, ranking possible causes by likelihood and time to check
- Diagnose refrigerant-side faults from suction, head, superheat, subcooling and amps, and separate faults that look alike with confirmation tests
- Diagnose supply, control circuit, switching, motor, capacitor, winding and electronic control faults safely and calculate the values the checks require
- Diagnose airflow, reversing valve, defrost, supplementary heat and condensate faults in air conditioning and heat pump systems
- Recognize faults in walk-ins, display cases, ice machines, racks, chillers and cooling towers, and respond safely to ammonia and carbon dioxide alarms
- Explain the roles of CSA B52, ODSHAR, O. Reg. 463/10, the electrical and gas rules and occupational health and safety rules, and apply the requirements most often tested
- Carry out the pressure, temperature, heat, capacity, electrical and fan law calculations most used on the exam, and check answers by estimation
- Read multiple-choice questions accurately, eliminate distractors, manage time and keep an error log that directs further study
- Run full mock exams under real conditions, interpret block scores, explain how chance affects scores near the pass mark and apply a readiness rule
- Plan the final weeks and exam day, lead a service call from complaint to record, and plan continuing learning after certification
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 26 min total · final exam
- 1 The Red Seal exam today and how it is built 17 min · quiz
- 2 Using the exam blueprint and building a study plan 17 min · quiz
- 3 A systematic diagnostic method for every system 18 min · quiz
- 4 Refrigeration circuit faults 18 min · quiz
- 5 Electrical and control faults 17 min · quiz
- 6 Air-side and heat pump faults 18 min · quiz
- 7 Commercial and industrial system faults 17 min · quiz
- 8 Codes, regulations and safety review 17 min · quiz
- 9 Theory and calculations review 17 min · quiz
- 10 Practice exam strategy and error logs 17 min · quiz
- 11 Full mock exams 16 min · quiz
- 12 The final weeks and certification 17 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
The final course of the refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic program, followed through a fourth-year apprentice in Kitchener preparing for the Red Seal exam: how the exam is built and paced, a weighted study plan from the exam weightings, one diagnostic method for every system, refrigerant-side, electrical, air-side, heat pump, commercial and industrial faults, CSA B52, ODSHAR and O. Reg. 463/10 and safety review, the calculations most tested, exam technique and error logs, full mock exams and the final weeks before certification.