The European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors’ AREA, has updated its Guidance on the minimum requirements for contractors’ training & certification, when working with low-GWP Refrigerants.

The guidance paper sets out the basic competence requirements for RACHP contractors and training recommendations for dealing with low-GWP refrigerants.

Whilst AREA acknowledge HFC refrigerant handling certification is the basis for engineers to handle refrigerants,training should be taken in respective of working with low-GWP refrigerants, ammonia (R717), carbon dioxide (R744) and hydrocarbons (HCs).

The guide now includes an Annex II, listing training facilities in the UKand Europe, and provides web addresses andinformation on the type of training the organisations listed provide, bytype of low-GWP refrigerant.

As a reminder, the new F-Gas Regulation requires that Member States ensure the availability of training for natural persons who wish to update their knowledge, notably on technologies to replace or reduce the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases.

The revised guidance document is available HERE.pdf

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