Program:

• 16 weeks Training (Afternoon and Evening)

Locations:

• 10 Kodiak Crescent, Unit 100 Toronto, ON M3J 3 G5 Main Campus
• 64 Saltsman Drive Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7 in the CLAC Training Facility

If you wish to work on gas fired appliances, whether residential or commercial, you must first be certified by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA). This DA Gas Technician Certificate program, based on the TSSA’s curriculum will teach you piping, appliance venting practices, as well as business practices to provide you with a well-rounded approach to working in the field as an Appliance Service Technician. At the end of the course, TSSA certification exams are administered, ensuring that you are current with TSSA standards. An additional fee of $170.00 will be charged to challenge the TSSA exam at the completion of the course.

The Domestic Appliance program is a continuation of the Gas 3 Technician modules, plus additional training on specific gas fired equipment. The Domestic Appliance Gas Technician certification requires successful completion of modules 11-16. These are prerequisites for future certification training. The Domestic Appliance certification can be renewed and allows technicians to work unsupervised on appliances. A person who is the holder of a Domestic Appliance certificate may install, inspect, alter, purge, activate, repair, service or remove a natural gas or propane appliance , the equipment and accessories essential to its operation.

Highlights of the Gas Technician 3 Program:

• Learn the fundamentals of heating, ventilation, air handling, electrical systems and multi-fuel heating systems
• Experience the challenges in the installation, service and maintenance of gas, propane, oil fired burners, furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters, domestic and non-vented appliances and domestic gas fired refrigerators.
• Understand how to fabricate fuel delivery systems, set up and adjust combustion efficiencies, size ventilation systems and combustion air requirements
• Enjoy practical lab experience troubleshooting combustion, electrical and other related problems
• Prepare for the Technical Standards and Safety Authority Gas Technician 3 Provincial Certification Examination
• Testing available at the facility

Beyond the modules completed for Gas 3, the Domestic Appliance Technician Program includes the following modules:

1. Basic Electricity
2. Electrical and Mechanical Controls
3. Building as a System
4. Domestic and Non-Vented Appliance