Program:

• 12 weeks Training (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

The Gas Technician 3 program is the starting point for technicians in the gas field. If a technician has little or no prior experience in the gas industry, this program is the best place to begin. This unique 12 week program combines academic study with supervised workshop hands on experience. The curriculum is designed by TSSA under the Technical Standards and Safety Act (TSSA). Faculty members are certified Gas Technicians, Electricians, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics and Sheet metal workers who have working experience in the HVAC industry in Canada. Graduates of this program must successfully complete the TSSA Gas Technician Certification Examination to be eligible to work as a licensed Gas Technician. An additional fee of $170.00 will be charged to challenge the TSSA exam at the completion of the course.

Gas Technician 3 is a mandatory, entry-level certification which must be completed by anyone wanting to work as an HVAC Technician. Gas Technician 3 training includes 9 modules which are prerequisites for the remaining certification training. Individuals with the Gas Technician 3 certification work under supervision on appliances up to and including 400,000 British Thermal Units per Hour (BTUH).

A person who is the holder of a Gas Technician 3 certification can carry out the following functions: install, test, activate or purge gas piping or tubing that is less than two and one half inches in diameter or a component in a piping or tubing system to an appliance downstream or a natural gas meter or propane service valve up to an appliance control valve. They may also reactivate a previously installed or converted appliance, clean and lubricate an appliance, or clean, remove or replace a vent connector, venting or a draft control device.

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
• 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

The modules for Gas Technician 3 Certification are:

1. Protect Self and Others
2. Fasteners, Hand Tools and Power Tools
3. Properties, Characteristics, Safe Handling of Propane and Natural G as
4. Installation Codes, Acts, Regulations
5. Introduction to Electricity
6. Technical Manuals, Specifications, Schematics, Drawings and Graphs