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North Dakota State College of Science

Program Description

Earn your certificate or associate’s degree in our hands-on program and jump into a rewarding career. You’ll be ready to do anything from repairing heating units and maintaining supermarket refrigeration systems to troubleshooting electrical problems and planning indoor air quality systems for hospitals. Plus you’ll earn a great salary while you’re at it.

  • Location: Fargo, ND

  • Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

  • Expected Time to Completion: Certificate (one year); AAS degree (two years)

  • Estimated Tuition: $5,340.58 per year

Bismarck State College

Program Description

The Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) program equips students in the newest technology for this rapidly expanding field. In this program, students will work in the modern, well-equipped lab, and master installation and repair procedures, learn the use and care of basic tools and equipment and how to operate by EPA and safety standards set by OSHA regulations. Instruction includes HVAC components, systems, troubleshooting, domestic and light commercial refrigeration, and sheet metal.

HVAC is a limited enrollment, 10½-month program that prepares graduates for entry-level jobs.

Students enroll either fall or spring semester.

  • Students will take the Environmental Protection Agency's refrigerant use exam, required for anyone working with refrigerants.

  • Sheet metal is an integral part of the air conditioning and heating industry. Bismarck State College is a nationally registered training center for sheet metal and HVAC through the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). Students are placed on a national registry after successfully completing individual module exams and related tasks.

  • Location: Bismarck, ND

  • Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission

  • Expected Time to Completion: 10.5 months

  • Estimated Tuition: Minnesota resident ($224.97 per credit); non-resident ($301.30 per credit)

University of North Dakota

Program Description

This HVACR Technician Certification course will prepare you for the HVAC Excellence Core and Professional Technician certifications exams, the NATE Core and Specialty Test certification exams, and the EPA Section 608 certification exam.

This Certified HVAC/R Technician course can be completed in 12 months or less and it will help you:

  • Build a strong foundation of HVACR service, repair, and maintenance

  • Prepare to sit for the NATE certification exams

  • Prepare to sit for the HVAC Excellence certification exams

  • Prepare to sit for the EPA 608 Refrigerant Handling exam

  • Location: Grand Forks, ND

  • Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

  • Expected Time to Completion: 12 months

  • Estimated Tuition: $2,895