REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING TECHNICIAN VIDEO SERIES

UN Environment OzonAction has launched an exciting new mobile application consisting of a series of short instructional videos on techniques, safety and best practice for refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) technicians. This serves as a complementary training tool for technicians to help them revise and retain the skills they have acquired during hands-on training. The app is part of OzonAction’s portfolio of activities and tools to help enhance the knowledge and skills of technicians in the servicing and maintenance of RAC systems.

OzonAction provides assistance to various stakeholders in developing countries, including technicians, to achieve and maintain compliance with the Montreal Protocol. The videos were produced in collaboration with Bundesfachschule Kälte Klima Technik.

The videos cover the following topics:

• Basic Tools
• Copper Tube Handling
• Bending
• Copper-Copper Connections
• Copper-Brass Connections
• Flaring
• Press-Fit Connections
• Leak Detection (soap solution)
• Evacuation
• Refrigerant Charging
• Connecting RAC Unit to Manifold
• Electronic Leak Detection
• Refrigerant Recovery
• Thermal Insulation
• Preparing the Cables

http://web.unep.org/ozonaction/resources/mobile-apps

Advisory on 2019 Controls on Import and Export of Refrigerant and related Equipment

The following table identifies companies which have a quota for 2019 for the import of HCFC22 and HCFC 123 and its blends.

Importer	R22	R123
Climate Control Ltd.	✔
Comfort Engineering Ltd.	✔	✔
General Appliances Parts and Services	✔
Maraj Air Conditioning Ltd.	✔
Peakes Technologies Ltd.	✔	✔
Premier Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd.	✔
Ranke Ltd.	✔
Servair Ltd.	✔	✔
Koolmax Ltd.	✔
Atlantic and Gulf Services Ltd.	✔
Clamens and Associates (2000) Ltd.	✔	✔

Kindly be reminded that:

As of January 2008 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and all its blends, all Halons and Carbon Tetrachloride can no longer be imported

As of January 2015 Methyl Bromide can no longer be imported unless for use in Quarantine and PreShipment (and only in allowances of 1 tonne per import and verification of use by Plant Quarantine)

The following gases can also no longer be imported:

R142b and its blends (includes R405, R406, R409, R412, R414, R420)

R124 and its blends (includes R401, R409, R414, R416) 

R415B

·       HCFC 141B (used in foam blowing or as a refrigerant)

Our Professionally Certified Technicians List grows

First Refrigerant Stakeholders Forum - Kigali Amendment

The First Refrigerant Stakeholders Forum hosted by the National Ozone Unit was held on December 5, 2018.  This Forum, facilitated by funds received by the country from the Kigali Enabling Activities, was geared towards sharing information on the changes in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) Sector to our stakeholders. The topics discussed included the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and its implications for Trinidad and Tobago, the National Guidelines for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration in Trinidad and Tobago, the Professional Certification Scheme and current efforts in refrigerant recycling in Trinidad and Tobago.  It is intended that this will conducted throughout 2019 and beyond.