Construction
Refrigeration and air conditioning
Six months to install and repair air conditioners, refrigerators and cold rooms: a technician trade in demand all year round.
State diploma · CQIPre-registration open
Free pre-registration, with no commitment. Fees can be paid in instalments.
- Duration
- 6 months
- Two intakes a year
- Entry level
- BEPC or CAP
- Required on entry
- Qualification
- CQI
- Awarded by the State
- Next intake
- 12 October 2026
- Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
The job, day to day
In our climate, cooling offices and homes and preserving food and medicines all depend on the refrigeration technician. The technician installs air conditioners and refrigeration equipment, commissions, maintains and repairs them. Hotels, shops, supermarkets, hospitals and households call on these skills all year round.
The course starts with the principles of refrigeration and how a refrigeration circuit works. You then learn electricity applied to cooling systems, reading diagrams, working with copper pipe (bending, flaring, brazing), then installing a split air conditioner. You learn to pull a vacuum, charge refrigerant, measure pressures and diagnose faults, in line with safety and environmental rules.
You leave able to install, maintain and repair common air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, in a company or on your own account.
What you will be able to do
Understand a refrigeration circuit
Compressor, condenser, expansion device and evaporator.
Install a split air conditioner
Fitting the units, copper lines and electrical connection.
Work with copper pipe
Leak-free bending, flaring and brazing.
Commission a system
Vacuum, refrigerant charge and pressure checks.
Diagnose faults
Electrical or refrigeration faults: find the cause and repair.
Carry out preventive maintenance
Cleaning, checks and advice on use.
Where this course can lead
Air conditioning companies
Installation and maintenance for homes and offices.
Commercial refrigeration
Display cabinets, cold rooms and shop equipment.
Self-employed refrigeration technician
Repairs and maintenance contracts for your own clients.
A State-recognised qualification
The CQI is a State qualification, awarded under the authority of the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. It officially certifies your professional skills.
- Qualification
- CQI
- Authority
- MINEFOP
- Completed in
- 6 months
Two intakes a year
- Next intake
12 October 2026
Confirmed date
Pre-registration open, classes begin in 2 days
No closing date. You can still join up to fourteen days after classes begin.
- Following intake
January 2027
Exact day to be confirmed by the centre
Provisional date, pre-registration open
Pre-registering already reserves your place.
Free pre-registration Reserve your place for 12 October 2026
Pre-registration is free and carries no commitment. The registrar will call you back to confirm your place.
- Free
- No commitment
- Nothing to pay online
What happens next
- You start here, then complete your file in a few minutes.
- The registrar calls you back to confirm your place.
- You pay the fees at the registrar's office in Fouda, in instalments if you wish.
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