Site-Specific Initial & 3-Year Refresher Ammonia Refrigeration Training

Class Length

3 Days - 24 Hours

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Inclusive Cost

$1,250 - per student.

Includes breakfast and lunch each day, Test and Training Certification upon completion.

Paid Registration must be 6 weeks in advance to allow time for travel arrangements and materials to be compiled.

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Class Summary

This hands-on course is designed for refrigeration operators and plant engineers managing ammonia refrigeration system operations. It is tailored to your facility’s unique operational systems, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and emergency protocols. It provides comprehensive coverage of key safety and compliance topics, including Process Safety Management (PSM), ammonia awareness, safe work practices, and refrigeration fundamentals, ensuring personnel are equipped to operate safely and effectively within the site-specific context.

This hands-on training is LIVE and available On-site at your facility where your team works.

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Prerequisites

• No minimum requirement for classroom attendees.

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Training Materials

Students will receive a Hard Copy Workbook

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Included Training Topics

• Overview of PSM and RMP Program Elements
• Ammonia Awareness Training / HAZ COM
• Daily/Weekly Rounds SOP including normal operating ranges and actions if outside those ranges.
• Ammonia Handheld Detector Meter Use (Demonstration)
• Minor Ammonia Leak (Facility SOP Review)
• Review of facilities Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (Facility Specific)
• Safe Work Practices (Hot Work, Confined Space, Line Break, LOTO)
• Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) Based on Specific Job Task
• Respiratory Protection and proper usage
• Oil Draining Procedure/Locations of Oil Draining (Facility SOP Review)
• Emergency Action Plan and Response
• Emergency Shutdown of System if needed.
• SOP Overview (Location, Content and Guidance on reading SOPS) One SOP for each major Component will be reviewed. This training is not intended for participants to learn how to operate the system.
• Charging the System with Ammonia (Facility SOP Review)
• Maintenance Procedures (The difference between SMP’S and SOPS) and the requirements for both.
• Refrigeration Fundamentals
• Refrigeration Cycles
• Properties of Refrigerants
• Refrigerant Tables
• Types of Refrigerant Compressors
• Operation and Maintenance of Compressors
• Lubrication
• Evaporators and Cooling Units
• Condensers and High-Pressure Receivers
• Purging
• Safety, Hazards, and Prevention
• For 3-Year Refresher Training (all the above plus)
  • Review of All SOPS
  • Testing Safety Cutouts and High-Level Floats
  • Testing E-Stops and Ventilation System
  • Charging the System with Ammonia (Facility SOP Review)

NOTE: This course is not intended for participants to have the required skills and knowledge to operate the refrigeration system. For further training, see our RETA I and RETA II training courses.

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Classroom Type

This is a 3 day (8-hour) comprehensive training course to ensure you know and understand the content of this training.

This training is LIVE and can be delivered: At your facility location, at a Local Area Venue, or at the NH3 Training Center (Montgomery Texas).

Classroom minimum requirement is 10 students. NH3 Training Center of Texas, LLC may cancel this session if the participation goal isn’t met.

The key to the success of this training program is to ensure you will have the necessary knowledge and skill set to perform your job with integrity and quality. Therefore, you will be given Tests throughout the training, to ensure you have learned the materials.

NH3 Training Center of Texas, LLC shall ascertain that each Student has received and understood the training. NH3 Training Center of Texas, LLC will prepare a record which contains the identity of the student, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the student understood the training.

Topics for this training is subject to change based on the need and experience of the students in the training room.

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Trainer Experience

NH3 Training Center provides qualified and experienced trainers in Industrial Refrigeration Processes. Our trainers are experienced in Industrial Boiler I and II, Industrial Refrigeration Operator I, II, and PSM/RMP. Our Refrigeration Trainers bring over 30 years of combined years of refrigeration experience, that includes maintenance, starting up new refrigeration systems, revamping an existing system, and day-to-day operations.

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