What are the responsibilities and job description for the HVAC Specialist position at Air Force District of Washington?
Job Summary:
As an HVAC specialist, you will be responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and modifying complex heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) systems and support equipment.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and lay out work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, guides, codes, and work orders
- Troubleshoot HVAC/R systems with complex problems and extensive repairs
- Install, repair, and maintain large commercial and industrial ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning (AC), and cooling systems
- Utilize safety practices and procedures to maintain a safe and clean work environment
- Install, modify, overhaul, repair, and maintain complex heating boilers and/or heating systems, single and multiple fuel power boilers, and associated auxiliary and pollution control equipment
- Perform essential electrical work incidental to the maintenance and operation of HVAC/R systems
- Perform preventive maintenance on HVAC/R systems and equipment
Requirements:
Must meet the quality level of experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook X-118C.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the principles and theories of air conditioning and refrigeration
- Mechanical, electromechanical, and pneumatic principles to inspect, install, test, maintain, and repair power boilers and associated auxiliary and pollution control equipment
- Construction and operation of large industrial and commercial refrigeration and A/C systems
- Electrical equipment, i.e., meggers, test lamps, voltage testers, ammeters, and polarity testers
- Safety regulations, practices, and procedures; and regulations, procedures, and policies related to records maintenance and documentation
- Dismantling, repairing, and reassembling pumps, impellers, compressors, chillers, receivers, and evaporators
- Troubleshooting complex problems on large projects
- Use of hand tools, power tools, and test equipment
- Reading and interpreting instructions, blueprints, drawings, sketches, and specifications
Working Conditions:
Requires working indoors and outdoors on elevated structures, and in cramped areas.
