Supermarket Refrigeration (AS Degree S0967)

Technology and Health Division
Degree S0967
The A.S. Degree in Supermarket Refrigeration is designed to prepare students to enter the refrigeration industry as commercial and supermarket refrigeration technicians. The program prepares students to work with commercial and supermarket refrigeration systems based on the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle for multiplex refrigeration systems using direct expansion evaporators and multiple compressors with common suction and discharge lines.  Refrigerant safety and natural refrigerant alternatives are learned which include CO2 as the refrigerant, the safety, handling, and storage of CO2, refrigeration system types that use CO2, equipment applications, CO2 components, and pressure and temperature controls that manage the system in the transcritical mode. Field trips and program supported work-based learning are required to complete this degree.   

Required Courses

Course Prefix Course Name Units
AIRC 10Technical Mathematics in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration2
AIRC 11Welding for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration2
AIRC 20Refrigeration Fundamentals4
AIRC 25Electrical Fundamentals for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration5
AIRC 31Commercial Electrical for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration4
AIRC 50Commercial Refrigeration4
AIRC 52Supermarket Refrigeration Systems3
AIRC 54Transcritical CO2 Refrigeration Systems3
AIRC 95Work Experience in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration *2
Total Units29
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Variable unit course. 2 units required.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, a student will: 

  • Define High Risk Operations when working on CO2 refrigeration systems.
  • Illustrate the refrigeration cycle for a CO2 transcritical booster system.
  • Examine the purpose of parallel compressors in transcritical CO2 refrigeration systems.
  • Acquire employment as a commercial or supermarket refrigeration technician.

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