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What Is the EPA Technician Certification?
Under EPA regulations, technicians who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of equipment that could release refrigerants into the atmosphere must be certified. To earn the Section 608 Technician Certification, technicians should pass a qualification test.
Why Is It Important?
It provides clients with the visibility to a provider's certification level so that clients can make an informed choice when dispatching a provider. Clients can ensure compliance by validating technicians are properly certified when they handle refrigerant during a maintenance, repair, or retrofit service.
What Are the Types of EPA Technician Certification?
There are four types (levels) of certification:
- Type I: For servicing small appliances containing 5 lbs or less of refrigerant
- Type II: For servicing or disposing of high- or very high-pressure appliances, except small appliances
- Type III: For servicing or disposing of low-pressure appliances
- Universal: For servicing all types of equipment
Providers whose technicians service HVAC and Refrigerated Assets refrigerated assets can upload their technician’s EPA certification to Provider Automation. This feature provides administrators and business owners with a tool to manage their technician’s certification including their expiration dates.technicians’ certification.
Note that the same technician may have several certifications of different levels.
How Can I Upload the Certificates to ServiceChannel?
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The technicians certification will be added to provider automation and their Refrigerant Certification will appear on their User Profile in User Management, under the Employee’s Details tab. Image Removed
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The technicians’ certification gets added to your Fixxbook profile and can also be viewed by your clients.
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Only certified technicians will be able to capture refrigerant usage on work orders in the SC Provider mobile app. Those who don't have the certification will get the following error message when trying to record refrigerant usage.
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