Chiller Technician (Hospitals & Data Centres) – Immediate Start

Here is work for a technician who can find a leak fast and gas a system up properly, with the air-conditioning maintenance company in Durban Central. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is Durban Central-based, with most of your time spent at an air-conditioning maintenance company. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Clean coils, replace filters and check drain lines on scheduled services
• Complete service reports on a tablet and have the site manager sign them
• Service cold rooms, display fridges and freezers on planned maintenance routes
• Install split units, cassettes and ducted systems, including brazing and vacuum work
• Recover refrigerant into cylinders and log every kilogram used
• Commission new systems and show the client how to use the controls
• Pressure test with nitrogen, pull a deep vacuum and charge with R410A, R32 or R134a

• Code 08 driver's licence, since the job is mostly on the road
• Understanding of single- and three-phase control circuits
• At least 2 years servicing commercial or residential systems
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning trade test or an NQF 4 occupational certificate
• Brazing, flaring and vacuum skills you can demonstrate

• Experience with VRF systems or chillers
• Building management system alarm handling
• CO2 transcritical refrigeration experience in retail stores

• Standby pay for weekend fridge breakdowns
• Manufacturer training on new equipment ranges
• Company vehicle with a fitted tool rack
• Gauge manifold, vacuum pump and recovery unit issued to you

• Say which refrigerants and system types you have worked on. A recruiter for supermarket work wants to see CO2 or large rack systems.
• Mention whether you are comfortable on standby. Most service jobs in this trade include it.