Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, HVAC, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Test electrical circuits or components for continuity, using electrical test equipment.
• Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring.
• Lay out and connect electrical wiring between controls and equipment, according to wiring diagrams, using electrician's hand tools.
• Schedule work with customers and initiate work orders, house requisitions, and orders from stock.
• Estimate, order, pick up, deliver, and install materials and supplies needed to maintain equipment in good working condition.
• Install, connect, or adjust thermostats, humidistats, or timers.
• Comply with all applicable standards, policies, or procedures, such as safety procedures or the maintenance of a clean work area.
• Discuss heating or cooling system malfunctions with users to isolate problems or to verify that repairs corrected malfunctions.

Technology

• Adobe Acrobat
• Alerton Ascent Compass
• Atlas Construction Business Forms
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Building automation software
• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
• Contact management systems
• Cworks CMMS
• Data logging software
• Database software
• Delta Controls inteliWEB
• Facility energy management software
• Graphics software
• Honeywell WEBs-N4

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in FL
  Median $56,670 · Employment 39,160
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in CA
  Median $72,560 · Employment 35,130
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in TX
  Median $57,760 · Employment 34,730
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in NY
  Median $74,430 · Employment 24,430
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $77,990 · Employment 21,820
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in PA
  Median $62,400 · Employment 15,880
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in NC
  Median $57,260 · Employment 15,230
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in VA
  Median $59,730 · Employment 14,690
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in OH
  Median $62,510 · Employment 14,150
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in MI
  Median $60,850 · Employment 12,590
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in GA
  Median $56,390 · Employment 12,290
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $59,560 · Employment 10,910

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