HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer - First Class

ASOPE® offers an opportunity to obtain an HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer - First Class license. A list of qualifications that are required to receive your HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer - First Class license are outlined below. Requirements include a minimum age of 18 years old (legal adult), a high school diploma (or GED equivalent), and one year time in grade as an HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer 2nd class.

If all qualifications are met, you will be required to schedule an examination. The exam consists of a wide range of curriculum including, but not limited to, mathematics, thermodynamics and heat, psychometrics, electricity and electrical safety, pressure-enthalpy diagrams, and heat pumps. This examination will be multiple choice with 100 questions. Upon completion of the HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer - First Class license exam, an ASOPE® representative will notify you of a "pass" or "fail" status. If failed, you will be offered additional opportunities to retake the exam. Please review our Failed Test Procedures to learn more.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer - First Class license, please contact the ASOPE® national office.

Test Fee $45.00

Requirements to take test

• Minimum age - 18
• Education - High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Experience - One year time in grade as an HVAC / Chiller Operating Engineer 2nd class
• Must have EPA 608 certification Core, Type I, Type II, & Type III

Examination – Written Test 100 Questions Multiple Choice

Licensed to Operate after successfully passing test:

• Maximum Refrigeration or Air Conditioning (unsupervised) Unlimited

Recommended Books and Reading

• HVAC Water Chillers and Cooling Towers CRC Press
• HVAC and Refrigeration Systems American Technical Publishers
• Industrial Maintenance and Troubleshooting American Technical Publishers  

Test will include competency and proficiency questions in the below listed areas:

• General Industrial Safety
• Mathematics
• Thermodynamics and Heat
• Electricity and Electrical Safety
• Psychometrics
• Commercial & Industrial Heating and Cooling Systems
• Commercial & Industrial Refrigeration Systems
• Management of Refrigerants and Refrigeration Systems
• Pressure-Enthalpy Diagrams
• Compression Systems –Low Side
• Compression System- High Side
• Heat Pumps
• PLC Control Systems
• Heating and Cooling Loads and Calculations
• Distribution System Balance
• Cooling Tower Design, Application, Operation & Maintenance
• Absorption Chillers Ammonia & Lithium Bromide
• Vapor Compression Chillers
• Electronic and Programmable Controllers
• Mechanical Systems
• Fluid Power Systems
• Air Compressor Operation and Maintenance
• Facility Pneumatic and Electrical Controls Operation and Maintenance
• Emergency Diesel Generator Operation and Maintenance
• Pump and Valve Maintenance
• Troubleshooting