Air Conditioning Engineers are professionals who perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines and other mechanically functioning equipment. They also do works like installation, operation, maintenance and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
Air Conditioning Engineer Eligibility
The minimum qualification for becoming an Air Conditioning Engineering is a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Stationary Engineering.
Air Conditioning Engineer Required Skills
- Air Conditioning Engineers should possess safety-oriented personality as sometimes they have to work with dangerous chemicals used in refrigeration.
- They also have the ability to perform precise calculations when installing or evaluating systems and determining moisture control.
- They also have knowledge of complex air conditioning systems and problem-solving skill.
- Candidates are also able to work at heights; having interpersonal abilities; able to meet deadlines and aware of safety issues.
How to become an Air Conditioning Engineer?
The candidate has to follow below-given steps for becoming an Air Conditioning Engineer-
Step 1
Students after passing 12th class have to go for degree courses in engineering in concerned subject of their interest. For having admission, they have to appear in Entrance Tests conducted by various institutes. After passing their degree courses, they are given campus placement as per their educational records and personality tests.
Degree Courses:
- B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
- B.E. (Stationary Engineering)
- B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
Educational Qualification-
For Bachelors’ Degree courses, students must be passed 12th class in science stream.
Engineering Entrance Tests for Degree Courses:
- AIEEE
- IIT-JEE
- GATE
- NIT
Step 2
After passing Bachelor’s Degree, students can go for further Master’s Degree programmes as some of the companies offering jobs to postgraduate candidates. They are selected mainly for research related jobs. After passing it, they can have managing or higher positioning jobs.
Institutes offering Courses for Air Conditioning Engineer
- Institute of Piping Engineering and Building Services (IPEBS), Hyderabad
- Ambay HVAC Training Center, Ahmedabad
- C.B. Training Institute, Bangalore
- Dhanush EnggServices India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
Air Conditioning Engineer Job Description
Air Conditioning Engineers mainly address the following topics such as heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, cleaning, ventilating and effectiveness. These professionals can work in factories, schools, hospitals, offices and shops installing different types of air conditioning systems according to customer needs in order to maintain temperature and humidity within buildings. Air Conditioning Engineers also perform many of the following tasks which are given below:
- To provide technical information to clients.
- To inspect air conditioning systems.
- To diagnose faulty equipment.
- To buy materials.
- To supervise craft workers.
Air Conditioning Engineer Career Prospects
They have many career/job prospects after having been selected in various fields. They may travel from one job to the next in local or regional area but if they work for a big national company, may have to work away from home at certain times.
They can work in places like supermarkets, hospitals or shopping centres depending on what type of work candidates specialise in. Air Conditioning Engineer might also work on construction sites, which could be dusty and cold; and in cramped and uncomfortable conditions in order to access air conditioning and refrigeration units.
Air Conditioning Engineer Salary
Air Conditioning Engineers, initially, depends on their academic records or company image. As good and reputed companies give good packages to talented candidates and in small companies, pancakes are small in comparison to bigger ones. They can earn between Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000 per month. They can earn more than this with gaining experience in the very field. Then they can have a monthly salary of Rs. 30,000 and more than this such as Rs. 50,000-60,000.
