Skills and Training Chapter of BRA and IOR Guide to Good Commercial Refrigeration Practice published - 11/9/2008

The BRA Guide to Good Commercial Refrigeration Practice, which has been an industry standard reference document for many years, is being completely revised as a joint document by the British Refrigeration Association and the Institute of Refrigeration.

The Guide will be published in 9 separate Parts beginning in September 2008 with Part 9 ‘Assessment of Skills Related Competence and Training’ which is now available as a free download.

Part 9 of the Guide has been prepared in conjunction with the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board (ACRIB), and its subject matter will be of great importance to companies and individuals working in the HVACR sector

The aim of the complete Guide is to build up over the next six months into a standard industry reference document providing authoritative information on the good practice requirements for design, installation, commissioning, operation and service & maintenance for commercial and light industrial applications.

Each section of the Guide will be fully up to date with current legislation requirements and also deals with the need to ensure that the most efficient solutions are applied to both new and existing installations and consideration given to options for choice of refrigerant

The Guide will eventually be published in the following Parts:

Part 1                                    Introduction

Part 2                                    System design and Component Selection

Part 3                                    Safety regulations, standards and directives

Part 4                                    System Installation                                                                        

Part 5                                    System Commissioning                                                                               

Part 6                                    System Maintenance and Service

Part 7                                    System and component decommissioning and waste disposal

Part 8                                    Refrigerants and Retrofitting

Part 9                                    Assessment of skills related competence and training 

Parts 4 ‘System Installation’ and 5 ‘System Commissioning’ will follow shortly after Part 9.

The BRA and IOR are delighted to be producing  the new Guide as a cross industry collaboration, and are indebted to ACRIB’s Education and Training Committee for their key role in producing Part 9.