Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Apprentice
ACRS LIMITED
PINVIN (WR10 2FW)
Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026
Posted on 17 December 2025
Contents
Summary
As an Apprentice Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineer, you will be placed with experienced engineers and will build skills that can be applied to a future career in the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Heat Pump Industry.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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- Current apprenticeship Rate. Reviewed every 3 months dependent on skill building.
- Training course
- Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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4 days work, 8.00am - 5.00pm.
1 day college, 9.00am - 4.00pm.
Exact days to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 16 February 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Learning/training - Installation, Service and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems
- Develop skills in providing support and assistance to others in the engineering team
- Always observing health and safety guidelines
- Follow company processes
- Provide a high standard of work
- Attend day release one day a week at a training provider
- Ensure a range of work-based evidence required for your qualification is gathered, to ensure achievement of the apprenticeship qualification
Where you'll work
UNIT 7 & 8
ABBEY VIEW BUSINESS PARK
ABBEY VIEW
PINVIN
WR10 2FW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Training course
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
- Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
- Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
- perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
- Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
- Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
- Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
- Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
- Identify and use tools and equipment.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Complete a customer handover.
- Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
- Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
- Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
- Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
- Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
- perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
- Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
- Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
- Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
- Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
- Identify and use tools and equipment.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Complete a customer handover.
- Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
- Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
- Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
- Apply ethical principles.
Training schedule
- Full on the job training will be provided by our team of engineers
- Day release at Dudley College of Technology
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
Other requirements
- Full driving license or actively working towards
- Consider commuting distance
About this employer
We are looking for a full-time trainee apprentice Air Conditioning and refrigeration Engineer to join our growing team at our Pershore headquarters.
ACRS are Worcestershire’s leading refrigeration and air conditioning specialist. We continually seek people with the talent, skills, experience, and motivation to enhance our organisation.
We have an exciting opportunity to work as an Engineer apprentice with ACRS, learning all the key skills of becoming an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineer. This role with give you the opportunity to work for a market-leading company, whilst gaining valuable skills and experience to ensure you develop to your full potential throughout the apprenticeship.
We provide complete temperature control solutions, services, and maintenance to all our customers in the Worcestershire region and across the UK. ACRS was established over twenty five years ago, and we pride ourselves in helping businesses big and small with cooling and heating solutions.
After this apprenticeship
- To progress to a fully qualified refrigeration and air conditioning engineer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005642.
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Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026
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