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Level II training is designed for those individuals who have received Level I certification or who have three or more years of experience working in operations and maintenance of a commercial or institutional facility. Level II certification requires participants to attend four core courses and two supplemental courses (61 hours of training, 6.1 CEUs) and complete class exams and projects.
Students will learn how to design and operate a preventative maintenance program to produce energy savings and equipment reliability. This course emphasizes effective troubleshooting methods for problem identification, testing procedures, problem solving, and operational analysis. Procedures for developing troubleshooting service records are included.
Students will learn to locate and repair electrical opens, shorts, overloads, and high resistance. This course teaches the use of digital electric meters. The course also covers O&M procedures to prevent electrical problems and evaluate power quality issues for the facility.
Project: Power Quality Upgrade
Students will learn to troubleshoot and improve the efficiencies of the primary heating, cooling and ventilation systems of commercial buildings. This two-day class will focus on system performance evaluation and efficiency optimization of central boiler and chiller systems, vapor-compression cycles of AC and heat pump systems, and distribution and ventilation systems.
Project: HVAC Systems Design
Students will learn energy efficient operation, maintenance, and service of HVAC controls and related devices for central air systems commonly found in commercial buildings. The course will cover control principles, components, computerized controls, and calibrating the controlled sub-systems.
Project: HVAC Controls Diagram
Students will learn best practices for O&M that create and sustain high performance buildings. The course covers LEED® and ENERGY STAR® tools for evaluating the sustainability of existing buildings.
This course introduces the basic causes of indoor environmental quality problems and begins to develop a method of diagnosis and solution. Students will learn about the dynamic components of indoor environmental quality in relation to source control, occupant sensitivity and ventilation. The course emphasizes communications with building occupants for reliable investigations without aggravating existing issues.
Students will learn about electrical distribution in a facility and common electrical distribution problems. This course will emphasize the fundamentals of electricity and its application to the workplace.
This course covers planning, retrofitting, and troubleshooting for basic electrical control systems. Students will learn basic electric control concepts, wiring schematic fundamentals, and blueprint-to-panel-board recognition. Hands-on activities provide an understanding of ladder logic diagram symbols and their equivalent component counterparts. Upon completion, students will be able to identify and modify electric control diagrams, recognize diagram symbols and equivalent components, and comprehend basic electric control system strategies.
This course introduces the building commissioning process with an emphasis on existing buildings and the building operator's role. Topics include an overview of commissioning types, the elements of a successful project, working with a commissioning service provider, and the building operator's role in a commissioning project.
Students will learn: when, where and what type of commissioning may be appropriate for their building or project; how building operators can reduce commissioning costs through active participation in the process; how to establish a list of expected (deliverables) from a third party commissioning service provider; and how to access the available resources.
Students will learn how to calculate power costs for electric motors and to identify improvements in motor management practices—practices that make big differences in system reliability and electricity bills. Topics include calculating motor operating costs; practical uses of a motor database for repair/replace decisions; a model repair specification for ensuring quality repair; and a demonstration of free tools and software to improve motor management.
This class introduces technologies to help building personnel better manage their energy use, reduce electrical demand, and maintain or even improve the comfort of building occupants. Topics covered include how to screen buildings to assess enhanced automation (EA) potential; lighting and HVAC technologies and control strategies; energy management and information systems; and EA implementation strategies. Students will learn about the complexities of enhanced automation and the role of the building operator in making EA really work in facilities.
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