EPA 608 Certification & Testing

TPC has partnered with ESCO Institute to administer the EPA 608 exam. ESCO Institute is the industry's largest provider of EPA Section 608 certification testing.

Description

EPA 608 Certification

Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires that all persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of appliances that contain regulated refrigerants be certified in proper refrigerant handling techniques by passing the EPA 608 Technician Certification exam. Candidates for this test can be certified in any of three equipment categories plus Universal.

CORE - To pass any EPA type, a candidate must pass the CORE section of the test plus one of the technician types listed below. Once CORE is passed it need not be taken again and it may be used for additional EPA types.

Type I - A Type I technician primarily works on small appliances such as domestic refrigerators, window air conditioners, PTAC's and vending machines.
Type II – A Type II technician primarily works on equipment using high-pressure refrigerant such as HCFC-22. The equipment includes residential air conditioners and heat pumps, supermarket refrigeration and process refrigeration.
Type III - A Type III technician primarily works on equipment using a low-pressure refrigerant such as HCFC-123 or CFC-11. The units are primarily chillers.
Universal - Any candidate passing all three of these EPA types Type I, Type II or Type III is certified as UNIVERSAL.

The test is divided into four sections, CORE, Type I, Type II and Type III. Each test section has 25 multiple-choice questions drawn from a pool of test questions provided by the EPA. Questions regarding equipment regulations, safety, shipping and identifying refrigerants appear in every test section, so it is important to know these well. Multiple versions of the test are offered at the same time offering different questions.