Chiller Training for HVAC Technicians
The Online Chiller Certification Program
The only comprehensive chiller program covering every major manufacturer.
Built from over a decade of field service.
I’m Holden Shamburger, most techs in the chiller space know me as HVACTIME. I’ve spent over a decade servicing chillers full time: York, Trane, Carrier, Daikin, Smardt, Multistack, Dunham Bush, Turbocor, Hanbell. Tens of thousands of hours on equipment ranging from 30 ton air cooled scrolls to 2,000 ton centrifugals. This program exists because I built the training I wish existed when I moved into chillers.
Most companies promise chiller training and never deliver. Factory trainings cover one manufacturer in a few days. Union halls teach fundamentals. None of it prepares you to walk into any chiller plant and understand what you’re looking at: the compressors, controls, hydronics, cooling towers, the full picture. That’s the gap this program fills.
This program covers scroll, reciprocating, screw, and centrifugal compressors going into the complete plant, controls, hydronics, cooling towers, oil systems, VFDs, and tools/service equipment. 12 months of structured training built from real equipment and real service scenarios.
Watch a full lesson from the program. No pitch. Just training.
That’s how I teach. Here’s what other techs say.
+700 technicians have enrolled in this program.
Technicians enroll from every level: apprentices, journeymen, 20-year veterans transitioning to chillers, building engineers, and company owners adding chiller service. The most common profile: an experienced HVAC tech with years in the trade who’s moving into chillers.
Where technicians start when they enroll:
From technicians at the moment they enrolled.
“30 years in residential and commercial HVAC. I’m a novice in chillers and cooling towers.”
“7 years in the industry. I have some experience on working on air cooled chillers, just enough to be dangerous but not enough.”
“Sometimes running calls solo gives anxiety and that comes from inexperience and lack of being taught/having to learn on the fly.”
“I want to be the best. I want to be able to walk up to a chiller and make the proper diagnosis.”
Graduates of the Training:
“Does it work in the field?”
“After a long on call weekend I got to use a lot of the new information I learned from Chiller Academy. It not only helped me find the problems but I did it fast and effectively. I had a whole hospital down due to low chilled water volume, 3 story building but only 16 psi on my loop at ground level. Quickly found large chilled water leak on the roof, was able to isolate and fill loop back through bypass on the prv valve. Wouldn’t even be close to finding a problem like this before taking your course.” - LJ M.
“The class clarified so many things I was either misunderstanding or didn’t have a grasp on and now I feel like I’m on the right direction. I know I have a long way to go but I have the confidence to step into the plants and feel capable that I’m able to diagnose and assess issues. While taking the class I’ve been lucky to have taken a recent lesson that got me through some chiller service calls.” - Curren F.
“Is this better than what else is out there?”
“I have sat through a few manufacturer’s training and those where 20% sales pitch where as long as your butt was in the seat at 8 when they called role your ‘certificate’ would be ready for you at the end of the week. I have learned more in my time in this training than I have with the manufacture’s and my ‘Journeyman.’” - Troy P.
“I had zero experience with chillers prior to this course and I feel like I can at least navigate a machine and have a grasp on submittals and IOMs. I have MCS training at Dunham-Bush in a couple weeks, I would have been screwed without this course.” - Maxwell H.
“Where does this lead?”
“This class has helped fill the gaps in my knowledge and build my confidence as a technician. I have recommended this program to anyone who is interested in chiller work.” - Aaron B.
“Whether you are just starting your journey into chillers or a seasoned chiller tech, there is an abundance of information to be gained from this training! 10 out of 10, recommended training.” - Phil M. / “We will be having more of our technicians enrolling and completing this at Airtight Facilitech out of Charlotte, NC.”
Companies enrolling their technicians through Chiller Academy:
