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Step into a technician's workday before you enroll. Diagnose a fault, choose your tools and work through a real skills lab, right here on our website.

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Choose a lab below. Leave your contact details to unlock all six experiences. Each lab takes about 15–25 minutes; a headset is optional.

01HVAC

Condenser fan motor replacement

Find the fault on a no-cool call, make the unit safe and replace the condenser fan motor.

About 25 minutes

02HVAC, gas heat

Hot surface igniter

Follow a gas furnace's heating sequence, test the igniter and replace it safely.

About 20 minutes

03Plumbing

Sweat a copper joint

Cut a copper stub to length and solder a coupling with lead-free solder, start to finish.

About 20 minutes

04Commercial refrigeration

Evaporator performance check

Take the readings that tell you how a walk-in cooler's evaporator is performing.

About 20 minutes

05Commercial refrigeration

Grounded compressor diagnosis

Read compressor windings, test to ground with a megohmmeter and make the diagnosis.

About 15 minutes

06Data center

Tripped PDU breaker

Trace cords, work out the load and rebalance a rack PDU before resetting its breaker.

About 15 minutes

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