IGSHPA AI Training at Your Own Pace

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Take your time to learn the rich content of the IGSHPA Accredited Installer Course at your own pace, replay any of the 63 videos to better understand and prepare yourself for succeeding in this renewable heating career. Present your questions at (6) weekly live webinars.

New York State residents will pay $595 and contact your Clean Heating & Cooling Community Campaign or your local utility to see if additional discounts are available.

About the Course

Refined over many years, the IGSHPA Accredited Installer Course contains the essential information to understand the fundamentals in the design and installation of geothermal heat pump systems.. The following outline illustrates the breadth of content.

Lesson 1—Introduction & Overview

Lesson 2—Thermal Properties of Soil & Rock

Lesson 3—Performance of GSHP Equipment

Lesson 4—Selecting a GSHP for Heating & Cooling Loads

Lesson 5—Piping Material, Properties & Flow Characteristics

Lesson 6—Design of Closed-Loop Ground Heat Exchanger

Lesson 7—Grouting Procedures for GSHP Systems

Lesson 8—Interior Closed-Loop Piping Design

Lesson 9-Installing the Closed-Loop GHEX Piping System

Lesson 10—System Flushing & Purging

Lesson 11—GSHP Start-up, Performance Checking & Trouble Shooting

Lesson 12—Introduction to Heat Fusion

Manuals include the Design-Installation Guide, Design & Installation Standards, Soil & Rock Field Manual, Slinky Design & Installation Manual and Grouting Manual.

Students will be expected to watch videos & read sections of the manuals at a pace of 3-4 hours per week and attend weekly live Webinars where they are expected to participate in Q&A and review sessions.

OPTIONAL—NATE Certification can be obtained by taking and passing (80%) a NATE Proctored Exam to be held at the NY-GEO 2020 Conference on 3/25 or 26 (details TBD). Also as a optional session held at NY-GEO 2020 hands-on Socket & Butt Fusion Training will be conducted.