I am privileged to be a part of the Philippine Integrated Institute
Qatar 2018 class, the celebration of weeks of hard works, practical exercises
and sharing of personal experiences while working abroad culminating in the
graduation of more than a dozen participants from Air Conditioning Technician
course and form part of more than 200+ overall graduates, each of which is
ready to expand their expertise to become entrepreneurs back home.
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| PIIQ Graduates 2018 (Batch 1 & 2) |
Yes, for today, the 17th of August 2018 marked another
milestone.
Being an OFW for more than 3-decades working as Senior
Electrical and Instrumentation Designer at Qatar Petroleum I still spent many hours
honing my skills by attending forums, reading books, viewing the instructional manual,
etc. so that I can share my experiences and skills to the Filipino community
where I belong.
But perhaps there is no comparison to my awesome
adventure in taking up the Air-conditioning Technician course at PIIQ.
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In here, I can able to apply the design theory that I
always wanted to do and with the watchful eye of our instructor Mr.Rufino
Manago and to my more experienced practitioners in the field, we can able to
perform and solve various technical issues.
The practical part of using various types of equipment the like
of on-hand multi-meter readings on the compressor windings, fan motors wiring,
capacitor testing to name a few gives participants the chance to find-out the
required pole (Start, Run, Common) of the compressor, thanks to one of our classmates who brings with him his FLUKE precision multi-meter for our use.
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| AirconTech instructor and his very talented students |
On the other hand, the use of tube flaring tools and
techniques of how to seamlessly join or weld two pieces of tubing as
demonstrated by our instructor and practical use by everyone is less expensive than
using various tube fittings (Hoke-Gyrolok) give participants more options and confidence
when doing the tubing part of the air-conditioning system.
The outdoor and indoor installations along with the
evacuation process using specialized vacuum equipment to store the refrigerant
into the compressor and charging back the refrigerant into the system, leak
testing, PACU testing, system cleaning, and maintenance has been simulated to
make sure that all the procedures and processes have been taken care of.
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| PIIQ Career Fair |
This group of remarkably talented individuals has been
academically prepared by sketching our own electrical wiring diagrams on paper
and turns the system into reality by wiring the air-conditioning unit
individually.
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In here, we have alternatively been tested for strength and heart to be able to wire-up and do the tubing into the system without glancing our own wiring diagrams and sketch, which by the way collected by our instructor beforehand. Some of us will have to do it twice or thrice until we can able to master the circuitry.
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| PIIQ Career Fair at Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel |
To be able to survive the written and practical test gives
us more confidence to fully understand the whole system. More problems being solved
during the processes can be used as our guide to further our new-found
knowledge.
So, may you keep learning, and evolve by the test of time
and adapt to new technology changes.
Congratulations to the graduates of 2018 (Batch 1 &
2)! Thank you and have a wonderful time at PIIQ.
#Ela-G
