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Mechanical / HVAC Technician job
What a data center mechanical / HVAC technician does day to day, the rotating shift or Monday to Friday schedule, EPA 608, and how HVAC trade school graduates, apprentices and military technicians get hired.
By Czarina Tabayoyong, Founder, Critical Path Hiring
Last reviewed · First published
Reviewed as terms, pay and markets change.
The job
A mechanical / HVAC technician handles scheduled maintenance and repairs on a data center's cooling equipment, including chillers, CRAH units, pumps and cooling towers.
A typical day
- Service chillers, CRAH units, pumps and cooling towers
- Work through scheduled maintenance and repairs
- Hand over notes to the next shift at a live site
Location and schedule
Rotating shifts at live sites, or Monday to Friday for contractors.
Skills and certifications
Required
- EPA 608
- Working on chillers, CRAH units, pumps and cooling towers
Routes in
People enter from HVAC trade school or an apprenticeship, or from the military.
Next roles
This role leads to critical environment technician or mechanical commissioning technician.
Pay
Pay varies by market and level, and the current ranges are in our electrician and HVAC pay by market.
Questions
- What is the schedule for a mechanical / HVAC technician?
- Rotating shifts at live sites, or Monday to Friday for contractors.
- What does a mechanical / HVAC technician need to get hired?
- EPA 608 is required, along with work on chillers, CRAH units, pumps and cooling towers.
- How do I become a mechanical / HVAC technician?
- Through HVAC trade school, an apprenticeship or the military. Critical environment technician and mechanical commissioning technician are the next steps.
Next steps
- Join the talent network and tell us your discipline, market and availability
- Moving into commissioning? Read the HVAC technician to commissioning guide
- Look up a term in the data center glossary
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