Electrical
VOM
Wire strippers
Diagonal cutter
Linesman
Lug crimper
Insulated screwdriver set
T-handle Allen set
Arc flash protection


Sheet metal
Snips
Seemers
Crimper
Tape measure
Bar folder
Sheet metal hammer

Plumbing
Tubing cutter
De-burring tool/reamer
Pipe bender
PVC cutter
Sawzall



Mechanical
Belt tension tool
Sheave alignment tool
Ratcheting wrench set
Socket set
Different sizes of 2 & 3 jaw pullers
Caliper

Pipe wrenches
Crescent wrenches
Slip joint pliers
Impact gun and impact sockets
Razor blades
Putty knife
1/4 inch hex drill bit set with extensions

Refrigerant gauges
Micrometer
Vacuum pump
Valve core removers
Recovery machine
Recovery tanks
Scale
Extension cords
Ladders
Service wrench
Inspection mirror
Towels
Drop cloth
Flaring tool
Hammer
Thermostat screwdriver
Inspection camera
Cleaning brushes
Flashlight
Thermometer
Psycrometer

 

See attached, this is a comprehensive provided to me by a Commercial Air Conditioning Company that recruits our graduates.
Be advised that different markets have different needs:

Key

I = Installations

S = Service

B= Both

A = Apprentice

L1 = Level 1 technician

L2 = Level 2 technician

 

Start with a Semi Tractor Trailer!


Residential, Commercial, and Industrial....
So do you want the
water cooled recovery machine
3 - 8 1-Ton chain falls
cum along
Hot Sticks
Megga ohm


Youd be better separating the categories. Many things cross over and many do not.

 

If you can't fix it with a 6-in-1 and some duct tape then it's

 

Thanks for sharing guys.....

There're several items on those lists that I would have forgotten about......The reason for my asking for help....

This place is great!

 

Brain, Attitude, Temperament.

If they have those, the rest is easily figured out.

 

Seems to me its borderline impossible to list all the items that may be needed considering the almost never ending number of scenarios a tech will encounter. A/C, boilers, refrigeration, chillers, towers, vrf, etc.
Laptop, service tools for all manufacturers of equipment, tube punch machine, large torque impact gun, oil pump, transfer pump, drop lights, signal generator, carrier navigator, shaft alignment set, etc, etc, etc.

 

Agreed.......

Not too many people have an appreciation for the complexity and the knowledge required for success in this field......

Most of them figure that the knowledge necessary to operate a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and a hammer is all that's required......

Sometimes it's fun to mess with the know it all's........LOL

Even those in our own trade......... Ha Ha ha ha

 

Im not to sure i agree with that excell list. As a commercial SERVICE guy of 38 years , I do not think i ever carried around framing nailers, sawhorses and miter saws, never had a use for a lazer tape. Sounds more like a carpenters list. Not saying a install shop may not need those, but for service those could probably be left back in the shop.

 

It really just all depends on what they are doing i do not think there is a true answer to this unless you just talk about basic set. not one set will fit all .