The esco institute s section 608 epa preparatory manual 9th edition has been revised to include all new regulatory changes.
Epa section 608 certification exam preparatory manual pdf.
This book serves as a guide for reviewing material related to section 608 of the clean air act and is not a formal.
Failure to comply could cost you and your company as much as 27 500 per day per violation and there is a bounty of up to 10 000 to lure your competitors.
The united states environmental protection agency epa regulates section 608 of the federal clean air act.
There are four types of certification.
Epa certification exam preparatory manual section 608 of the federal clean air act requires that all persons who maintain service repair or dispose of appliances that contain regulated refrigerants be certified in proper refrigerant handling techniques as of november 14 1994.
Mainstream is certified by the epa to provide both 608 and 609 certification.
The federal clean air act under section 8 requires persons working with regulated refrigerants to be certified.
The test contains four sections.
The core and sections i ii and iii.
Epa maintains its own web site that includes information about both section 608 and section 609 certification.
Epa 608 certification test format.
Each section contains twenty five 25 multiple choice questions a technician must achieve a minimum passing score of 70 percent in each group section in which they are to be certified.
This site is maintained by mainstream engineering corporation and is not associated with the us environmental protection agency epa.
This manual is intended to prepare technicians for the environmental protection agency s epa section 608 certification examination and contains the information required to successfully complete the exam.