The WAEC syllabus for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning is the topic you must study to sit for the examination. It contains the aims and objectives, notes and format for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning exam.
Studying the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning subject is necessary for your exam preparation. It will serve as a guide for you to know the topics to read. There are also notes on concepts you should pay attention to learning.
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This post contains the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and recommended textbooks of the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
WAEC Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
The examinations shall consist of three papers, all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 shall be composite and will be taken at one sitting.
Paper 1: This will consist of forty compulsory multiple-choice questions. Candidates will be allowed 1 hour for the paper. It will carry 40 marks.
Paper 2: There shall be five essay questions out of which candidates will be expected to answer any four in 1 hour 30 minutes for 60 marks.
Paper 3: There shall be two practical questions for the candidate to answer of them within 2 hours for 100 marks.
A list of materials (cutting list) shall be made available to the schools not less than two weeks before the paper is taken for their procurement and preparation for the examination.
Candidate shall carry out the task in the presence of an examiner.
Alternatively, the Council may consider using the alternative to the practical work testing method in the event of constraints on requisite facilities. In this case, two compulsory questions shall be made available for candidates to answer within 2 hours for 100 marks.
The paper shall test candidates’ real-life experience in the workshop, abilities to identify and use requisite tools, use of measuring instruments and troubleshooting, etc.
Freehand sketches of hand tools, circuits and wiring diagrams of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems may also be required.
WAEC Syllabus
- Safety and first aid in the workshop.
- Energy, matter and power.
- Energy
- Nature of matter.
- power.
- Temperature and pressure.
- Temperature and its measurement
- Pressure and its measurement
- Refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
- Introduction to refrigeration.
- Refrigerants
- Air-Conditioningprocesses
- Compressors, Condensers and Evaporators
- Compressors
- Condensers.
- Workshop practices.
- Basic tools used in refrigeration and air-conditioning workshops
- Fault diagnosis and troubleshooting.
- Maintenance and Testing
- Installation processes
- Piping, Ducting and Trunking
- Motors and generators
- Cold room
- Insulation processes
- Insulation of refrigeration and air-conditioning system.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Business concept.
- Marketing
- Accounting
