| Refrigator Repair Technician Courses

Refrigerant management has been done in two levels: at a country government level and at installation/application level. Strategies for refrigerant management have been developed at a country level as an action of the Montreal Protocol implementation in developing countries by UNEP and other implementing agencies in conjunction with National Ozone Units (NOUs) and other governmental institutions. The Multilateral Fund (MLF) assistance to Article 5 countries in the refrigeration servicing sector started in 1991 when projects for training service technicians and recovering and recycling chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants were first approved. In 1997 these standalone projects were replaced by Refrigerant Management Plans (RMP). Refrigerant management is an approach to optimising the use of available refrigerants in the existing equipment and minimising the demand for virgin refrigerants for servicing through technical and regulatory measures. This is aiming to allow the appropriate operation of the equipment throughout its lifecycle at reducing harmful impact to the environment resulting from the emission of refrigerants. The conditions and resources allocated for the RMPs have been adjusted from time to time. After the RMPs, projects called Terminal Phase-out Management Plans (TPMP) have been developed. Under a TPMP, a country receives funding for a full phase-out of CFC consumption on the understanding that no further funding will be requested.