Planning, installation and maintenance of heat pumps Certified heat pump installer or planner

This continuing education for heating installers is a combination of the two continuing education courses:

During the five or six days of the course, in addition to the technological basics of heat pump/refrigeration technology, the planning, installation and maintenance of heat pumps and air conditioning systems with intervention in the refrigeration circuit (see below for restrictions) are taught. The continuing education concludes with these certificates if all requirements are met:

Zertifizierter Wärmepumpeninstallateur bzw. -planer

Kältetechnik-Zertifikat nach Kategorie II

Classroom course

Course costs

Complete price: EUR 1.750,- excl. VAT*.

This price is only valid for the venue Vienna and includes the further training, the training documents (e-learning), one exam entry, beverages during breaks and the initial certification as Certified Heat Pump Installer or Planner (valid for 3 years). *
Members of the Heat Pump Association Austria as well as companies that register at least three participants for the same date will receive a discount of 10% on the above mentioned complete price. If this is the case for you, please announce it in the "field for message for registration" when registering for the course.*

External certification costs: EUR 40,- excl. VAT (will be charged by the Bundesinnung für Sanitär-, Heiz- und Lüftungstechniker).

* For courses offered by other course providers (e.g. WIFI Salzburg), different prices may apply in some cases; further training courses, examinations and certifications may be priced separately.

Tip: Course dates organized by our partners in the federal states can be found on the partner websites listed below. All modules of this compact course can also be attended individually. The module descriptions can be found on our learning platform:

Wärmepumpe und Kältetechnik - alle Module (Termine auf Anfrage)

Further information

Category II certified personnel are authorized to install, maintain, service and recover refrigerant in systems with a charge of less than 3 kg, or less than 6 kg in hermetically sealed systems. Depending on the type of refrigerant and the design of the heat pump or refrigeration system, this corresponds to a cooling or heating capacity of up to approx. 20 kW.
According to EU Regulation 517/2014 (F-Gas Regulation), refrigerants may now only be sold to companies with a company certificate. For this company certificate, it is necessary that employees working on equipment containing these F-Gases have a personal certificate in accordance with EU Regulation 2015/2067.

In addition to the certifications, the following optional partnerships are available:

Wärmepumpe Austria installation partnership (bonus: free membership in the 1st year
klimaaktiv competence partner

NEW: E-learning course

Most modules can be completed in addition or as an alternative to the classroom days in a flexible timeframe on a PC, tablet or smartphone using audio-visual multimedia lectures. Furthermore, online practice tests are available for exam preparation. The e-learning course content can be completed at any time.

The personal support of the participants takes place by telephone, by message forum and if necessary by video chat. If you are interested, please contact weiterbildung(at)ait.ac.at or call +43 50550-6041.

Our partners

In the federal states this course is organized by our partners. The course dates at our partners can be found on their websites (click on the respective link):

WIFI Salzburg