Diploma in Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician (Co-op) is a diploma in Energy Engineering programme taught at Fanshawe College in London, Canada. The programme runs for 60 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 36,105 per total (CAD 7,900 per total for local students).
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician program offers a cooperative education component, which provides students the opportunity to gain invaluable first-hand workplace experience in their chosen field. Here are some co-op jobs that have kick-started the careers of some Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician students before even graduating!
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status, with Grade 12 Math (C or U); recommended but not mandatory preparation is Grade 11 or 12 Physics (C or U) and Grade 12 English (C) or Grade 12 Business and Technological Communication (O). The program page flags this as a competitive program, noting the college receives more applications from qualified applicants than it has seats, and suggests the one-year Trade Fundamentals preparatory program for applicants who fall short. International applicants whose first language is not English must meet one of: TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 (no band below 4); IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (no band below 5.5); CAEL overall 60 (no band below 50); PTE Academic minimum 53 (no band below 45); Cambridge English overall 169 (no skill below 162); ESL4/GAP5 80% at Level 8, 75% at Level 9, or 70% at Level 10; Duolingo overall 105 (no component below 95); or LanguageCert Academic overall 65 (no skill below 60). No minimum GPA, portfolio or interview is stated.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry, applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which later applications are assessed on a first-come basis until seats fill; non-competitive programs begin receiving offers from 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers go out by 30 March 2027, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and face fixed document deadlines rather than a single closing date: for the current intakes, study-permit and conditions-met documents are due 10/15 August 2026 (Fall), 9/15 December 2026 (Winter) and 5/15 April 2027 (Summer); missing a deadline can mean deferral to the next intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.