Technician Handbook Air Conditioning for Collision Repair Certification The United States Clean Air Act of 1990, Section 609 requires Technicians who service motor vehicle air conditioning systems to be certified by a U. S. EPA- approved organization. Details of the Clean Air Act of 1990 may be accessed on-line at www.epa.gov . Both the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and the Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) are among those organizations which provide training and certification testing to meet these requirements.
Details for each of these organizations on-line or home-study programs and testing may be obtained on-line at www.ase.com and www.macsw.org respectively. Certification is good for life under current U. S. law and recertification is currently not required to comply with Section 609. Collision Repair & Refinish Training 9