ARCtick Licence study guide
ARCtick Licence · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ARCtick Refrigerant Handling Licence (RHL) is a credential administered through the ARC Industry Site for people who handle regulated refrigerants. The site's navigation groups the scheme into four areas: the Refrigerant Handling Licence itself, the Refrigerant Trading Authorisation (RTA), Refrigerant Industry Training, and Information. For the RHL, the published menu covers renewing a licence, starting a new RHL application, updating details, getting a replacement licence card, cancelling an RHL, licence types, trainee licences, refrigerant recovery, codes of practice, licence application fees, forms, and a Field Education and Engagement Program. The RTA side covers renewals, new applications, permit condition checks (audits), business reporting templates, conditions of authorisation, and industry segments. The ARCtick Licence study guide has 4 sections and about 1,395 words.
01Refrigerant Handling Licence (RHL): Scope, Obligations and Safe Practice
A Refrigerant Handling Licence authorises an individual to carry out work on refrigeration and air conditioning equipment that involves handling controlled refrigerants. The core activities to understand are: charging and recovering refrigerant, decanting between cylinders, brazing or de-brazing on a circuit, pressure testing with refrigerant or nitrogen, evacuating and dehydrating a system, and leak testing.
371 words, about 2 min02Refrigerant Trading Authorisation (RTA): Business-Level Controls
The Refrigerant Trading Authorisation is the business-level authorisation that allows an entity to acquire, store, sell or otherwise trade in controlled refrigerants. It is distinct from the individual Refrigerant Handling Licence: an RTA sits with the company, an RHL sits with the person.
359 words, about 2 min03Refrigerant Industry Training: Competency and Assessment
Refrigerant industry training exists to ensure that people who handle controlled refrigerants can do so safely, lawfully and with environmental responsibility. Training is the pathway to the Refrigerant Handling Licence, and it typically covers refrigeration principles, the environmental impact of refrigerants, safe handling, recovery and recycling, brazing, pressure testing, evacuation and commissioning, plus the regulatory framework.
324 words, about 2 min04Information: Records, Labelling and Regulatory Notices
Refrigerant regulation depends on accurate information flowing between technicians, businesses and the regulator. This domain tests your understanding of what records must be kept, how refrigerant and equipment must be labelled, and how regulatory information is communicated and acted upon.
341 words, about 2 min