| If you are considering going back to school you | | | | away to the stores that carry them. Again, |
| may find that there are a lot of class offerings | | | | without refrigeration these goods could not reliably |
| and even job postings related to refrigeration | | | | be transferred from the plant to the stores. |
| engineering. If you are like most people you sort | | | | Even at the plants large industrial refrigeration |
| of glance over this without a second thought. | | | | systems are used to keep mass quantities of |
| Have you ever stopped to think about what | | | | food products on hand all the time. Processed |
| industrial refrigeration is and what it does for you? | | | | food plants often have hundred of thousands of |
| Most people don't, but if you stop to think about | | | | boxes and bags on hand and they have to be |
| this you may realize that this is something that | | | | kept cool. It would be difficult for the plants to |
| you benefit from every single day and it could | | | | process enough food to meet the demands of |
| even be something that you could pursue as a | | | | their customers who are the stores that stock |
| job in the future if you were interested enough. | | | | food if they did not have this refrigerated storage |
| Industrial refrigeration is the refrigeration of goods | | | | space. |
| in an industry. When you think refrigeration you | | | | There are other places that use these |
| think of the refrigerator in your kitchen that holds | | | | refrigeration systems as well, places that you |
| all of the goods that your family consumes. Have | | | | might not even think of when you think of |
| you ever stopped to think about the store you | | | | refrigeration. These places are butchers, |
| shop at? They have what is known as industrial | | | | convenience stores, and even ice skating rinks. |
| refrigeration, meaning it is large in size and | | | | Most of these places use ammonia refrigeration |
| capability. Without this form of refrigeration the | | | | and without the systems we would not have all |
| store would not be able to stock the goods that | | | | of the food products that we do have and we |
| you buy and then bring home and put in your | | | | wouldn't be able to do some of the things that |
| kitchen. | | | | we love to do such as go to a hockey game or |
| Yet, the uses of industrial refrigeration don't start | | | | go ice skating in an indoor rink. As you can see, |
| at the store. Have you stopped to think about | | | | refrigeration engineering is very important to our |
| how the goods get from the plants to the store? | | | | way of life. As a result, this is a very in demand |
| They travel in refrigerated trucks that use the | | | | training and job because these systems often |
| same type of engineering as food products are | | | | need to be repaired and serviced, so there is |
| moved hundreds or even thousands of miles | | | | plenty of work to go around! |