The Subject Committee for Specialised Refrigeration Courses of the Separate Structural Subdivision “Odesa Technical Professional College of Odesa National University of Technology” is a graduating committee and trains specialists at the educational and professional degree of “Professional Junior Bachelor” under the following EPPs:
At present, the subject committee has 9 lecturers, of whom:
Among them
The course syllabi of the educational and professional programmes in specialty 142 “Energy Engineering” can be accessed via this link.
Dear graduates and potential employers! If you have any proposals, recommendations or comments, you can write an e-mail to the subject committee: otkxolod@gmail.com
The training of specialists in the specialty “Installation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Compressor Machines and Units” began in 1964 at the Odesa Food Industry Technical School, later the Odesa Technical Professional College. In 2014 the specialisation “Installation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” was introduced. Lecturers of the subject committee Iryna Berkan and Liudmyla Bryhadyr worked as part of the working group that developed the sectoral standard of higher education of Ukraine (SSHE) in the specialty “Installation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Compressor Machines and Units” for the educational and qualification level of “junior specialist”. The SSHE was approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 557 of 07.05.2014, but it ceased to be valid in 2015, so the educational and professional programmes were drawn up in accordance with the standard of higher education of Ukraine for the first (bachelor’s) level, specialty 142 “Energy Engineering”, approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1136 of 19.10.2018.
The prerequisites for licensing the educational programmes “Installation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” and “Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” were the results of labour market analysis, employers’ requests, and the aim of ensuring continuity of the educational process in the specialty “Energy Engineering”. The first intake of full-time students on the EPP “Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” took place in 2018, and in 2021 this EPP was accredited at the higher education level of “bachelor”. This opened up the possibility of making effective use of the work of the Subject Committee for Specialised Refrigeration Courses and of the Department of Energy Engineering of Odesa Technical Professional College.
Over 60 years of work, the College’s teaching staff has accumulated considerable experience in training competitive specialists in the field of knowledge in specialty 142 “Energy Engineering”. Training under the EPPs “Installation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Compressor Machines and Units” and “Installation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” at the level of Professional Junior Bachelor has been carried out since 2020, and the first graduation took place in 2024. The standard of professional pre-higher education in specialty 142 “Energy Engineering” for the educational and professional degree of “Professional Junior Bachelor” was approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1070 of 22.11.2022. The standard of professional pre-higher education was developed with the participation of the Head of the subject committee, Iryna Berkan, who chaired the subcommittee for specialty 142 Energy Engineering of Scientific and Methodological Committee No. 5 for Chemistry and Engineering of the Professional Pre-Higher Education Sector of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science.
To improve and update the EPPs “Installation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Compressor Machines and Units” and “Installation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems”, in 2023 the proposals of students, employers and other stakeholders were taken into account by processing the results of surveys and through participation in discussing changes at meetings of the subject committee, the Student Council of the Energy Systems Division and the Council of Employers of specialty 142 “Energy Engineering”.
Academic and methodological work
The lecturers of the subject committee carry out purposeful, systematic work on the academic and methodological support of all subjects in line with the curriculum and programmes. The main emphasis is on ensuring a high quality of education by creating and updating academic and methodological materials.
To accomplish this task, academic and methodological packages have been created for the courses, which meet modern standards and include:
Particular attention is paid to regular updating of the materials so that they meet the requirements of modern industry, technological progress and employers’ needs.
Professional development of lecturers
All lecturers of the subject committee regularly undergo various forms of professional and pedagogical development. This includes:
This process helps to improve the professional level of lecturers and ensures their readiness to use modern approaches in the educational process.
Purpose of pedagogical activity
The main purpose of the work of the subject committee’s teaching team is to create optimal conditions for high-quality learning and the all-round development of students. Particular emphasis is placed on training specialists with a high level of professional competence who meet the modern requirements of the labour market.
To achieve this purpose, the following tasks are carried out:
Increasing the intellectual and professional potential of lecturers, which includes developing material and technical resources, updating academic and methodological materials, and introducing modern teaching standards.
Introducing innovative teaching methods, in particular the use of modern educational technologies such as interactive teaching methods, computer programs, simulations, multimedia presentations and distance learning.
The main priority areas of the committee’s activity are:
Improving and updating the content of the subject committee’s courses, taking into account their professional focus and the results of scientific research in the field of low-temperature engineering and air conditioning;
Participation in drawing up working curricula in accordance with state regulatory documents and standards of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
Adapting course programmes to the European educational area;
Participation of the committee’s lecturers in scientific and methodological conferences and seminars to study and generalise ways of effectively developing the future specialist;
Use of role-plays and business games, individual practical assignments, test surveys and other forms of interactive training in the learning process, which will consolidate theoretical knowledge and develop students’ practical skills;
Preparing for printing and publication textbooks and teaching manuals for the committee’s courses, as well as preparing for republication those materials that have gained wide recognition among students and lecturers;
Developing electronic textbooks for the committee’s core courses with new-quality content that corresponds to the model of training a specialist for work in the technical sphere;
Developing and improving academic and methodological literature for students’ independent work using e-learning technologies;
Developing distance learning courses in the committee’s specialised subjects on the basis of information and communication Internet technologies;
10 Introducing a system of quality control of students’ learning activities and new approaches to assessing students’ knowledge through the use of testing programs and PCs;
Developing academic and methodological support for work placements and pre-graduation placements in cooperation with employers;
Organising an effective system of supervision and providing qualified assistance to students in preparing course projects and graduation projects with a view to their implementation in the economic activity of institutions, organisations and enterprises;
Developing various forms of raising professional level: internships at partner enterprises, consulting, internships at graduating departments, mutual class observation, attending professional courses, and self-education;
Expanding the range of measures that influence the adaptation, career guidance, competitiveness and employment of students and graduates.
Practical training
Practical training of students under the EPPs “Installation and Maintenance of Refrigeration and Compressor Machines and Units” and “Installation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems” is carried out through training placements in the College’s production workshops and specialised laboratories and work placements at leading enterprises of the sector. It enables students of professional pre-higher education to achieve the integral and specialised competencies needed for further professional activity, as evidenced by the matrices of correspondence between the graduate’s competencies and the components of the educational and professional programme.
The work placements provided for by the EPPs take place at enterprises in Odesa and in the Odesa, Vinnytsia and Cherkasy regions, in accordance with agreements concluded with the College.
The purpose of the training metalworking and mechanical placement is to familiarise students with safety rules and the safe operation of equipment and with workplace organisation; to develop students’ skills in working with hand and power tools; to use machine tools (lathe, drilling and milling machines) to perform practical tasks; to study the properties of basic and auxiliary materials and their rational use; and to learn to work in a team.
The purpose of the electrical installation placement is to familiarise students with the main safety and fire safety rules when carrying out electrical installation work; to develop students’ skills in assembling an electric circuit from separate elements; connecting electrical equipment; participating in installation work, including earthing networks; preventive and routine repair of electrical equipment; laying cables and wires in ducts, boxes and trays; installing insulators; and marking out installation locations and installing protection and control devices.
The purpose of the measurement and design placement is to consolidate in practice the knowledge that students gained while studying general technical courses: Engineering and Computer Graphics, Theoretical Mechanics, Materials Science, Technology of Structural Materials, Fundamentals of Metrology and Standardisation, Strength of Materials, and Fundamentals of Design. It develops students’ skills and abilities in using specialised measuring instruments; making sketches of parts of mechanisms whose working surface may wear during operation; and identifying material properties using specialised equipment.
The purpose of the training placement for acquiring skills and abilities in a skilled trade is to develop in students the specialised competencies related to the operation and repair of refrigeration and compressor machines and units and to occupational safety rules while performing them; and the ability to solve typical technical and technological tasks related to technological processes and the functioning of refrigeration and compressor machines and refrigeration equipment in a workshop or laboratory setting.
The purpose of the technological work placement is to gain experience in installing, adjusting, testing and commissioning refrigeration and compressor machines and units in a production environment; the ability to observe the prescribed operating modes of refrigeration and process equipment; to identify and use the necessary equipment, materials, tools and working substances; and to apply occupational safety and fire safety rules in solving professional tasks.
The purpose of the pre-graduation placement is to give the student the opportunity to develop the concept of a qualification project for designing individual elements and components of refrigeration and compressor machines and units, or of heat and power systems as a whole; to analyse the possibility of applying the technical solutions studied during the pre-graduation placement in their own graduation project; to study how the occupational safety system is organised in the given unit; to become familiar with methods of accounting for energy resource and material costs in order to calculate the unit cost of cooling; and to forecast the consequences of production activity for human safety and the environment.
On the basis of the College’s workshops and laboratories, professional competitions are held among the division’s students after each type of placement: “Best Locksmith”, “Best Electrical Installer”, “Best Refrigeration Technician” and “Best Air Conditioning Technician”; the committee’s students also take part in regional and all-Ukrainian olympiads and all-Ukrainian professional skills competitions, including the ChillTech Students Awards.
Employers’ councils of the specialty
The Employers’ Council of specialty 142 “Energy Engineering” was created to ensure high-quality professional training of specialists on the basis of comprehensive cooperation between OTPC ONTU and interested enterprises and organisations and leading employers, by combining the intellectual potential and corporate resources of the partners. Employers are involved in developing the main elements of the EPP: the competency model of the graduate as a whole, and the universal, general and specialised competencies required for graduates to carry out professional activity in the field of energy engineering. They also influence the formation of the goals and objectives of practical training and its content, which ensure the learning outcomes. This takes place at joint meetings of the subject committee and the Employers’ Council, which are held once per semester.
Composition of the Employers’ Council of the specialty:
Chair of the Employers’ Council
Olkhovskyi R.A. – Lead Engineer, LLC “Comfort Plus Technologies”
Members of the Employers’ Council:
Motorina Kseniia – HR Manager, PJSC “MHP”
Kostiuk V.O. – Head of the Metalwork Shop, Private Enterprise “Favorit”;
Mincheva M.I. – HR Manager, Private Enterprise “Maksima”;
Fedorov S.V. – Lead Engineer, LLC “SpetsOdesService”;
Buliuchenko Marharyta - HR Manager, Cemark Ukraine
Shevchenko S.I. – Lead Engineer, JSC “Odesa Port Plant”;
Shutko S.M. - Lead Engineer, LLC “MITWIRKUNG”.
Assessment of graduates
The final stage of training specialists at the College is the assessment of graduates, which is conducted through the defence of graduation projects and makes it possible to determine the level of training in the specialty and to systematise and expand students’ theoretical and practical skills.
The assessment of students of professional pre-higher education in the educational and professional programme of specialty 142 “Energy Engineering” is conducted in the form of a public defence of the final qualification work (graduation project) and concludes with the award of a document of the established form on the conferral of the degree of Professional Junior Bachelor in Energy Engineering.
Students who have fulfilled all the requirements of the EPP are admitted to the assessment. The final qualification work must involve solving a typical specialised task in the field of energy engineering using the theories and methods of electrical engineering.
The final qualification work (graduation project) must not contain academic plagiarism, fabrication or falsification.
The assessment is conducted openly and publicly. The final qualification work is placed in the repository of the educational institution.
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