Samsung Kenya after-sales technical staff have completed a three-day training on refrigeration and air-conditioning in their quest to align with global environmental standard dubbed; Montreal protocol on ozone depleting substances and the ozone layer.
The training coursework conducted at TU-K in collaboration with GIZ and the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry’s National Ozone Unit, ensured the technical teams servicing Samsung home appliance products have skills that protect the ozone layer.
Montreal protocol was ratified with an aim to protect the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS). The treaty thus seeks to eliminate man-made chemicals that damage the stratospheric ozone layer— the planet's protective shield against harmful solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, causes skin cancer and cataracts, leads to depreciation in agricultural yields and disruption of marine ecosystems.
Samsung team lead, Mr. Josphat Ochiel, an alumnus of TU-K, said the first batch of 21 technical members were drawn from within Nairobi region while another training targeting technicians from across the country would be conducted in the near future.
The Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Fredrick Mutua officially opened the training session and urged the technical practitioners to embrace technology and strive to acquire new knowledge.
The trainers include; Mr. Stephen Kanyoni, a Lecturer at the Department together with Martin Abayo, a Technologist in Thermofluids.
Some of the training areas included; refrigeration recovery, recycle and reclaim, practical brazing and pressure testing using nitrogen gas, brazing using mop gas.