Thursday, Friday / 4pm - 9pm
Monday (exam) / 4pm - 6pm.
3 days: 5 hours for 2 days / 2-hour exam day / Total 12 hours
Exam on Dec 22, 2025
Times in PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
You will be required to show Picture ID
Successful registrants will receive an HRV Certificate and Stamp.
NOTE: Take special note of Registration Deadline. Manuals need to be shipped to each participant from TECA's printing house prior to class start date. It is important when you register to supply the CORRECT mailing address for each registrant.
Manual and courier charges inclided in registration fees.
Friday & Monday / 8:30am - 1:30pm
Tuesday (exam) / 8:30am - 10:30am.
3 days: 5 hours for 2 days / 2-hour exam day / Total 12 hours
Exam on Jan 27th
Times in PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
You will be required to show Picture ID
Successful registrants will receive an HRV Certificate and Stamp.
NOTE: Take special note of Registration Deadline. Manuals need to be shipped to each participant from TECA's printing house prior to class start date. It is important when you register to supply the CORRECT mailing address for each registrant.
Manual and courier charges inclided in registration fees.
Tuesday, Thursday / 4pm - 9pm
Friday (exam) / 4pm - 6pm.
3 days: 5 hours for 2 days / 2-hour exam day / Total 12 hours
Exam on Feb 20, 2026
Times in PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
You will be required to show Picture ID
Successful registrants will receive an HRV Certificate and Stamp.
NOTE: Take special note of Registration Deadline. Manuals need to be shipped to each participant from TECA's printing house prior to class start date. It is important when you register to supply the CORRECT mailing address for each registrant.
Manual and courier charges inclided in registration fees.
This is not a self-paced course, it is online synchronous delivery. You will be expected to be available and online on the posted days and times shown on your registration schedule. It is important you have a stable and consistent internet connection to access course content.
TECA's Quality First Heat Recovery Ventilator course encompasses the proper design, installation, and commissioning and balancing of a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) or an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV). This course expands on the BC Building Code 9.32 and 9.36 requirements, and participants will leave with a comfortable understanding of the function and purpose of a balanced ventilation system.
This course provides instruction to ensure that participants have the skills and knowledge to design, install and balance an HRV/ERV principal ventilation system. Manuals include technical information and documents necessary to meet requirements of Municipal Inspection Authorities. Successful participants will receive a registered number on a certificate and a stamp.
NOTE: Course fees include 10 hours of instruction, the 2-hour exam, and the Quality First„¢ HRV/ERV manual, provided at the start of class. Software is not included
PLEASE NOTE THAT CURRENT VENTILATION CERTIFICATION IS A PREREQUSITE TO THIS COURSE.
IMPORTANT ENFORCEMENT REMINDER FROM THE CITY OF VANCOUVER:
The HRV stamp will be required for issued new home applications or permits that are subject to the 2019 Vancouver Building By-law (VBBL), which came into effect November 1st 2019. That means projects with permits issued before this date, or are otherwise subject to the 2014 VBBL will not require the stamp.
*HRV is meant to represent either an HRV or ERV
The BC Housing, Licensing and Consumer Services recognizes and approves TECA's Quality First Heat Recovery Ventilator Design & Installation course for Professional Development Points.
16 CPD points BC Housing
Identification must be current and one of the following:
IMPORTANT - Please note that Ventilation Certification is a prerequisite to this course!
December 23, 2024
Good knowledge from a timely mannered 2+evening course. Instructors were very knowledgeable.
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TECA's Quality First Heat Recovery Ventilator course encompasses the proper design, installation, and commissioning and balancing of a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) or an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV). This course expands on the BC Building Code 9.32 and 9.36 requirements, and participants will leave with a comfortable understanding of the function and purpose of a balanced ventilation system.
This program is a computerized version of TECA's Mechanical Ventilation Checklists from our Ventilation Guidelines Manual (Updated 2015). This software, like the Checklists, is ONLY available to those who have successfully completed the new Ventilation Guidelines Course and have been issued a Ventilation certificate.
