Principles of Moving Air

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: March 30, 2025 Written by: Calistus Edioke From: Kamloops, British Columbia

As a Refrigeration Tech, Instructor and Contractor I’m often called out to trouble shoot problems with heat pump and A/C air handling systems. In 20+ years of experience I’ve found failure is typically:

90% low air flow
5% control failure
5% refrigeration circuit failure

TECA’s POMA Course has helped me diagnose the key contributors of low air flow. I now can confidently identify and often correct the prime underlying causes: Undersized duct, Air flow restrictive fittings and Undersized and/or Inappropriately placed filters.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: March 27, 2025

Very good at explaining the concepts and helping those students that needed a little extra. Well taught course, just one suggestion is to have more written examples and practice questions, which would be helpful for the test.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: March 5, 2025

I appreciated several aspects of this course. For example, I liked it when a course is well-structured, making complex topics feel more manageable. The information provided as a base course is excellent. Lots of good info about the air flow, ducting, etc.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: March 4, 2025

I really liked the instructor Andrew. He was great at explaining things and I felt comfortable asking him questions. I am happy to do courses online through Zoom, its such a better use of time instead of commuting for hours. The text book was laid out well and the videos were helpful too.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: March 4, 2025

Comprehensive coverage of a difficult topic. A great high level background for next level courses.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: February 4, 2025

Only suggestion is to keep a continuity of topics with charts in the book and to lengthen the course a bit as 3 days is too short for the course. Added problem solving component would make the course even better too. It would also be highly beneficial to have questions relating to airflow and other issues with diagrams/pictures to get a more real life approach to what we are dealing with and how to identify and rectify problems. Overall, It was a pleasure! Thank you.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: December 17, 2024

The instructor explains the topic very well and he was very accessible. I texted him on Sunday with questions and he answered me right away. The content covered in the course is very helpful for my work.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: November 20, 2024

I really liked how interactive the class was with back and forth questions and answers. The instructor was articulate and very clear in explaining his points.

Review for the Principles of Moving Air (POMA) course

Date: October 22, 2024

As a HVAC/R Technician, this principles of moving air was eye opening to the solutions to residential Re&Re projects and that the efficiency and comfort of the system can be simple diligent upgrades of older ventilation systems. The instructor did a very good job explaining everything.