Having the know-how to repair and service ice machines can be incredibly lucrative, especially in the hospitality industry.

A Lucrative Business

An experienced technician can earn anything from R 2,100 (ZAR) for approximately 2 hours of work to fully service an ice machine.

This summer, the demand for technicians will exceed records as it is predicted to be a hot summer, and more importantly, there is a huge shortage of experienced ice-machine technicians.

Ice machines can be an investment depending on the consumption of the ice product. However, along with this investment, there is the risk of failure which can become very costly.

Unnecessary repairs can be reduced if the unit is well-maintained and has been correctly used.

In this course, you will learn how to repair, service and fault-find problems with ice machines. In particular, this course will cover the Scotsman brand which is incredibly reliable and suitable for all needs for each scale and size of business or operation.

As with any machine, the correct procedures should be performed in order to ensure trouble-free operation, provided that regular maintenance is performed.

This course is specifically aimed at technicians in refrigeration who want to learn how to repair ice machines, as well as end users who would like to repair their assets in-house.

Although this course is focussed on ice machines, we recommend that you start with the basic refrigeration course if you are not familiar with refrigeration.

This lecture series will cover the step-by-step guide to servicing a standard commercial Ice Machine.

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