1. Is guided in their work and occupational activities by generally accepted personal and occupational ethics (see Annex 1 – Engineer's professional ethics). Acts in accordance with agreements and takes responsibility for their decisions and actions. Respects and takes into account the best practice and standards underlying the behaviour of specialists in other occupational sectors.
2. Keeps up to date on technological changes and developments in the sector and contributes to the development of engineering culture directed at innovation and creativity, where possible.
Maintains and develops occupational competence through constant self-improvement. Acquires new techniques and methodologies.
3. Actively contributes to teamwork in a result-oriented manner with the goal of achieving the best possible result. Is helpful and open, sharing knowledge and experience with their colleagues. Perceives their role in a team and is able to work in a multidisciplinary team.
Leads and organises the work of working groups: delegates tasks and responsibility, verifies implementation of agreements, motivates and advises colleagues and solves problems and conflicts that may arise in the work process.
4. Is guided by the principles of environmental preservation and sustainable development, keeps up to date on and implements the principles of energy efficiency in their activities.
5. Implements knowledge of engineering on the level necessary to accomplish duties that are within the limits of their competence and to find functioning and optimal solutions to any problems that may occur. Is familiar to the necessary extent with engineering disciplines, including thermo-, aero- and hydrodynamics, the basics of air-processing, the nature of indoor climate and the principles of controlling it, the basics of construction physics, calculations of air exchange, heat loss and cooling loads and their application principles, the theoretical basics and principles of heating ventilation and air-conditioning systems and the theoretical basics and principles of heat supply systems.
6. Uses a computer for information processing, communication, safety, content creation and problem-solving at the Independent user level (see Annex 2 – Scale of self-assessment in digital competence). Uses the specialty-specific software solutions, programmes and information technology tools necessary for work.
Uses Estonian while working and compiling documents at least at the B2 level of language proficiency (see Annex 3) and at least one foreign language at the B1 level. Uses correct occupational terminology.

1. Compiles indoor climate control system projects within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Collects and examines source data (indoor climate class, energy efficiency class, technology, architecture, purpose of use of building, quality class, lifespan, environmental impact, etc.) and determines applicable legal acts, standards, rules and instruction materials.
3. Develops technical solutions based on source data. Compares them, selects the most suitable option and submits it to the client for approval. Where necessary, obtains additional source data, performs the necessary calculations and uses simulations and modelling during design.
4. Calculates the energy consumption required to control the indoor climate and the dimensions and location of the openings required for vertical and horizontal connections and defines the space requirements, electricity, sewerage and heat requirements, control principles, etc. necessary for the installation of indoor climate systems. Forwards information to fellow designers.
5. Compiles an explanatory note according to the stage of design.
6. Prepares and finalises the indoor climate control project (textual and graphic part) according to the design stage within the limits of their competence. Where necessary, is able to prepare and use building information modelling (BIM).
7. Applies the principles of designing energy-efficient buildings throughout the design process. Proves that a building being designed or significantly reconstructed meets the requirements of energy efficiency using a simplified method and awards the corresponding energy label.
8. Cooperates with the parties involved in the project, participates in design and expert assessment meetings, etc. Analyses the information obtained and evaluates its impact on their part of the project.
9. Performs supervision during construction activities and provides consultation on project-related issues within the limits of their competence. Participates in the handover of the completed facility to the client, where necessary.
10. Prepares a demolition project, implementation documentation, operating and maintenance instructions, draws up product drawings, etc. within the limits of their competence or under the supervision and responsibility of a highly qualified HVAC engineer.

1. Manages construction operations in the construction of heating systems within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Examines the construction project as a whole and its parts concerning the heating system, procurement documentation and other relevant materials. Evaluates the volume of the tender based on the construction project and requests a quote for the necessary materials, equipment and subcontracting work. Determines potential administrative costs, profits and the level of risk and provides a tender. Completes and formulates the final tender.
3. Enters into the construction contract. Compiles a plan for construction work for the heating system (incl. work safety measures and a work schedule) and a goal budget. Commissions the work project if no such project has been prepared.
4. Supplies the construction site with the necessary resources (mechanisms, materials, workforce, energy, etc.). Determines the tasks and extent of responsibility of each member of the site management team.
5. Arranges for the procurement of the necessary building materials, equipment, means of transport, construction mechanisms and contractors and enters into contracts.
6. Orders or creates product sketches, ensuring their compliance with construction norms and quality requirements. Procures and/or orders the necessary construction products, organises their reception and storage.
7. Organises and coordinates construction work for the heating system in accordance with the goal budget of the project. Ensures compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, environmental safety regulations and the general upkeep of the construction site. Constantly ensures the proper documentation of construction work for the heating system (incl. acts of work to be covered), the compliance of construction work with the contract and design and the fulfilment of construction norms and quality requirements. Conducts construction consultations, if necessary.
8. Organises quality control to assess compliance with construction norms and quality requirements and the performance of the necessary surveying work before the transfer of the construction site.
9. Compiles or orders the documentation necessary for the transfer of the construction site, incl. performance sketches, documentation for equipment and materials and instructions for maintenance and use.
10. Arranges for the transfer of the construction site.

1. Manages construction operations in the construction of ventilation systems within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Examines the construction project as a whole and its parts concerning the ventilation system, procurement documentation and other relevant materials. Evaluates the volume of the tender based on the construction project and requests a quote for the necessary materials, equipment and subcontracting work. Determines potential administrative costs, profits and the level of risk and provides a tender. Completes and formulates the final tender.
3. Enters into the construction contract. Compiles a plan for construction work for the ventilation system (incl. work safety measures and a work schedule) and a goal budget. Commissions the work project if no such project has been prepared.
4. Supplies the construction site with the necessary resources (mechanisms, materials, workforce, energy, etc.). Determines the tasks and extent of responsibility of each member of the site management team.
5. Arranges for the procurement of the necessary building materials, equipment, means of transport, construction mechanisms and contractors and enters into contracts.
6. Orders or creates product sketches, ensuring their compliance with construction norms and quality requirements. Procures and/or orders the necessary construction products, organises their reception and storage.
7. Organises and coordinates construction work for the ventilation system in accordance with the goal budget of the project. Ensures compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, environmental safety regulations and the general upkeep of the construction site. Constantly ensures the proper documentation of construction work for the ventilation system (incl. acts of work to be covered), the compliance of construction work with the contract and design and the fulfilment of construction norms and quality requirements. Conducts construction consultations, if necessary.
8. Organises quality control to assess compliance with construction norms and quality requirements and the performance of the necessary surveying work before the transfer of the construction site.
9. Compiles or orders the documentation necessary for the transfer of the construction site, incl. performance sketches, documentation for equipment and materials and instructions for maintenance and use.
10. Arranges for the transfer of the construction site.

1. Manages construction operations in the construction of air conditioning systems within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Examines the construction project as a whole and its parts concerning the air conditioning system, procurement documentation and other relevant materials. Evaluates the volume of the tender based on the construction project and requests a quote for the necessary materials, equipment and subcontracting work. Determines potential administrative costs, profits and the level of risk and provides a tender. Completes and formulates the final tender.
3. Enters into the construction contract. Compiles a plan for construction work for the air conditioning system (incl. work safety measures and a work schedule) and a goal budget. Commissions the work project if no such project has been prepared.
4. Supplies the construction site with the necessary resources (mechanisms, materials, workforce, energy, etc.). Determines the tasks and extent of responsibility of each member of the site management team.
5. Arranges for the procurement of the necessary building materials, equipment, means of transport, construction mechanisms and contractors and enters into contracts.
6. Orders or creates product sketches, ensuring their compliance with construction norms and quality requirements. Procures and/or orders the necessary construction products, organises their reception and storage.
7. Organises and coordinates construction work for the air conditioning system in accordance with the goal budget of the project. Ensures compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, environmental safety regulations and the general upkeep of the construction site. Constantly ensures the proper documentation of construction work for the air conditioning system (incl. acts of work to be covered), the compliance of construction work with the contract and design and the fulfilment of construction norms and quality requirements. Conducts construction consultations, if necessary.
8. Organises quality control to assess compliance with construction norms and quality requirements and the performance of the necessary surveying work before the transfer of the construction site.
9. Compiles or orders the documentation necessary for the transfer of the construction site, incl. performance sketches, documentation for equipment and materials and instructions for maintenance and use.
10. Arranges for the transfer of the construction site.

1. Manages construction operations within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Carries out a needs assessment survey to clarify the source data of the project (intended purpose of use, spatial programme, temporal and volumetric purpose of facility, requirements of project, etc.). Compiles the technical part of the project implementation decision based on the needs assessment survey.
3. Examines the initial conditions (construction surveys, technological solution, spatial programme, functional and operational quality requirements, energy balance, etc.) and prepares the procurement or compiles procurement documentation.
4. Compiles a schedule for construction work based on their technological processes.
5. Prepares a financial plan for construction work based on the estimated cost of construction, general and personalised cost calculations and time and payment schedules and taking into account the need for self-financing and the conditions presented in the procurement documentation.
6. Formulates the principles of carrying out the construction project and plans the organisational scheme of the project. Plans the necessary permit activities, prepares a schedule for carrying out the project and the division of project contractors. Compiles a design programme.
7. Selects designers and prepares design contracts.
8. Determines the principles of organisation of construction work incl. labour methods and distribution. Compiles the organisational scheme of construction work.
9. Formulates the time- and cost-related goals of construction work and prepares tender documentation based on these goals.
10. Selects the necessary contractors and enters into contracts with them if corresponding agreements have been made.
11. Coordinates construction work as a representative of the customer: communicates with contractors, the design team and the customer, holds meetings and discussions, exchanges information between the parties involved, processes additional work due to changes made to the project during construction work and monitors the compliance of the construction work with the design.
12. Carries out inspections. Plans and manages acceptance procedures, ensures the availability of necessary operating and maintenance instructions and other documentation and their handover to the client or user.
13. Conducts warranty-period procedures for technical systems.

1. Performs owner’s supervision within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when preparing design documentation that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Compiles a programme of supervision procedures, bearing in mind relevant legislation.
3. Assesses the compliance of the design documentation forming the basis for construction with applicable legislation and the construction design on the basis of which a construction permit was issued.
4. Monitors the compliance of construction activities with the conditions and quality agreed upon by the construction company and the owner of the building.
5. Monitors the compliance of the technical system or parts thereof under construction with the construction project and the compliance of work to be covered and as-built drawings with requirements, reality and the construction project.
6. Monitors compliance with environmental and occupational safety and maintenance requirements in the area involving construction.
7. Verifies the existence of construction documents drafted during construction activities and their proper and timely drafting, presentation and revision. Monitors the validity of the documentation of the construction products, materials and equipment permanently installed in the facility and, on the basis of the submitted documents, the validity and compliance with the construction project of the construction product, materials and equipment.
8. Evaluates the stage of completion of the technical system and participates in its testing and delivery during the acceptance of the building.
9. Notifies the relevant persons or agencies of any deficiencies identified in the course of owner’s supervision.
10. Proposes additional quality control, measurements, tests and expert analyses of construction work, if necessary.

1. Provides expert assessment of indoor climate control system projects within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when doing work that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Examines the project, determines applicable legislation, standards, rules and instruction materials. Verifies the compliance of the project with the primary task and the associated normative and instruction materials. Verifies the compliance of the people compiling the project with competence requirements.
3. Determines and analyses factors that have an impact on the indoor climate control system (e.g. constant and variable load, service life and environmental impact).
4. Performs the necessary control calculations and/or verifies the calculations and calculation schemes of the designer, assessing the validity of the technical solutions implemented. Assesses whether the stability, safety and economy of the system or its parts presented in the project documentation serve the intended purpose.
5. Prepares, within the limits of their competence or under the supervision and responsibility of a HVAC engineer with a higher qualification, an expert assessment report on the indoor climate control system project in accordance with legal requirements, participates in expert assessment meetings. Assesses the corrected project within the limits of their competence, if necessary.

1. Performs audits of indoor climate control system projects within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard. Completes the tasks allocated to them, working as a member of a team under the guidance and responsibility of a colleague with a higher occupational qualification level when doing work that exceeds the limits of their competence.
2. Performs initial visual inspection of the system and collects the information needed for the auditing of the structure or part(s) thereof (construction project, measurements, surveys, photographs, etc.).
3. Compiles a programme for and estimates the cost of further research and audits based on the goal within the limits of their competence and carries out or organises the carrying out of the necessary research and tests.
4. Examines existing and procured documents and additional research reports, performs the necessary control calculations and additional measurements within the limits of their competence.
5. Compiles an audit report within the limits of their competence and in accordance with the goal of the audit and relevant legislation, wherein they assess whether the system is in accordance with its documentation and technically sound; for verification of use (whether using the system for its intended purpose and in the intended way is safe); and for documentation verification (whether documentation about the system and of its safe use and upkeep exists and meets the requirements).

1. Performs design management activities within the limits of competence of Certified Engineer in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Level 7 as listed in the A.1 description of work in the occupational qualification standard.
2. Collects and examines source data, determines applicable regulations, standards, rules and instruction materials. Estimates the amount and limits of work, prepares and clarifies the work schedule, where necessary, and prepares the design contract(s).
3. Assembles a design team, involving relevant contractors and specialists.
4. Organises and carries out design meetings, documents decisions and develops and establishes principles of information exchange.
5. Leads and monitors the design process and solutions and verifies the integrity of the design documentation and the compatibility of its parts. Controls data exchange and collaboration between the general construction and other specialties involved in the project. Documents changes and additional work that occur in the course of design. Verifies the compliance of solutions with the primary task and contract and the compatibility between individual parts of the design documentation. Formulates the design documentation, applies for approval from the relevant authorities and arranges the transfer of the project to the customer.
6. Organises designer supervision during the construction process.