How to become a refrigeration or Air-conditioning equipment insulator

Official title: Refrigeration/Air-conditioning equipment insulator

Also called: Air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment insulator, Air-conditioning equipment insulator, Refrigeration equipment insulator

Refrigeration/Air-conditioning equipment insulator applies and repairs insulating materials to buildings, boilers, pipes or refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment. He/she examines plans, specifications and work sites to determine the type, quality and quantity of insulation material required.

Main tasks

• Cutting insulation material by shape and size
• Applying slabs and sheets of insulating or sound-absorbing materials to walls, floors and ceilings of buildings
• Blowing and packing insulating or sound-absorbing materials into cavities between walls, floors and ceilings of buildings with power-driven machines
• Examining plans, specifications and work sites to determine the type, quality and quantity of insulation material required
• Applying insulation materials to exposed surfaces of equipment such as boilers, pipes and tanks
• Insulating refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Boiler/Pipe insulator
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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a refrigeration or Air-conditioning equipment insulator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026