Red Seal · Ontario 313A

Pass the Refrigeration & A/C Mechanic exam.

Exam prep built by techs, mapped question-for-question to the official 313A blueprint. Start with a free lesson, find your weak spots in 10 minutes, and get a study plan built for you.

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125exam questions
~70%to pass
6work activities, weighted
Low side (cold) High side (hot)
Refrigeration cycle preview
Why most people struggle

The exam rewards technicians, not memorizers.

More than half of the 313A exam is application — real job-site scenarios, not textbook recall. Studying random practice questions doesn't work because they aren't weighted like the real thing. We fixed both.

Mapped to the blueprint

Every lesson ties to one of the six official Major Work Activities — and we spend the most time where the exam does.

Scenario-first

Each topic ends in a worked "you're on site, here are the readings, what next?" walkthrough — the way the exam asks.

Personalized

A diagnostic scores you across all six activities and points your study at your weak spots.

How TradeReady works

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Learn the trade, weighted to the exam

Foundations first (the refrigeration cycle, refrigerants, electrical, piping), then the six job-activity modules — install and service get the most, because they're 43% of the exam.

Prove it

A 750-question bank and full 125-question timed mock exams weighted exactly like the real 313A. Pass the completion exam, earn your certificate.

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The 313A exam, by the numbers

Where your marks actually live

Official Major Work Activity weightings. Notice install + service = almost half the exam.

A — Common occupational skills10%
B — Routine trade activities15%
C — Plans installation14%
D — Performs installation21%
E — Performs commissioning17%
F — Maintenance & service22%

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