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The Clean Cooling Network offers a growing range of training courses covering topics including solar energy, phase change materials, brazing techniques, and cold-chain essentials.

Expert-led and crafted with the learner in mind, you'll gain relevant knowledge, take part in hands-on activities and become part of an exceptional community. 

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Foundation in Cold-Chain
Foundation in Cold-Chain

Baseline knowledge on cold-chain, refrigeration, postharvest management, food and pharma supply chain requirements. Recommended for policy-makers, NGO and Development officers and those working in the sector.

Postharvest Management Open course Foundation Course Cold-chain Refrigeration
Go Solar Energy Training
Go Solar Energy Training

Solar energy plays a crucial role in powering sustainable and off-grid solutions for various applications, including agriculture, cold-chain management, and rural electrification.

Essentials Course Solar Open course
Cold-chain for Global Health
Cold-chain for Global Health

Ensuring Integrity in Vital Temperature-Sensitive Biological and Nutritional Products (Vaccines, therapeutics, Reagents, Biospecimens and food), towards a One Health approach.

Advanced Course Open course One Health
Essentials in Cold-chain systems
Essentials in Cold-chain systems

This is an online introduction course designed to equip participants with fundamental knowledge and competencies in clean cooling technologies and their applications across key sectors. 

Refrigeration Essentials Course Open course Technician
Essentials course on Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
Essentials course on Phase Change Materials (PCMs)

This four and a half day essential course is designed to balance theory and hands-on practical experiments on Phase Change Materials both on-site at the ACES Rubirizi campus and online.

Open course Essentials Course Phase Change Management
Essentials in Brazing Techniques for Refrigeration Systems Course
Essentials in Brazing Techniques for Refrigeration Systems Course

This course teaches not only how to braze, but why it's essential for safety, reliability, and energy efficiency. With the right training, you'll gain a valuable skill that lowers maintenance costs, extends equipment life, and sets you apart as a skilled professional in a high-demand field.

Technician Refrigeration Open course Essentials Course Brazing
Foundation in Cold-Chain - India
Foundation in Cold-Chain - India

This course intends to help attendees understand key issues in the agrifood and pharma cold-chain systems and those who want to be sector-literate. It is recommended for policy-makers, NGO, and Development officers and those working in the sector.

Open course Postharvest Management Refrigeration Training Foundation Course HACE Haryana

Full course collection

Looking for another cold-chain course? You can find our complete list of courses below. All our courses are delivered by experienced specialist practitioners, with multiple cohorts for each course, run throughout the year.

Whatever the format (i.e., fully online, in-person, or hybrid) or level (i.e., qualification), we're sure to have the right course for you. 

 

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Training at CCN

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ACES & RBC sign MoU on vaccine security and cold-chains in Rwanda

The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) and the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen sustainable vaccine security and critical cold-chain systems in Rwanda.

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ACES announces first courses of 2026

ACES has announced its first batch of courses for 2026, offering training in brazing, refrigeration, solar power, and more. Students can choose from six courses, tailored to different sectors and skill levels.

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A Milestone Year in Establishing the Community Base for Sustainable Cold-Chain Scale-up

The first ACES SPOKE programme, in Kenya, has already begun to deliver positive results, with the team this year offering a wide range of training courses, as well as implementing the first application of our novel “Try-Before-You-Buy” (TBYB) scheme.

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