Refrigeration Jobs in Frankfort, Maine
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Refrigeration work in Frankfort, Maine
Refrigeration technicians install and service commercial refrigeration, walk-in coolers and freezers, ice machines and air-conditioning equipment that holds refrigerant. Frankfort is in Waldo County, whose county seat is Belfast and whose population was 39,607 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every refrigeration opening in Waldo County, not only those in Frankfort itself.
11.2% of occupied homes in Waldo County heat mainly with electricity, 51.3% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1982 and 21.6% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). Refrigeration work follows grocery, restaurant, food-processing, cold-storage and health-care sites, plus the growing number of heat pumps that run on refrigerant.
- Searsport is Maine's second-largest deep-water port, with a rail-served cargo terminal at Mack Point.
- Front Street Shipyard opened a major boatbuilding and repair yard on Belfast Bay in 2013.
- Waldo County General Hospital (MaineHealth) is in Belfast.
What refrigeration work pays around Frankfort
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 570 jobs with a median wage of $29.81 an hour; statewide 2,250 jobs, a $30.37 median, and a range of $22.64 (10th percentile) to $39.47 (90th percentile). Check your own number with the trade wage calculator.
Licenses employers ask for
- Federal law requires technicians who service or dispose of equipment that could release refrigerants to be EPA Section 608 certified. Apprentices are exempt while closely and continually supervised by a certified technician.
- EPA has four Section 608 certification types: Type I for small appliances, Type II for high- or very high-pressure appliances (except small appliances and MVACs), Type III for low-pressure appliances, and Universal for all types.