Refrigeration Jobs in Porter, Maine
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Refrigeration work in Porter, Maine
Refrigeration technicians install and service commercial refrigeration, walk-in coolers and freezers, ice machines and air-conditioning equipment that holds refrigerant. Porter is in Oxford County, whose county seat is Paris and whose population was 57,777 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every refrigeration opening in Oxford County, not only those in Porter itself.
8.4% of occupied homes in Oxford County heat mainly with electricity, 58% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1977 and 22.9% 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.
- Newry is home to Sunday River Ski Resort.
- Rumford is home to ND Paper's Rumford Mill and the Black Mountain of Maine ski area.
- Spruce Mountain Wind Farm is one of three wind farms in Oxford County.
- Hospitals in the county are Stephens Hospital in Norway and Rumford Hospital.
What refrigeration work pays around Porter
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.
- Maine has no separate HVAC license on the OPOR professions index. Heating work on oil, solid fuel, propane and natural gas equipment is licensed through the Maine Fuel Board, and refrigerant handling needs federal EPA Section 608 certification.
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Refrigeration openings elsewhere in Oxford County
Refrigeration jobs in Oxford, Refrigeration jobs in Rumford.
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