The Department of the Environment through its National Ozone Unit, has been conducting training seminars for technicians country-wide in "Good Practices in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning". Since 2003, technicians in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector requested assistance from the National Ozone Unit to draft legislation for the registration and licensing of technicians to operate in Belize. Since then, the Refrigeration Technicians (Licensing) Bill was draft and went through several consultations. 

The Bill went though all procedures for enactment and was recently passed into LAW, it is now the Refrigeration Technicians (Licensing) Act 2010. The Refrigeration Technician (Licensing) Act (No.1 of 2010) was recently endorsed by the Governor General of Belize.  The Act provides for mandatory registration and licensing of refrigeration and air conditioning technicians in Belizeand will regulate the practice of refrigeration and air conditioning services. The Act will legally establish the Association of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technicians (ARACT) of Belize and let them manage their own business collectively and collaboratively, including the Certification and Licensing of Technicians through a transparent process.