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Certifications

3rd Class Power Engineer

Overview

To qualify for your 3rd class certification, you must pass the 3rd class examinations (all four papers) and meet one of the following requirements:

a. For at least 12 months, have operated as a chief engineer an oilfield once‑through boiler or oilfield once‑through boiler plant with a capacity greater than 1,000 kilowatts or any other high-pressure boiler or high-pressure boiler plant with a capacity greater than 500 kilowatts.

b. For at least 12 months, have operated as a shift engineer an oilfield once‑through boiler or oilfield once‑through boiler plant with a capacity greater than 2,000 kilowatts or any other high-pressure boiler or high-pressure boiler plant with a capacity greater than 1,000 kilowatts.

c. For at least 12 months, have assisted in the operation of an oilfield once‑through boiler or oilfield once‑through boiler plant with a capacity greater than 10,000 kilowatts or any other high-pressure boiler or high-pressure boiler plant with a capacity greater than 5,000 kilowatts.

d. For at least 18 months, has assisted in the operation of an oilfield once‑through boiler or oilfield once‑through boiler plant with a capacity greater than 5,000 kilowatts.

e. For at least 24 months, has operated as chief engineer or shift engineer a low-pressure boiler or low-pressure boiler plant with a capacity greater than 3,000 kilowatts, with the capacity of the plant calculated as the aggregate capacity of all boilers installed in the plant.

f. For at least one‑half of the period mentioned in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), have operated in the role described in that clause and, for at least 12 months, have performed in a role acceptable to the chief inspector on the design, construction, installation, repair, maintenance or operation of pressure equipment.

g. For at least 12 months, have operated as a process operator involving steam equipment in a role acceptable to the chief inspector and has completed an approved course in power engineering leading towards a 3rd class power engineer’s certificate.

h. For at least 6 months, has acquired experience in the operation of a high-pressure boiler or high-pressure boiler plant with a capacity greater than 1 000 kilowatts and is a graduate engineer.

Six months’ credit will be granted towards the fulfillment of the operating experience requirement set out in clause (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) for the successful completion of an approved course in power engineering leading towards a 3rd class power engineer’s certificate.

Nine months’ credit will be granted towards the fulfillment of the operating experience requirement set out in clause (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) for the successful completion of an approved 2‑year power engineering program leading towards a 3rd class power engineer’s certificate and satisfactory to the chief inspector.