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Certifications

5th Class Power Engineer

Overview

To qualify for your 5th class certification, you must pass the 5th class examination and meet one or more of the following requirements:

a. Hold a valid fireman boiler operator certificate and have been in charge of a low-pressure boiler or low-pressure boiler plant with a capacity of not less than 300 kilowatts for at least 12 months since the issue of that certificate. The plant’s capacity is calculated as the aggregate capacity of all boilers installed in the plant.

b. For at least 12 months, have assisted in the operation and maintenance of a high-pressure boiler with a capacity of not less than 30 kilowatts.

c. For at least 12 months, I have assisted in the operation and maintenance of a low-pressure boiler or low-pressure boiler plant with a capacity of not less than 1,000 kilowatts, with the plant’s capacity calculated as the aggregate capacity of all boilers installed in the plant.

d. For at least 24 months, have assisted in the operation and maintenance of a low-pressure boiler or low-pressure boiler plant with a capacity of not less than 300 kilowatts, with the capacity of the plant calculated as the aggregate capacity of all boilers installed in the plant, and has successfully completed an approved course in power engineering leading towards a 5th class power engineer’s certificate.

e. For at least 36 months, has performed in a role acceptable to the chief inspector on the design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance or repair of any boiler plant or associated auxiliary equipment and has successfully completed an approved course in power engineering leading towards a 5th class power engineer’s certificate.

f. Has successfully completed an approved full‑time course in power engineering that

i. Includes operating experience.

ii. Leads towards a 5th class power engineer’s certificate.

Six months’ credit will be granted towards the fulfillment of the operating experience requirement set out in clause (1)(a), (b) or (c) for the successful completion of an approved course in power engineering leading towards a 5th class power engineer’s certificate.