First Class Power Engineers Certificate of Competency
The deadline for writing the Old First Class Engineering Examinations
is August 31, 2011.
This is the highest certificate for Power Engineers Certificate of Competency. The
certificate is subject to the annual renewal fee.
There are a number of training and experience combinations that can satisfy the requirement
for this certificate.
1st Class Power Engineer’s examination
To qualify to take a 1st Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency examination,
a candidate must
(a) hold a 2nd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency,
(b) have gained work experience by being employed:
(i) 30 months as a chief power engineer or as a shift engineer in a power plant that
is required by this Regulation to employ in the chief power engineer and shift engineer
positions persons who hold at least a 2nd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency,
(ii) 45 months as an assistant shift engineer in a power plant that has a capacity
exceeding 10 000 kW, or
(iii) 1/2 the period of time specified in subclause (i) 15 months or (ii) 22.5 months,
and have been employed for either a period of 15 months in a pressure plant in an
operating capacity satisfactory to the Administrator or for a period of 36 months
in a supervisory capacity satisfactory to the Administrator in the design, construction,
installation, repair, maintenance or operation of pressure equipment to which the
Act applies,
and
(c) have the education level of:
(i) at least 50% standing in
(A) Physics 30 or Science 30,
(B) Pure Mathematics 20 or Applied Mathematics 20, and
(C) English Language Arts 20-1 or 20-2, or
(ii) a pass in Part A of a 1st Class course in power engineering satisfactory to the
Administrator.
The Administrator may grant 12 months’ credit towards the experience as required by
subsection (1)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) to the holder of a degree in mechanical engineering
from a university satisfactory to the Administrator or successful completion of a
course in power engineering satisfactory to the Administrator that leads towards a
1st Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency examination.
A 1st Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency examination must consist of
questions relating to the subjects contained in the current reference syllabus established
by the Administrator for the 1st Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency
examination, and must be divided into 2 parts, lettered A and B.
A candidate may write
(a) any one or all papers for Part A at any scheduled examination after obtaining
a 2nd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency and fulfilling the educational
requirements specified in subsection (1)(c), or
(b) any one or all papers for Part B or both parts at the same sitting if the
candidate has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (1).
The 1st class examination consists of eight (8) examination papers. They
are all long - answer question examinations. A candidate must obtain at least 65%
of the total marks allotted for each examination paper.
Detailed information in regard to this examination can be found in
the First Class Power Engineers Reference Syllabus (AB-51) or the Revised First Class
Power Engineers Reference Syllabus (AB-51a). The deadline to obtain a certificate
with the Old First Class Exam is August 31, 2011. A candidate can write this examination
in any one of the examination locations listed in our Examination Schedule
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Updated Feb 18, 2010