Second Class Power Engineers Certificate of Competency
This is a higher certificate than the Third Class Power Engineers Certificate of Competency.
The certificate is subject to annual renewal. There are a number of training and experience
combinations that can satisfy the requirement for this certificate.
To qualify to take a 2nd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency examination,
a candidate must
(a) hold a 3rd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency,
(b) have gained work experience by being employed:
(i) 24 months as a chief power engineer, shift engineer, assistant shift engineer
or assistant engineer in a power plant that is required by this Regulation to employ
in the chief power engineer, shift engineer, assistant shift engineer or assistant
engineer positions persons who hold at least a 3rd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate
of Competency,
(ii) 36 months as a shift engineer in a power plant that has a capacity exceeding
1000 kW,
(iii) 1/2 of the period of time specified in sub-clause (i) 12 months or (ii) 18 months,
and have been employed for either a period of 12 months in a pressure plant in an
operating capacity satisfactory to the Administrator or a period of 24 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, or
(iv) 12 months of employment described in sub-clause (i) or (ii), and hold a degree
in mechanical engineering from a university satisfactory to the Administrator,
and
(c) have the education level of:
(i) at least 50% standing in
(A) Physics 20 or Science 20,
(B) Pure Mathematics 20, Applied Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 24,
and
(C) English Language Arts 20-1 or 20-2,
or
(ii) a pass in Part A of a 2nd Class course in power engineering
satisfactory to the Administrator.
The Administrator may grant 9 months’ credit towards the work experience by the successful
completion of a 2nd class power engineering course.
A candidate who holds a 3rd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency and has
successfully completed a 2-year power engineering technology program satisfactory
to the Administrator is qualified to write
(a) any or all papers for Part A at any scheduled sitting, or
(b) any one or all papers for Part B or both parts at the same sitting
after obtaining 1/2 the qualifying work experience.
A candidate may write any one or all papers for Part A after obtaining a 3rd Class
Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency and fulfilling the educational requirements.
Any one or all papers for Part B or both parts at the same sitting if the candidate
has fulfilled the requirements of work experience.
The 2nd Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency examination, consists of
six (6) examination papers. They are all essay 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 Revised Second
Class Power Engineers Reference Syllabus (AB-52a). The Revised Second Class Syllabus
became effective on January 1, 2005. A candidate can write the examination in any
one of the examination locations listed in our Examination Schedule.
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Updated Feb 18, 2010