Diesel Plant Operating Engineer First Class
Qualifications
- Minimum age - Adult
- Education - High School Diploma / GED or Equivalent
- Experience - Four years as Engineer in Charge of operations and maintenance of marine or stationary multiple diesel engine plants
Curriculum at the Minimum:
- Switchgear
- Synchronizing and Load Control
- Voltage Control and Excitation
- MW and MVARS
- Governor Characteristics
- Stopping and Starting Procedures
- Excitation Systems Cooling
- Monitoring Engine Operation
- Operating Guidelines
- Control Systems
- Protection Devices
- Station Service A.C. Power Supply
- D.C. Power Supply
- Station Battery
- Plant Local and Remote Control Systems
- Maintenance Planning
- Electrical Generation, Distribution and Transmission Safety
- General Maintenance Practices
- Environmental Regulations
