Diesel Plant Operating Engineer Third Class
Qualifications
- Minimum age - Adult
- Education - High School Diploma or GED or equivalent.
- Experience - Two years operations or maintenance of marine or stationary diesel engine plants.
- Examination - Written (Oral or Practical when necessary)
Curriculum at the Minimum:
- Basic Thermodynamics
- Basic Measuring Instruments
- Fuels
- Operating Fundamentals
- Two-Stroke and Four-Stroke Cycles
- High Speed Engines
- Low Speed Engines
- Engine Construction and Layout
- Diesel Engine Components
- Valve Arrangements
- Typical Operating Efficiencies
- General Industrial Safety
- Basic Electrical Theory
- Environmental Effects