Facility Operating Engineer Third Class
Qualifications
- Minimum age - 18
- Education - High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
- Experience - 6 months or 3 credit hour of Boiler Training or equivalent
- Power Engineering Training Certificate of Completion
- Examination - Written 50 Questions Multiple Choice
- Maximum Boiler Size (unsupervised) LP - 150 BHP
- Maximum refrigeration or Air Conditioning (unsupervised) - 100 ton
Curriculum at the Minimum:
- Basic Mathematics
- Low Pressure Boilers Types and Construction
- Basic Boiler Fittings
- Safety and Relief Valves
- Basic Combustion Theory
- Fuels and Burner Types
- Steam and Hydronic Boilers
- Thermal Fluid Heaters
- Facility Valve Identification
- Basic Operation and Care of Oil and Gas Burners
- Boiler Safety and Operating Controls
- Basic Boiler Operation
- Dangerous Boiler Conditions
- Facility Basic Steam Systems and Accessories
- Basic Electrical Theory
- General Industry Safety
- Facility Basic Potable, Makeup and Cooling Water Systems
- Facility Basic Preventive Maintenance
- Facility Basic Heating and Cooling Systems