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Program outline
•
Christmas break: December 21, 2012 -
Power Engineering,
January 7, 2013
PWER 151
4th-class science (90 hours)
4th Class
PWER 154
Electricity, Instrumentation and
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Computers (150 hours)
Certificate
PWER 157
Welding and Metallurgy (90
hours)
• Full-time • Starts: September •
PWER 158
Plant Training (150 hours)
PWER 159
Workshop (120 hours)
Fees, entire program: $4,257
PWER 160
High Pressure Boilers and
(Prince George) TBD (Quesnel) •
Auxiliaries (210 hours)
1,200 hours • Prince George and
PWER 161
Heating Boiler and Systems,
Quesnel
Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning (240 hours)
PWER 162
Safety and Environment (120
Careers
hours)
This program provides practical and technical
PWER 163
Sketching Fundamentals (30
training for a career in power plant operation
hours)
and maintenance. Fourth class power
Total
1,200 hours
engineers work in:
• Sawmills
Selection process
• Hospitals
Note: The selection process is under review.
• Refineries
If there are more qualified applicants than the
• Pulp mills
number of seats, the following criteria will be
used to select the class in the following order
• Refrigeration plants
of priority:
• Breweries
1. Work experience, as outlined in a resumé.
• Public buildings
2. Academic qualifications, with preference
• And more
to those with the following: Foundations
of Math 11 or Pre-calculus 11 or Math
After completing the program, you’ll be
042 or Math 045 or equivalent; Physics
qualified to write the BC Safety Authority’s
11 or PHYS 045; Chemistry 11 or CHEM
fourth class power engineer’s exam.
045; drafting.
3. Level of interest or persistence in entering
Admission requirements
the program, as demonstrated by
1. Successful completion of one of the
continuing applications.
following:
4. Level of commitment to the program, as
- Grade 12; or
outlined in a statement.
- Advanced ABE/CCP Certificate; or
- GED Certificate; or
You might also be interested in . . .
- Achievement of the required standard
• Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) /
in Admissions testing (see item 2,
Machinist, Foundation-Level
below); or
• Welding Levels B and A
- A foundation-level program in a related
• Welding Level C
discipline (related industry experience
may be considered in lieu of formal
qualifications).
Important dates
2. All applicants must write the Admissions
For the Prince George campus only; contact
Test, which includes math, English, and
other campuses for their dates.
mechanical reasoning.
• Classes: September 4, 2012 - June 21,
2013
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