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TECHNICAL STANDARDS & SAFETY AUTHORITY
QUALITY AND STANDARDS PROGRAM
CERTIFICATIONS PERSUANT TO THE OPERATING ENGINEERS REGULATION
(O. REG. 219/01)
NEW
3RD CLASS POWER (OPERATING)
ENGINEER
CERTIFICATION & EXAMINATION GUIDE
September 2003
THIS DOCUMENT REPLACES THE AUGUST 2002 ISSUE
NEW IN THIS VERSION
All 4th Class Operating Engineers studying for their 3rd class Operating Engineers Certificate must follow the new 3rd class SOPEEC Syllabus, commencing September 1, 2003, in the Province of Ontario.
The individuals that have written, and successfully completed at least one examination prior to September 1, 2003, using the 3rd class syllabus dated August 2002, have until December 31, 2004, to complete their studies using this syllabus. You will be examined on the materials studied accordingly.
NB: Those candidates having written any or all of the B-500, B-600 or B-700 series of Provincial exams prior to Ontario adopting the SOPEEC examination system, please refer to the ‘Examinations’ section, on the next page, for time recognition restrictions.
Paper 3A-1
The candidate is to have a thorough knowledge of Section 1 of the Third Class Power Engineering course materials to successfully challenge the exam. There are ten lectures in this section covering Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Chemistry, Engineering Materials and Mechanical Drawing.
As stated earlier, the examination consists of 150 multiple choice questions, each having 5 choices. Although many of the topics for this examination involve calculation, the numbers of questions requiring calculations, and those that do not, are balanced.
Note: Since this course originated in another province, some Codes and Regulations may not be applicable in Ontario. Candidates are to reference the Technical Standards & Safety Act, related Regulations and Directors Orders, for this component.
Sample Questions for the above materials can be accessed under ‘Study Guide’ on the SOPEEC website at www.sopeec.org, see direct link on home page
Topics of Study (Syllabus) for Paper 3A-1: The following SOPEEC syllabus has been adopted by TSSA and provides the subject matter upon which the candidates will be examined on
1. APPLIED MATHEMATICS:
Use these mathematics disciplines to complete engineering calculations: Elementary algebra (simple equations); trigonometry; mensuration (areas, volumes of plane and solid figures); natural and naperian logarithms (using calculators)
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