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aperçu de l'emploi
- Oil and Gas Services
- Pipelines
- LNG
- Oil sands
- Petrochemicals and Refining
- High school diploma
À propos de cette carrière
At 100°C, water boils, releasing steam. With steam you can make power. Power to run generators, engines, you name it! The oil and gas industry runs on power. And Power Engineering Technologists—also known as Stationary Engineers or Steam Engineers— know how to harness steam to create energy. Power Engineering Technologists keep power plants, oil upgraders and refineries running. Can you take the heat and handle the pressure? This career may be for you.
Power Engineering Technologists and Stationary/Steam Engineers operate and maintain reactors, steam and gas turbines, boilers, generators, stationary gas and diesel internal combustion engines, auxiliary equipment or controls related to generating electrical power. In the oil and gas industry, any plant or facility that operates using pressurized equipment will require their operators to have a power engineering certification. This includes gas plant operations, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations, mining extraction operations, upgrading operations, co-generation/utilities, oilfield waste management plants etc. The responsibilities of these operators vary based on the class of certification a worker carries (e.g. 3rd Class certificate).
In this occupation activities may include:
- Understanding the safety, environmental and regulatory responsibilities that go along with the job, such as hazard identification, equipment lock out and emergency response procedures
- Monitoring the levels of boiler water, chemicals and fuel, and making adjustments to maintain the required levels
- Analyzing problems and taking the appropriate action to ensure the continuous and reliable operation of equipment and systems
- Operating stationary engines, boilers and auxiliary equipment, such as pumps and compressors, to supply and maintain steam or heat for buildings, marine vessels or pneumatic tools
- Testing or coordinating the testing of boiler water quality and taking necessary corrective action, such as adding chemicals to prevent corrosion and harmful deposits
Education
- A high school diploma (or equivalent) and provincial or territorial power or stationary engineering certification is typically required.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- Asbestos Safety
- H2S Alive
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Fall protection
- Confined space entry
- Respirator fit testing
- Aerial lift training
Licensing
- Power of stationary engineering certification is compulsory for all operators working with pressurized vessels/equipment across Canada.
- To receive a provincial or territorial power engineering or stationary engineering certificate, Power Engineers require a college training program in stationary or power engineering and several years of work experience in the field.
Safety is a top focus and you understand the significance of the systems that you control, operate and
maintain. You understand mechanical drafting and know how to read blueprints.
- Troubleshooting
- Production and processing
- Operation monitoring
- Mechanical
- Public safety and security
- Operation and control
- Engineering and technology
- Production and processing
- Operation monitoring
- Systems evaluation
- Systems analysis
- Quality control analysis
- Manufacturing
- Mining and quarrying
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration
- Utilities
Also known as
- Boiler Operator
- Building Engineer
- Operating Engineer
- Plant Operator
- Plant Utilities Engineer
- Stationary Steam Engineer
- Utilities Operator
- Building Systems Technician
- Electrical Power Systems Operator
- Bitumen Plant Operator
- Gas Plant Operator
- Gas Compressor Operator
- Gaugers
- Heavy Oil Process Operator
- SAGD Facility Operator
- LNG Plant Operator
- LNG Process Operator
- Process Operator
- Production Operator
- Facility Operator
- Waste Treatment Operator
