Power engineers maintain and operate heating and power plants, refrigeration systems and auxiliary equipment like pumps, compressors, steam turbines, electrical generators, cooling towers and water treatment systems. Students will have the opportunity to work in commercial facilities like hospitals, schools and apartment buildings, or industrial facilities like mines, mills, power generation stations and petrochemical plants.
Plants are certified and regulated by Technical Safety BC and plant size determines the certification required, ranging from 5th and 4th class for small plants to 2nd and 1st class certificates required for larger plants.
What students will learn:
- Boiler plant operation through four weeks of hands-on experience on Thompson Rivers University’s training plant.
- Basic electrical skills (two weeks of instruction).
- Basic welding skills (one week of instruction).
- Basic pipefitting, millwrighting and instrumentation skills through hands-on training.
