| Labour, Skills, and Immigration
Power Engineer, Refrigeration Operator, Compressor Operator: Certificate of Qualification |
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| Who Needs This Certificate? | |||
| Anyone who wants to be certified to operate: (a) boilers; (b) refrigeration compressors; (c) air or other gas compressors. |
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| Issuing Department / Agency: | |||
| Labour, Skills, and Immigration, Technical Safety Division, Power Engineers Section | |||
| Where can you get this Certificate and / or further information? | |||
| Phone: | 902-424-5400 / 1-800-952-2687 | ||
| Visit: | Power
Engineers Section Labour, Skills, and Immigration Technical Safety Division 1505 Barrington Street, 3rd floor North Halifax, NS B3J 3k5 |
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| E-mail: | Shawna.publicover@novascotia.ca | ||
| Website: | Power Engineers Section | ||
| Write: | P.O. Box 697 Halifax, NS B3J 2T8 |
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| Fax: | 902-424-0599 | ||
| Application Forms & Process: | |||
| You can get an application form from the
Office listed above. It is submitted to the same Office, along with
the appropriate fee (see Price & Payment, below...)
In order to get this certificate, you must: 1) Have Grade 12 or equivalent. 2) Have enough hours of actual operating experience. For more on this, see the Technical Safety Regulations. |
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| 3) Then you must pass several written examinations, as follows: | |||
| Power Engineer, 1st class | 8 exams | ||
| Power Engineer, 2nd class | 6 exams | ||
| Power Engineer, 3rd class | 4 exams | ||
| Power Engineer, 4th class | 2 exams | ||
| Refrigeration Plant Operator, 1st class | 1 exams | ||
| Refrigeration Plant Operator, 2nd class | 1 exams | ||
| Compressor Plant Operator | 1 exams | ||
| 4) Before you can take those examinations, your application must be reviewed
by the Chief Examiner, who gives the approval to write the exams.
5) If you pass all the required the exams (the pass score is 65% on each of them), the certificate will be granted. |
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| Waiting Period: | |||
| Approval to write the exams takes approximately 1 month, provided that all required information and fees have been received. | |||
| Expiry & Renewal: | |||
| This certificate is valid for 1 year from the date it is issued. It can be renewed. It is the responsibility of the Certificate holder to contact the Department before it expires. | |||
| Price & Payment: (No tax is charged) | |||
Exams $39.80 each |
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| Related Requirements: | |||
| None | |||
| Additional Information: | |||
| None | |||
| Legislative Authority: | |||
| Technical Safety Act (Bill 167), Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2008 and Technical Safety Regulation. | |||
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