Chief Engineer License:

A Chief Engineer license is intended for a Management level/Supervisory role in the power plant or generating facility having overall responsibility for the entire plant including employees, equipment and financial budgeting.

The fees for the Chief Engineer application is $25.00 with an annual renewal fee of $25.00.  For those engineers that wish to apply for a reciprocal license the fee is $25.00, which is based on holding a license from recognized State, Municipal, Federal and Third-Party licensing entities.

The qualification to sit for examination are the individual must have 3 years in a high-pressure plant having steam turbines or 2 years in a high-pressure plant having steam turbines and 1 year holding a 1st Class Stationary Steam Engineer certificate.

Here is an outline of the breadth and depth of the topics, which can be downloaded in detail at Chief Engineer and will be covered on the examination.  Below is the general outline of covered topics on the examination:

Questions on the exam have the depth and breadth meeting any requirements expected of a Chief Engineer.  The questions have a very-very-high degree of difficulty related to:

• Boilers: Types, applications, design, operation, combustion systems, controls, safety devices.
• Boiler Auxiliaries: Pumps, feedwater heating equipment, water treatment.
• Steam Turbines: Design, applications, controls, operation, safety devices.
• Steam Turbine Auxiliaries: Condensers, cooling towers and cooling systems.
• Environmental Control: Emissions, pollution controls, pollution control devices and systems.
• Boiler Mathematics: MAWP, heating surface, horsepower, safety valve calculations, fuel calculations.
• Pump Mathematics: Horsepower, head, displacement.
• Steam Turbine Mathematics: Horsepower, overspeed trip calculations, condenser calculations.
• Federal Regulations: EPA, OSHA, NLRB.
• Code Requirements and application: ASME, NBIC, NFPA.

Reference material materials to study from, for the examination, are:

• Stationary Engineering, Fourth Edition, by Steingress, Frost and Walker.
• High Pressure Boilers, 4th Edition, by Steingress, Frost and Walker.
• Low Pressure Boilers, 3rd Edition, by Steingress and Walker.
• EPA, OSHA, NLRB, ASME, NBIC and NFPA Codes

Application form download (PDF) NASOE Application