Third-Class Engineer License:

A Third-Class Engineer is intended for a non-supervisory role in the power plant or generating facility as a Shift Engineer.

 
The fees for the Third-Class Engineer are listed in the license application, and engineers can apply for a reciprocal license, 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 6-months in a high-pressure plant or 6-months holding a high-Pressure Boiler Operator certificate.

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

Questions on the exam have a medium-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.

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

• Stationary Engineering, 4th Edition by Steingress, Frost and Walker.

To obtain an NASOE license Application today, visit one of the Schools or Training Institutions and apply for your license application with them today! They will process your reciprocal license too!