Feb 16, 2025  
PUBLISHED 2025-2026 Credit Catalog 
    
PUBLISHED 2025-2026 Credit Catalog

PWEN 251 - Power Qualification Theory I


Description
This course will prepare you to write the Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) Fourth Class Power Engineer’s Certificate of Competency Part A exam. This course includes power theory instruction in the Power Engineering Profession, Effective Communications, Sketching and Drawing, Materials and Welding, Piping and Valves, Applied Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Basic Electricity, Boiler Systems Basic Controls and Instrumentation, Low and High Pressure Boiler Design, Construction, and Operations, Boilers Feedwater Systems and Fittings, and Systems Parts and Operations. Power theory classroom instruction will be coordinated with associated power lab application towards achievement of the Certificate of Competency.



3 Credits

Time Guidelines
The standard instructional time for this course is 90 hours.


Corequisites
 

  • PWEN 262