Power Plant Operations Certificate

This course is designed for people who seek entry-level operator's job in a power plant. There are thousands of power plants in the United States. There are very few institutions in the country that provide training for entry-level workers for power plants.

Power plants are operated by highly skilled process operators. In a power plant, usually there are three or four operational levels. This course is designed to prepare a person to apply for an entry-level job. Once a person is employed, he/she moves up the ladder by acquiring experience.

Learning Outcomes

This is a comprehensive course designed to provide necessary information on many subjects to entry-level workers. A list of modules is provided in this document. A review of the list will indicate the subjects covered in this course.

List of Modules
Safety1000 Basic Safety
Hazcom1000 Basic Hazard Communication
LockoutTagout1000 Basic Lockout-Tagout
Math1000 Math 1000: Basic Math 1
Math2000 Math 2000: Basic Math 2
Math2500 Math2500: Basic Math 3
PhysicsApplied1000 Applied Physics 1
PhysicsApplied2000 Applied Physics 2
PhysicsApplied2500 Applied Physics 3
HeatExchangers1000 Heat Exchangers
Lubrication2000 Lubrication and Bearings
Electricity1000 Electrical Safety
Electricity2000 Electricity for Operators and Technicians
Valves1000 Industrial Valves
CompressedAir2000 Compressed Air
ProcessControl1000 How to Read Process Drawings
ProcessControl3000 Basic Process Instrumentation and Control
Pumps1000 Pump Fundamentals
Pumps2000 Centrifugal Pumps - Operation
Power1000 Power 1000: Steam Generation
Power2100 Power 2100: Basic Boiler Systems
Power3000 Power 3000: Fuels and Combustion
Power3100 Power 3100: Boiler and Auxiliaries 1
Power3200 Power 3200: Boiler and Auxiliaries 2
Power3300 Power 3300: Boiler and Auxiliaries 3
Power3500 Power 3500: Cogeneration and HRSG

Power3100


Power 3100: Boiler and Auxiliaries 1

Equipment Required

a. An ordinary PC (Pentium III or better) b. 56K or better modem. We design most of our instruction pages to download in less than 10 seconds. Some of the graphics-heavy pages may take as much as 20 seconds. c. Macromedia Flash Player. Almost all of the PCs (since 2003) come equipped with this Flash Player. If your computer does not have it, you can download it for free from Macromedia.com