It is suggested that candidates contact the applicable jurisdiction for specific application information. Each jurisdiction may coordinate its applications for examination differently.
In all jurisdictions obtaining a 3 rd class certificate of competency requires successful completion of 4 examinations. The A1, A2, and B2 examinations are comprised of 150 multiple choice questions.
In all jurisdictions the 3 rd class B1 examination is comprised of 10 questions worth 15 marks each. The candidate must choose the 8 that he/she wishes to attempt. If over 8 questions are attempted only the first 8 questions attempted will be marked.
In most jurisdictions 3 rd class examinations are 3.5 hours in length.
To pass a 3rd Class Power Engineer's Certificate of Competency examination, a candidate must obtain at least 65% of the total marks allotted for each examination paper.
Code questions for the 3 rd class are provided in both imperial and metric (SI). In most jurisdictions, the candidate is responsible for providing the required code books.
All code questions will be built to the 2007 ASME Code. While older codes may be allowed in the examination all answers will be to the 2007 Code.
See General Examination Information for what some jurisdictions normally allow to be brought into the examination room by the candidate.
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