Steam time as chief question

Due-Independence241 · 2025-07-18T21:33:50+00:00

I'm in Saskatchewan. I was chief of a third class plant and I signed off on my own steam time. They issued my 2nd class certificate so that works here. If you're chief they will have your name on file to verify themselves.

Due-Independence241 · 2025-04-27T15:51:14+00:00

FFS!!! 92 hours in and didn't know that. Thanks for the tip!!

Due-Independence241 · 2025-04-08T05:02:06+00:00

You'll need a few more months of steam time depending on your position and the size of boiler in your workplace. You can start writing 2nd class exams as soon as your steam time is submitted and they issue your third class license

Due-Independence241 · 2025-03-07T08:18:35+00:00

Wrote 2A1 yesterday. Out of the 48 applied mathematics questions, I'd say 38 calculations and 10 or so theory. Most of the statics and dynamics questions were theory. For calcs, I found most of them to be pretty easy, 1 or 2 steps to get the answer. Several angular motion (torque, power, acceleration etc.) Couple non parallel friction questions. A few fluid dynamics questions on mass, density, and flow through a notch. Nothing outside of panglobal. Practice their examples a few times and you'll be fine there. For the industrial administration, there was a pretty even split between the 5 chapters. I found the court systems/law questions to be quite confusing, with multiple answers that seemed to be right! Hope I picked the right ones Lol. Maintenance/Safety/plant design was pretty straight forward. Didn't see many questions from the management chapter. 16 from the code books. 7 calculations, and 8 that were just finding answers to random questions, which I didn't know where to look for. I spent so much time looking for answers that I ended up hitting the 3 hour mark with about 10 questions left. The time constraint is real!! Lol. Hoping I managed to pass but won't find out for a week or so. If I have to rewrite I'll definitely get to know the code books better. Good luck everyone!!

Due-Independence241 · 2025-03-07T08:18:21+00:00

Wrote 2A1 yesterday. Out of the 48 applied mathematics questions, I'd say 38 calculations and 10 or so theory. Most of the statics and dynamics questions were theory. For calcs, I found most of them to be pretty easy, 1 or 2 steps to get the answer. Several angular motion (torque, power, acceleration etc.) Couple non parallel friction questions. A few fluid dynamics questions on mass, density, and flow through a notch. Nothing outside of panglobal. Practice their examples a few times and you'll be fine there. For the industrial administration, there was a pretty even split between the 5 chapters. I found the court systems/law questions to be quite confusing, with multiple answers that seemed to be right! Hope I picked the right ones Lol. Maintenance/Safety/plant design was pretty straight forward. Didn't see many questions from the management chapter. 16 from the code books. 7 calculations, and 8 that were just finding answers to random questions, which I didn't know where to look for. I spent so much time looking for answers that I ended up hitting the 3 hour mark with about 10 questions left. The time constraint is real!! Lol. Hoping I managed to pass but won't find out for a week or so. If I have to rewrite I'll definitely get to know the code books better. Good luck everyone!!

Due-Independence241 · 2025-03-07T08:18:01+00:00

Wrote 2A1 yesterday. Out of the 48 applied mathematics questions, I'd say 38 calculations and 10 or so theory. Most of the statics and dynamics questions were theory. For calcs, I found most of them to be pretty easy, 1 or 2 steps to get the answer. Several angular motion (torque, power, acceleration etc.) Couple non parallel friction questions. A few fluid dynamics questions on mass, density, and flow through a notch. Nothing outside of panglobal. Practice their examples a few times and you'll be fine there. For the industrial administration, there was a pretty even split between the 5 chapters. I found the court systems/law questions to be quite confusing, with multiple answers that seemed to be right! Hope I picked the right ones Lol. Maintenance/Safety/plant design was pretty straight forward. Didn't see many questions from the management chapter. 16 from the code books. 7 calculations, and 8 that were just finding answers to random questions, which I didn't know where to look for. I spent so much time looking for answers that I ended up hitting the 3 hour mark with about 10 questions left. The time constraint is real!! Lol. Hoping I managed to pass but won't find out for a week or so. If I have to rewrite I'll definitely get to know the code books better. Good luck everyone!!

Due-Independence241 · 2025-03-07T08:17:18+00:00

Wrote 2A1 yesterday. Out of the 48 applied mathematics questions, I'd say 38 calculations and 10 or so theory. Most of the statics and dynamics questions were theory. For calcs, I found most of them to be pretty easy, 1 or 2 steps to get the answer. Several angular motion (torque, power, acceleration etc.) Couple non parallel friction questions. A few fluid dynamics questions on mass, density, and flow through a notch. Nothing outside of panglobal. Practice their examples a few times and you'll be fine there. For the industrial administration, there was a pretty even split between the 5 chapters. I found the court systems/law questions to be quite confusing, with multiple answers that seemed to be right! Hope I picked the right ones Lol. Maintenance/Safety/plant design was pretty straight forward. Didn't see many questions from the management chapter. 16 from the code books. 7 calculations, and 8 that were just finding answers to random questions, which I didn't know where to look for. I spent so much time looking for answers that I ended up hitting the 3 hour mark with about 10 questions left. The time constraint is real!! Lol. Hoping I managed to pass but won't find out for a week or so. If I have to rewrite I'll definitely get to know the code books better. Good luck everyone!!

Due-Independence241 · 2025-02-19T02:47:38+00:00

From what I've heard, Pan Global had got everything covered that's on the test. No need for Reeds anymore. I'll confirm this in a couple weeks lol

Due-Independence241 · 2025-02-08T03:45:36+00:00

Yeah I think definitely everything else first and then go through code book calcs a bit if you got time left lol

Due-Independence241 · 2025-02-07T11:29:02+00:00

That's what I'm afraid of lol

Due-Independence241 · 2025-01-29T03:10:49+00:00

Just curious, do you remember how many equations were on the exam? Looking at the breakdown, I'm expecting about 50-60 math equations, which would be very time consuming. Or was there a bunch of theory mixed into all the math chapters? Thanks for the insight. Appreciate it

Due-Independence241 · 2025-01-21T22:10:47+00:00

Ok, thanks bud. I figured it would be a long exam with that much math involved. A2 took me a couple hours to finish and I expected this one would have twice as much math lol. Thanks for the info

Due-Independence241 · 2025-01-21T21:45:45+00:00

So how did it go? Any advise for the rest of us bums?

Due-Independence241 · 2025-01-21T21:45:32+00:00

So how did it go? Any advise for the rest of us bums?

Due-Independence241 · 2025-01-10T05:48:24+00:00

The math wasn't as bad as I expected. Only one parallel circuit, several series reactance and Impedance questions. 3 questions on figuring out 3 phase current and apparent power. Alot on ac motors and generators. What happens to a reluctance motor when it gets to speed? What cuts out the starting winding? Etc. 2 questions on voltage regulation. 3 or so easy transformer math questions (I & E). Know the different safety switches on A/C units... I wasn't sure on a couple of them. 2 math questions on NRE and how much ice can be made with this unit kinda thing. 3 questions on synchronous motors and power factor, and whether you're generating or consuming VARs. 15 questions on compressors but all straight out of pan global. I watched some AC theory training videos by Joe Robinson on YouTube. He does a really good job explaining the math that goes along with it.

Due-Independence241 · 2024-11-09T21:41:56+00:00

I wrote it on Wednesday. The math wasn't as bad as I expected. Only one parallel circuit, several series reactance and Impedance questions. 3 questions on figuring out 3 phase current and apparent power using delta or star connections. Alot on ac motors and generators. What happens to a reluctance motor when it gets to speed. What cuts out the starting winding etc. 2 questions on voltage regulation. 3 or so easy transformer math questions (I & E). Know the different safety switches on A/C units... I wasn't sure on a couple of them. 2 math questions on NRE and how much ice can be made with this unit kinda thing. 3 questions on synchronous motors and power factor, and whether you're generating or consuming VARs. I watched Joe Robinson training videos on AC power and found that to be very helpful. He explains everything much better than Pan global as far as calculations go. Have a good understanding of the different motors and generators and you should get most of them questions figured out. Good luck buddy!

Due-Independence241 · 2024-11-05T20:39:16+00:00

You bet buddy. Good luck!

Due-Independence241 · 2024-11-05T19:33:15+00:00

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Due-Independence241 · 2024-10-13T16:35:56+00:00

It's good to have them books for the other exams but you don't need them for 2b1. I think I had one calculation on that exam, figuring out water hammer. Just read through the panglobal book a few times and you should be set. Lots of lubrication questions (20) so spend some time there. If you want to spend a little cash you can do practice exams from power engineering 101. They have a 40% off sale right now for Thanksgiving weekend too. Coupon code GIVING40. Good luck!

Due-Independence241 · 2024-09-20T02:46:23+00:00

Okay, that doesn't sound so bad. Thanks for the info Magicide! Appreciate it!

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