• Commercial • Industrial

• Repair/maintenance operation • CFC Training & Certification

• Low-pressure systems • High-pressure systems • Repair/maintenance operation

• Utilization • Maintenance/repair

• Environmental considerations

1. Whole Numbers (6 hours) • Number Line • Real Numbers • Basic Arithmetic Functions • Absolute Numbers 2. Common Fractions (8.4 hours) • Simple Fractions • Conversion To Decimal • Proper & Improper Fractions • Mixed Numbers • Complex Fractions • Arithmetic Functions With Fractions a. Addition & Subtraction (Common Divisor) b. Multiplication & Division (Lowest Common Denominator) c. Proportions And Percentages (Discount, Commission, Interest, Profit & Loss)

1. Boiler Definition (3.5 hours) 2. Basic Terms (1 hour) - BTU. Radiation, Conduction & Convection 3. Classifications (1.4 hours) • Water Tube • Fire Tube 4. Accessories (4 hours) • Superheaters • Steam Separators • Heat Recovery (Preheater, Economizers) • Basic Safety (Devices, LWCO, Safety Valves, etc. • Basic Operation (Firing, Water Cycle, Fuel Cycle) 5. Basic Construction (2 hours) • Container Construction • Furnace Construction 6. Industrial & Utility Boilers (2.5 hours) • Design • Operation

1. Roots & Squares (1.9 hours) 2. Powers (1.5 hours) 3. Algebraic Expressions (2 hours) 4. Equations Using Algebra ( 3hours) • Addition & Subtraction • Multiplication & Division 5. Geometry (6 hours) • Squares • Rectangles • Circles • Angles & Triangles • Formulas for Area, Circumference, etc. • Interpolation

1. Water Column (1.5 hours) • Gauge Glass • Try Cocks 2. Fusible Plus (1 hour) • Fireside • Waterside 3. Steam Gauges (1 hour) • Siphon • Bourdon Tube 4. Feedwater Regulators (1.5 hours) • Float • Thermohydraulic • Thermostatic Expansion 5. Safety Valves (1.5 hours) • Code (ASME) • Testing • Construction • Operation 6. Blowdown Apparatus (1.4 hours) • Surface Blowdown • Bottom Blowdown • Fish Tank 7. Non-Return Valves (1 hour) • Operation 8. Steam Headers ( 1 hour) • Construction • Purpose 9. Soot Blowers (1 hour) • Operation • Design 10. Valves (1.5 hours) • Globe • Gate • Balanced Valve • Check Valves • Reducing • Stop Cocks 11. Instruments and Automatic Combustion Control (2 hours) • Draft Gauge • Pressure Gauges • Temperature Indicators • Automatic Controls (On-Off, Postponing, Metering)

1. Materials (2 hours) 2. Stresses (2 hours) • Tubes • Shell • Drums 3. Drum & Shell Construction (1 hour) 4. Rivets and Riveted Joints (1 hour) 5. Welded Construction 6. Stays Types (1.5 hours) 7. Fittings (1.5 hours) 8. Assembly (1.4 hours) 9. Heating Surface (2 hours) • Tubes • Shells • Tube Sheets 10. Steaming Capacity (2 hours)

1. Requirements (1.5 hours) 2. Theory (3 hours) • Absolute Pressure • Constant Temperature • Constant Volume • Constant Pressure • Atoms & Molecules • Combustion (Carbon, Hydrogen, Sulfur) • Perfect Combustion • Complete Combustion • Incomplete Combustion • Excess Air 3. Air Supply (4 hours) • Draft • Draft Gauge • Forced • Induced • Balanced • Induced Draft Fans Versus Chimneys 4. Coal (6 hours) • Origination • Composition • Proximate Analysis • Heating Valve • Ultimate Analysis • Coking • Soft Coal • Hard Cola • Moisture • Other Characteristics 5. Fuel Oil (6 hours) • Origination • Characteristics • Specific Gravity • API Scale • Viscosity • Heating Valves • Types • Classes or Comm. etc. • Combustion 6. Gas (6 hours) • Origination • Characteristics • Make-Up • Heating Valves • Types

1. Placing Boilers In Service (3 hours) • Hydrostatic Test • Boil Out 2. Normal Operation (10 hours) • Automatic Control • Manual Control • Feed Water Regulators • Scale • Corrosion • Carry Over • Foaming • Priming • Caustic Embrittlement • Water Treatment a. External (Zeolite Softener, Demineralizer, Hot Process Lime-Soda-Ash, Evaporator) b. Internal (Chemicals, Feed Water Heaters, Blowdown) • Boiler & Fuel Efficiencies a. Formulas b. Losses 3. Emergencies (2.5 hours) • Procedures 4. Banking (2 hours) 5. Maintenance (3 hours) • Fireside • Waterside 6. Inspections (2 hours) • Preparation 7. Repairs (4 hours) • Tubes • Drums • Baffles • Refractory Walls

1. Precautions (1 hour) 2. Common Sense (3 hours) • Storage of Chemicals • Storage of Fuel 3. Fire Protection (3 hours) • Extinguisher • Boiler Safety 4. Personal Safety (3 hours) • First Aid • CPR

1. History (2 hours) • AFL-CIO • Stationary Engineers 2. Current Status (2hours) 3. Future Growth (2 hours)

1. Temperature and Heat (3 hours) 2. Measurements (6 hours) 3. Basic Physics (12 hours) • States of Matter • Pressure • Forces • Energy • BTU, Therm, Calorie • Sensible, Specific, Latent Heat • Heat Transfer • Enthalpy • Boyles law • Charles law

1. Basic Cycle Design and Operation (10.5 hours) 2. Components (10.5 hours) • Evaporator • Compressor • Condensers (Air-Cooled, Water Cooled, Evaporative Condensing) • Receiver • Metering Devices

1. Types (3 hours) 2. Handling (3 hours) 3. Safety (3 hours)

1. Evaporators (3 hours) 2. Compressors (6 hours) • Types • Capacity Control • Lubrication 3. Condensers (6 hours) • Types • Cooling Towers • Evaporative Condensing 4. Receivers (3 hours) 5. Metering Devices (3 hours) • Types

1. Accessories (6 hours) • Accumulator • Filter Devices • Service Valves • Oil Separator 2. Controls (6 hours) • Motors controls • Safeties (Low Temperature, Low Pressure, High Pressure, Rupture Disk) 3. Physics of Air Conditioning (6 hours) • Enthalpy chart • Psychometric chart 4. Refrigerant System Operations (9 hours) • Comparison to reciprocating • Superheat • Oil traps 5. Centrifugal Refrigeration (9 hours) • Comparison to reciprocating • Designs • Operations • Parts 6. Absorption Refrigeration (6 hours) • Comparison to mechanically operated • Design • Basic operation • Parts 7. Heat Pumps (9 hours) • Basic cycle • Design • Basic operation • Parts 8. Basic Control Electricity (6 hours) • Wiring of controls • Schematics 9. Safety (6 hours) • Personal • Equipment 10. CFC Training and Certification (9 hours) • Section 608 of the EPA Clean Air Act of 1990

1. Basic Electricity Fundamentals (6 hours) • Safety • Circuits, Electrons, Batteries, Symbols, Atoms) 2. Sources of Electricity (6 hours) • Chemical • Light • Pressure • Heat • Magnetism (Generators, Alternators; Principles of Magnetism) 3. Conductors and insulators (6 hours) • Wires, Fuses, Circuit Breakers • Insulators 4. Ohm's Law (9 hours) • Electromotive Force • Current • Resistance • Watt, kilowatt, kWh 5. Series Alternating Current and Direct Current Circuits (12 hours) • Calculation of current and direct current circuits • Ohm's law 6. Parallel Alternating Current and Direct Current Circuits (12 hours) • Calculation of Current and Voltage Drops (Thevenin's Equivalent Theorem, Voltage Driver Theorem) 7. Series and Parallel Circuits (9 hours) • Calculations 8. Resistors and Capacitors (12 hours) • Resistors (Symbols, Construction; Thermistors) 9. Meters (9 hours) • Types • Uses • Reading Meters 10. Alternating Current Voltages (15 hours) • Sine wave • How alternating current is produced • Sine wave cycle • Frequency, period, amplitude • Peak voltage • RMS Current - Voltage phase relationship • Power factor 11. Electromagnetic induction (9 hours) • EMF in a conductor • Induced EMF • Inductance • Transformers (construction, uses) 12. Motors and motor circuits (15 hours) • Alternating current (Overview, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages) • Direct current (Overview, Characteristics, Advantages and disadvantages) 13. Delta and wye winding configurations for motor and generating systems (15 hours) • Delta to wye conversions (Mathematical analysis, number of poles) 14. Safety (9 hours) • Stationary engineers environmental health & safety training • Precautions • Fire protection • Extinguishers • Personal safety

1. Control Fundamentals (3 hours) • Control devices • Basic control system components • Function of sensors (Thermistors, Humidity sensors, Pressure sensors) 2. Control Systems (3 hours) • Control linkages and their function • Direct and reverse acting controls • Normally open and normally closed devices • Basic control actions of a control system • Control actions (Two position, Floating control, Proportional control) 3. Interfacing Sensors and actuators (6 hours) • Basic computer control systems (Control points, Sensors, Signal conditioning, Transducer and transmitters) • Types of temperature and humidity sensors • Flow indicators and orifice plates • Flow meters 4. Microprocessors (6 hours) • Automation (Energy management, Central processing, Stand-alone unit, Networking) • Logic and logic gates • Flip-flop logic devices • Major PC components • Register and address computer functions • Arithmetic/ logic functions 5. Programmable controllers (6 hours) • PC programming • Ladder diagrams • Relay Diagrams • Examine instructions (2 types) • Output instructions (3 types) • Branch instructions 6. DDC programming methods and configurations (6 hours) • PC vs. DDC • Centralized controls • Modern function • Layout and purpose of flow charts • Flow chart symbols • Keyboard functions (Command keys, Cursor keys, Enter key) 7. DDC Applications & Design (3 hours) • DDC Operation • DDC compared to electromechanical or solid state control • Three operation modes (Demand mode, Manual mode, Schedule mode) 8. Pneumatic control systems (3 hours) • The air supply • Pneumatic controllers • Pneumatic relays and final controllers

1. RPN & Pressure Instruments (2 hours) • Five types of RPM instruments (Direct contact-manually timed, Direct contact automatically timed, Direct contact-instantaneous reading spring dial, Photo tachometers, Stroboscopic counters) • Five Types of Pressure Instruments (Inclined liquid manometer, Vertical liquid manometer, Magehelic pressure gauges, Micrometer liquid hook gauge, Piton gauge) 2. Air Velocity Instruments (2 hours) • Outlet velocity reading instruments • Function of an anemometer and a velometer • Function of a flow hood • Electrical anemometers 3. Temperature, Humidity And Hydronic Instruments (5 hours) • Thermometers (Glass stem, Metal dial, pyrometer, Multipoint reading, Recording) • Psychrometers (Sling, Powered) • Flow measurements for hydronic systems • Four types of flow meters (Orifice plate, Venturi, Circuit testers, Pitot tube) 4. Air & Hydronic Text Reports (5 hours) • Air & hydronic test reports • Air balance worksheets • Outlet balance report • Rectangular and round pitot tube traverse sheets • Hydronic balance test reports • Flow diagrams • Pump test reports • Low, medium and high pressure systems (3 types of low pressure supply systems, 2 types of low pressure exhaust systems, 3 types of conventional high pressure systems) 5. Balancing low pressure constant valve supply systems (3 hours) • Testing and balancing procedures • Troubleshooting procedures • Air movement and resistance in HVAC systems 6. Balancing Return Air & Toilet Exhaust Systems (3 hours) • Return systems • Balancing return systems with separate systems • Return air plenum ceiling systems • Toilet exhaust systems • Constant volume systems (Medium pressure, High pressure) • High pressure dual duct • High pressure induction system 7. Variable Air Volume (VAV) Systems (6 hours) • Operating VAV Systems • Flow requirements for VAV systems • Diversity factor • True VAV vs. Secondary VAV System • High, medium and low pressure systems • Eleven components of a VAV system 8. Ductwork and Damper Testing (2 hours) • Duct leakage • Maximum allowable duct leakage • Leak testing duct work • Troubleshooting • Setting outside and return dampers 9. Balancing Exhaust and Residential Systems (3 hours) • Three categories of components (Particulates, Gases, Fumes) • Static pressure • Four types of collectors (Centrifugal cyclone, Baghouse, Packed tower wet scrubber, Electrostatic precipitator) • Reading air flow • General balancing procedures 10. Fan design & Operation (2 hours) • Design and operation of fans (Tubular inline, Van axial, Roof exhaust) • Fan CFM and system static pressure relationship • Fan performance • Troubleshooting fan problems 11. Drives/ Grilles, Diffusers and Ak Areas (3 hours) • Fan Drive Components • Types of Fan Sheaves (Fixed, Variable Pitch, Automatic Pitch) • Selection of V-Belts for HVAC systems • Ak Area

1. Definition and types of IAQ problems (2 hours) • Types of PM Preventative Maintenance Programs • Scheduled vs. unscheduled maintenance • Automated And Manual PM Systems • Facility Preventive Maintenance Survey 2. Developing a Preventative Maintenance Program (3 hours) • Equipment history record file • PM record program • PM charts • PM work orders • Master schedule 3. Operating a PM System - HVAC Design & Operation (2 hours) • Information processing system • Repair work order • Impact of facility cost controls • General operation of HVAC system • Understanding the facility-specific design of HVAC system 4. HVAC general system maintenance (2 hours) • Occupant comfort and health (Temperature, Relative humidity, Cleanliness, Filters) • Operation and maintenance (Mechanical filters, Electronic filters) • Air circulation and flow problems • System start-up and purging • Positive pressure systems • Common causes of odors 5. HVAC air handling systems (3 hours) • Common HVAC air handling systems • Energy consumption • System operation (Economizer, Single zone, Multi-zone, Dual duct, Reheat) 6. HVAC Types (2 hours) • Variable air volume • All water system • Air and water system 7. Chemical Inventory, Storage, Handling and Safety (2 hours) • Chemical management • Chemical inventory • Storage and handling • Accidents • Use and storage of pesticides • Proper housekeeping 8. Construction, Repair and Renovation (2 hours) • Safe practices • Migrating sink effect • Chemical emissions • MSDS sheets • MSDS file system 9. Prevention Strategies Beyond the PM Program (2 hours) • Visual inspections • Structural problems • HVAC checklists • Pollutant, source and pathway survey • Random air sampling • IAW recordkeeping system 10. Troubleshooting IAQ Complaints (2 hours) • Resolving IAQ Complaints • Determining when complaints are resolved 11. Working Conditions and IAQ Illnesses (2 hours) • Air quality factors • Video display terminals • Indoor lighting • Noise in the workplace • Building related illness • Sick building syndrome • Multiple chemical sensitivity • Psychogenic illness 12. Major Indoor Contaminants: Their Sources and Control (2 hours) • IAQ Contaminants (Particles, Gasses, Vapors, Mixtures) • IAQ control • Typical Sources (Asbestos, Lead, Biological contaminants) 13. Contaminated Gasses and Mixtures (2 hours) • Contaminants (Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Formaldehyde, Ozone, VOC's, Soil Contaminants) • Sources (Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Wood Smoke, Perfumes, Deodorants and Cosmetics, Pesticides) • Specialized Use Areas 14. Contaminated Outdoor Air And Microbial Contaminants (2 hours) • Cleaning Outdoor Air For Use Indoors • Air Filtration • HEPA Filters • Absorption Filters • Microbial Contaminants • Air Sampling for Microbials 15. Air Sampling and Carbon Dioxide (2 hours) • Accuracy • Basic measurement and parameters • Equipment for Measuring Temperature and Humidity • Acceptable ranges • Equipment used for measuring carbon dioxide 16. Air Volume and Air Circulation (2 hours) • Equipment for Readings • Measuring air circulation • Measuring and calculating outdoor air percentage 17. Carbon Monoxide, Formaldehyde, Radon, Asbestos & Lead (2 hours) • Carbon dioxide readings • Formaldehyde readings • Radon readings • Asbestos and lead detection

1. Mathematics (6 hours) 2. Pumps (6 hours) 3. CPR and First Aid* (10 hours) 4. Auxiliary Steam Plant Equipment (10 hours) 5. General Review (4 hours) *The CPR and First Aid will be instructed by certified personnel such as the local Fire Department.