Power Engineers operate high-energy industrial processes found in power plants in Canada and across the world. Power Engineers ensure that steam production, electrical generation, refrigeration and gas compression is safe, reliable, and efficient.

As a power engineering student, you will learn in classrooms, labs, and using simulation. In the classroom you learn about power industry equipment design and the applied sciences that explain how machines work. You will get hands-on experience working in our on-site TSSA registered high-pressure steam power plant. You will operate a steam boiler, a refrigeration chiller, and a steam prime mover. You will also learn practical maintenance skills while working on pumps, compressors, valves and piping in our power systems lab. You will learn to operate and troubleshoot power plant processes in our power plant simulation lab. On your CO-OP you will work in industry and apply your academic knowledge.

Power Engineering Technology (Coop) is an approved TSSA Operating (Power) Engineer training program for 4^th and 3^rd Class certifications. Graduates can complete our program with a nationally recognized power engineering certification, coop work experience and the skills needed to be successful in the power industry.

Intake information

Start date	Campus
Fall 2025	Owen Sound

Tuition and fees

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Work-integrated learning

This program includes co-op work term and field placement components where you will gain practical, hands-on work experience in your field to prepare for your future career.
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What are the admission requirements for the Power Engineering Technology program?

Power Engineering Technology admission requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, mature student status
Grade 12 English (C or U)
Grade 12 Mathematics (C or U)
And one of:
- Grade 12 Physics (C or U)
- Grade 12 Chemistry (C or U)
- Grade 11 Chemistry (U)

Mature students, non-secondary school applicants (19 years or older), and home school applicants may also be considered for admission. Eligibility may be met by applicants who have taken equivalent courses, upgrading, completed their GED, and equivalency testing. For complete details refer to: www.georgiancollege.ca/admissions/academic-regulations/

Pathways

Applicants who have taken courses from a recognized and accredited post-secondary institution and/or have relevant life/learning experience may also be considered for admission; refer to the Credit for Prior Learning website for details:
www.georgiancollege.ca/admissions/credit-transfer/

What career paths can I take as a power or operating engineer?

Your Power Engineering Technology advanced diploma gives you many career opportunities

Graduates of this program may find rewarding careers as Power or Operating Engineers in a wide variety of industries.

Graduates may work as Operating Engineers at TSSA regulated facilities such as power generating plants, heating plants, industrial refrigeration and gas compression facilities. Food processing, manufacturing, and natural resource extraction and processing are areas in which students may find employment.

Power Engineers are also employed in industries such as nuclear power, clean energy, and chemical processing.

What courses are included in the Power Engineering Technology advanced diploma program?

Course overview

33 Program Courses
2 Communications Courses
3 General Education Courses
1 Field Placement
1 Co-op Work Term

Program-specific courses

Semester 1 courses are listed below. For a full list of courses in the program including course descriptions, view the Power Engineering Technology program outline.