opportunities in operations engineering

Opportunities in Operations Eng - 2012

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Opportunities in Operations Engineering

Speakers :

Dr Yan Poh Soon , President (ICES)HP : 96320203

Email: [email protected]

Dr Sam Man Keong, Honorary Secretary (SIET)

HP : 96740515Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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Highlights

• About the Speakers

• Who is an Operations Engineer ?

• Professional Bodies & Registration

• Criteria to become Certified Engineer in Singapore

• Preparation for the MOM-Certificate of Competency Exam (First Grade & 2nd Grade)


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Highlights

• Joint ICES – SIET Exams

• Career Opportunities as Operations Engineers (OE)

• Q & A


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About the Speaker – Dr Yan Poh Soon

• PBM (S’pore).• Certified Engineer (Steam).• Chartered Engineer (Electrical,

Manufacturing & Marine).• Professional Engineer

(Manufacturing, California, USA).

• IRCA Registered Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 & OHSAS 18001).

• S’pore Registered Fire Safety Manager.

• Fellow Singapore Quality Institute

• Malaysia SIRIM Registered Quality Consultant


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About the Speaker - Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强 )

• Chartered Engineer (UK/Ireland/Australia).

• Chartered Builder (UK).• Chartered

Mathematician (UK).• Chartered Scientist

(UK).• Chartered Quality

Professional (UK)• Chartered

Environmentalist (UK)


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Who is an Operations Engineer ?

• Operating Engineers, also known as Power Engineers, are professional, skilled operators and managers responsible for providing light, heat, climate control, power or other utilities for buildings, industrial processes and thermal electric generating stations. They operate and maintain steam boilers and related mechanical equipment, such as pumps, gas compressors, generators, motors, steam turbines, air conditioning systems, heat exchangers and refrigeration equipment.

• The title of Power Engineer is the standardized Canadian designation.


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Who is an Operations Engineer ?

• Depending on the size of the facility or plant, an Operating Engineer is responsible for the operation of the utilities’ equipment, or may also be responsible for management and maintenance of all facility operations.

• Large facilities may have several Operating Engineers on a given operating shift, designated as shift engineers and assistant shift engineers. In all cases, a Chief Operating Engineer is designated as ultimately responsible for the entire utilities or power plant operation.


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Professional Bodies & Registration

• Singapore : – The Institution of Certified Engineers

(Steam & Internal Combustion Engine), Singapore.

– Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists. [website: www.siet.org.sg ]

• UK :– Society of Operations Engineers. [website :

www.soe.org.uk ]

http://www.siet.org.sg/

http://www.soe.org.uk/


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The Institution of Certified Engineers (Steam &

Internal Combustion Engine), Singapore • The Institution of Certified

Engineers (Steam & Internal Combustion Engine), Singapore was formed in 1973 to serve the Specialist Engineers in Steam or Internal Combustion Engines. Fellows and Members are qualified as Certified Engineers in accordance with the Factories (Certificate of Competency- Examinations) Regulations.

• Today, Operations Engineers (OE) are responsible for providing light, heat, climate control, power or other utilities for buildings, industrial processes and thermal electric generating stations. They operate and maintain steam boilers and related mechanical equipment, such as pumps, gas compressors, generators, motors, steam turbines, air conditioning systems, heat exchangers and refrigeration equipment.


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Membership Grade Criteria

Fellows, Certified Engineers (CE, FICES)

Certificate of Competency as Ist Grade Engineers (Steam or Internal Combustion Engine) or its equivalent, e.g. PEng, CEng(UK)

Members, Certified Engineers (CE, MICES)

Certificate of Competency as 2nd Grade Engineers (Steam or Internal Combustion Engine) or its equivalent, e.g. IEng(UK)

Associates Persons who are practicing in Steam Plant or Internal Combustion Engines, and in possession of the required qualifications to sit for the Engineer Certificate of Competency Examination.

ICES : Membership Grades and Criteria


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Pathways to become Certified Engineer (CE) (ICES)

Recognized Diploma in Engineering or its equivalent, e.g. MSIET

ICES – 2nd Grade Special Exam on ‘Engineering Knowledge’.

CE, MICES

Recognized First Degree in Engineering or its equivalent, e.g. FSIET

ICES – First Grade Special Exam on ‘Engineering Knowledge’.

CE, FICES

ICES = Institution of Certified Engineers Singapore.

SIET = Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists [website : www.siet.org.sg ]

FICES = For Members in Senior Engineering/Management Positions


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About the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists (SIET)

• 1980 : Establishment of SIET in for Poly/ITE graduates. [Website : www.siet.org.sg ]

• 1982 : To conduct its own Examinations.

• 1986 : ‘Technicians’ ‘Technologists’.

• 1988: A full member of SPC.• A founding member of WFTO.

[website : www.wfto.org ]


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SIET Revised Professional Examinations (2012)

ITE – Nitec or its equivalent

ITE – Higher Nitec or its equivalent

Polytechnic Diploma or its equivalent

SIET – AM Exam

[8 subjects]

SIET – M Exam

[8 subjects]

SIET – F Exam

[6 subjects]

. Engineering Stream

. Management Stream

AMSIET, CertEA

MSIET, CertET

FSIET, CertTS

MSPE, PEng(UK)


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About the Society of Operations Engineers, UK

• The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) is an engineering professional organization in the United Kingdom, formed by the merger of following three bodies in 2000: Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE), Institution of Plant Engineers (IPlantE), and Bureau of Engineer Surveyors (BES).


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About the Society of Operations Engineers, UK

• The SOE is an Institution Member of Engineering Council, its members with at Member (MSOE) and Fellow (FSOE) may be nominated for registration at Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) levels.

• Website: www.soe.org.uk


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Criteria to become Certified Engineer in Singapore

• MOM – Certificate of Competency– First Grade Certificate of Competency (Steam or ICE

Engineer).– 2nd Grade Certificate of Competency (Steam or ICE

Engineer).• MOM – Examination Syllabus

– The examinations will consist of 3 subjects (5 papers):• Engineering Knowledge Papers I (Materials Science) and II

(Factories Act; Steam or ICE);• Applied Mathematics Papers I(Applied Mechanics; Strength

of Materials’ Fluid Mechanics) and II (Mass and Heat Transfer; Thermodynamics);

• Engineering Drawing.


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Criteria to become Certified Engineer in Singapore

• MOM - Exemptions– 2nd Grade COC Exam

• Subject exemptions for Recognized Polytechnic Diploma holders in Engineering, e.g. SP-Diploma in Mechanical Engineering holders are exempted from 4 papers out of the 5 papers : Engineering Knowledge Paper I, Applied Mathematics Paper I, Applied Mathematics II and Engineering Drawing (i.e., to pass Engineering Knowledge Paper II only.)

– First Grade COC Exam• A person holding a degree or equivalent in the mechanical

discipline, recognized by the Singapore Professional Engineers Board would be exempted from the prescribed examinations for the First Grade Certificate. However, the applicant would have to attend a professional interview.


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Preparation for the MOM-Certificate of Competency Exam (First Grade & 2nd Grade)

• Singapore Polytechnic Professional & Adult Continuing Education (PACE) Academy 500 Dover Road Singapore 139651

• Course Information – Mr Ang Lip Tiong; Tel: 67721557; E-mail:

[email protected] – Mr Chay Yim Fan; Tel: 68704771; E-mail:

[email protected]


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Joint ICES – SIET Exams• SIET Level 2 – Membership Examination (Mech)(8 papers)• [According to Clause 4(e)(iii) of SIET Constitution]

– ME101 - Engineering Mathematics[C101]^

– ME102 - Engineering Materials 1[C102]^

– ME103 - Engineering Science[C103]^

– ME104 - Engineering Perspective and Skills[C104]^

– ME105 - Engineering Mechanics[C105]^

– ME106 - Thermodynamic, Fluid & Process Engineering[D206]^

– ME107 - Engineering Knowledge 1A (Steam or ICE)*– ME108 - Engineering Knowledge 1B (Factories Act)*

• [*For Joint SIET – ICES Membership Exam]


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Joint ICES – SIET Exams

• SIET Level 3 – Fellowship Examination (Mech)(6 papers)

• [According to Clause 4(d)(ii) of SIET Constitution]– ME201 - Applied Thermodynamics

[D201]– ME202 - Heat Transfer

[D202]– ME203 - Fluid Mechanics

[D203]– ME204 - Engineering Materials II

[D208]– ME205 - Engineering Knowledge 2A (Steam or ICE)*– ME206 - Engineering Knowledge 2B (Factories Act)*

• [*For Joint SIET – ICES Fellowship Exam]


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Career Opportunities as Operations Engineers (OE)

• operate and maintain steam boilers and related mechanical equipment.

• conduct initial and periodic inspections of operating plants to ensure that they are registered, managed, operated and maintained safely.


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Source : ST – 30 April 2012


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Palm Oil Mills – Malaysia[Source : ZB- 28 April 2012]

Palm Oil Mill Manager – Certificate of Competency (First Grade)


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Questions & Answers

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