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POWER ENGINEER

STATISTICS FOR

ALBERTA

January 2014 –

December 2017

aBSa the pressure equipment safety authority

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Valid Power Engineers in Alberta

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st 748 780 793 782

2nd 2451 2522 2600 2630

3rd 6261 6651 7054 7096

4th 2111 2026 1925 1774

4N 6361 6848 7224 7311

5th 1898 2010 2150 2196

Total 19830 20837 21746 21789

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Valid Power Engineering Certificates in Alberta (by Class)

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st 748 780 793 782

+/- - +32 +13 -11

% Change - 4.3% 1.7% 1.4%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

2nd 2451 2522 2600 2630

+/- - +71 +78 +30

% Change - 2.9% 3.1% 1.2%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

3rd 6261 6651 7054 7096

+/- - +390 +403 +42

% Change - 6.2% 6.1% 0.6%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

4th 2111 2026 1925 1774

+/- - -85 -101 -151

% Change - 4.0% 5.0% 7.8%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

4N 6361 6848 7224 7311

+/- - +487 +376 +87

% Change - 7.7% 5.5% 1.2%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

5th 6361 6848 7224 7311

+/- - +112 +140 +46

% Change - 5.9% 7.0% 2.1%

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Number of Power Engineering Exams Written in Alberta

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st 473 476 379 367

2nd 1661 1849 1636 1481

3rd 3936 3833 4185 3128

4N 3878 3872 3421 2851

5th 436 407 425 446

Total 10384 10437 10046 8273

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Number of Power Engineering Exams Written in Alberta by Certificate Class

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st 473 476 379 367

+/- - +3 -97 -12

% Change - 0.6% 20.4% 3.2%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

2nd 1661 1849 1636 1481

+/- - +188 -213 -155

% Change - 11.3% 11.5% 9.5%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

3rd 3936 3833 4185 3128

+/- - -103 +352 -1057

% Change - 2.6% 9.2% 25.3%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

4N 3878 3872 3421 2851

+/- - +6 +451 +570

% Change - 0.2% 11.6% 16.7%

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

5th 436 407 425 446

+/- - -29 +18 +21

% Change - 6.7% 4.4% 4.9%

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Pass Rate (%) for Power Engineering Exams

Class 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st 71% 74% 71% 73%

2nd 61% 65% 61% 65%

3rd 70% 77% 85% 78%

4N 69% 67% 78% 74%

5th 57% 50% 70% 60%

71% 74% 71% 73%

61% 65%

61% 65%

70% 77% 85% 78%

69% 67%

78% 74%

57% 50%

70% 60%

2014 2015 2016 2017

Pass Rate (%) for Power Engineering Exams (Alberta)

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2017 Exam Pass Rate for Power Engineering Exams (by Class)

1st Class Number of Exams Attempted Exam Pass Rate (%)

1RA1 49 59.0%

1RA2 56 61.0%

1RA3 31 90.0%

1RA4 47 83.0%

1RB1 51 61.0%

1RB2 53 77.0%

1RB3 41 76.0%

1RB4 39 92.0%

2nd Class Number of Exams Attempted Exam Pass Rate (%)

2RA1 288 49.0%

2RA2 305 50.0%

2RA3 260 77.0%

2RB1 226 73.0%

2RB2 234 75.0%

2RB3 168 77.0%

3rd Class Number of Exams Attempted Exam Pass Rate (%)

3A1 719 80.0%

3A2 792 70.0%

3B1 878 80.0%

3B2 734 84.0%

4th Class Number of Exams Attempted Exam Pass Rate (%)

4NA 1298 76.0%

4NB 1542 73.0%

5th Class Number of Exams Attempted Exam Pass Rate (%)

5 444 60.0%

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Exam Pass Rate for 1st Class Power Engineering Exams (2014-2017)

45%

62%

76% 78%

60%

52%

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56% 60%

72% 74%

59% 61%

90%

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1RA1 1RA2 1RA3 1RA4

2014 2015 2016 2017

68% 74%

86% 85%

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82% 88% 86%

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77% 76%

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2014 2015 2016 2017

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Exam Pass Rate for 2nd Class Power Engineering Exams (2014-2017)

47%

60% 65%

52%

57%

69%

50% 48%

62%

49% 50%

77%

2RA1 2RA2 2RA3

2014 2015 2016 2017

61%

77%

70% 67%

78%

71% 66% 66%

75% 73% 75% 77%

2RB1 2RB2 2RB3

2014 2015 2016 2017

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Exam Pass Rate for 3rd Class Power Engineering Exams (2014-2017)

Exam Pass Rate for 4th Class Power Engineering Exams (2014-2017)

84% 88%

84%

78% 80% 83%

66%

56%

70%

79% 75%

68%

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90%

82% 79%

3A1 3A2 3B1 3B2

2014 2015 2016 2017

77%

62% 72%

63% 84%

73% 76%

73%

4NA 4NB

2014 2015 2016 2017

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Exam Pass Rate for 5th Class Power Engineering Exams (2014-2017)

57%

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70%

60%

5th Class

2014 2015 2016 2017

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Number of Power Engineers (by Age) in Alberta

Age 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4N 5th

0-19 0 0 1 0 100 0

20-24 0 34 515 0 840 24

25-29 10 189 946 0 1040 92

30-34 50 295 920 0 1119 180

35-39 50 259 731 22 1010 232

40-44 41 240 640 124 837 274

45-49 68 280 668 233 755 305

50-54 104 309 791 366 674 372

55-59 166 412 932 528 519 369

60-64 137 326 610 312 285 225

65-69 90 96 238 126 94 85

70+ 62 85 97 47 30 34

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Valid 1st Class Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

Valid 2nd Class Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

0-19 0%

20-24 0%

25-29 1%

30-34 7%

35-39 6%

40-44 5%

45-49 9%

50-54 13%

55-59 21%

60-64 18%

65-69 12%

70+ 8%

0-19 0%

20-24 1%

25-29 8%

30-34 12%

35-39 10%

40-44 10%

45-49 11%

50-54 12%

55-59 16%

60-64 13%

65-69 4%

70+ 3%

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Valid 3rd Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

Valid 4th Class Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

0-19 0%

20-24 7%

25-29 13%

30-34 13%

35-39 10%

40-44 9%

45-49 10%

50-54 11%

55-59 13%

60-64 9%

65-69 3%

70+ 2%

0-19 0%

20-24 0%

25-29 0%

30-34 0% 35-39

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40-44 7%

45-49 13%

50-54 21%

55-59 30%

60-64 18%

65-69 7%

70+ 3%

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Valid 4th (N) Class Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

Valid 5th Class Certificates (by Age) as of December 2017

0-19 0% 20-24

1% 25-29

4% 30-34

8%

35-39 11%

40-44 12%

45-49 14%

50-54 17%

55-59 17%

60-64 10%

65-69 4%

70+ 2%

0-19 1%

20-24 12%

25-29 14%

30-34 15%

35-39 14%

40-44 12%

45-49 10%

50-54 9%

55-59 7%

60-64 4%

65-69 1%

70+ 1%

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Released January 31, 2018

ABSA, the pressure equipment safety authority

9410 – 20th Avenue Edmonton, AB T6N 0A4

Phone (780) 437-9100 Fax (780) 437-7787

www.absa.ca