Upon successful completion the student will be able to solve problems involving whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, ratio and proportion, percentages, and problems involving roots and powers. Also included are simple formulas, metric measurement, and problems involving perimeter area and volume. The student will also be able to understand simple graphs, geometric construction, and some trigonometry.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to describe the Workers Compensation Act in the workplace with a description of safe work practices for trade's areas, and safely operate vehicles and auxiliary equipment.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to locate parts and service records, describe reports and record keeping using basic computer skills, and have the ability to sketch simple orthographic, isometric and working drawings. The learner will also be able to describe fits and tolerance.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to identify the basic properties of matter, and factors affecting energy. The student will also be able to explain simple machines and their operation and describe the basic properties of thermal energy.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to describe and identify mechanic's hand tools and measuring tools. It also teaches how to use fastening devices and how to cut and repair internal and external threads.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to describe hydraulic working principles and basic hydraulic systems, construction, and operation. The student will be able to perform hydraulic system maintenance.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to describe and service lubricating systems, cooling systems, induction systems, and exhaust systems. The student will know how to assemble an engine, how to start, stop, break in,andstore engines. The student will also be able to describe brakes, starting aids, and non-electrical starting systems.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to understand the basic principles of electricity and electromagnetism. The student will also know circuit characteristics and how to use basic test equipment. Construction and operation of lead acid batteries and how to service and test them is covered. The student will be able to repair charging systems, electrical systems, switches, solenoids, and gauges.

Upon successful completion the student will be able to describe the diesel engine and fuel ignition systems, methods of fuel metering, the construction and operation of governors, and the servicing and repairing of fuel injection nozzles.

The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers provides standards regarding emergency, occupational safety, and survival. The course provides these standards to meet minimum requirements for familiarization, basic safety, firefighting, and survival in emergency situations. Prerequisite: A Seafarer's Medical by an approved Transport Canada physician or a Medical Clearance Form signed by a physician. This condition is required by our service level provider (Justice Institute, Fire and Safety Training Centre), prior to students enrolling in the Basic Safety Training. Students will be required to submit documentation to BMC verifying physical fitness.

This course teaches orderly abandonment of a vessel in an emergency situation; clearing the vessel; proper and effective use of equipment; and coordinating survival activities during rescue operation. The course is designed for certificated Officers and for certificated ratings. Such personnel are required to complete a comprehensive MED training program of which Survival Craft is one component.

This course prepares the student with the knowledge and skills necessary for creating a basic 2D drawing. Prerequisites: Basic computer knowledge is recommended.

Introduces students to the applied sciences, which underlie modern technology. Students will study principles of physics, which include: motion, vectors, energy, momentum, heat, electricity and light. Students will also study the basic concepts of environmental science.

This course will ensure the student will safely and correctly start, operate and shut down equipment found on the job. There are three components to the course, first is classroom instruction, second is computer simulations of operating systems, and third is the actual operation of equipment in the workshop. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course introduces the students to power tools found in a mechanics and machinists area. The student will learn the purpose for, and the safe operation of machine power tools, both portable and standing. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course is for the student that has had no or limited exposure to oxyacetylene welding. In this course the student will learn the gases, components and procedures for oxyacetylene equipment. They also learn the correct technique to perform welds, braze and cut mile steel. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course is designed to introduce the student to the process and techniques of submerged metal arc welding. The course will be delivered at BCIT welding department with continued practical training at BMC. Students will learn about the equipment and techniques needed for the different welding procedures on various types of metals. The course has two parts, first the theoretical, the second is the practical component. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will introduce the student to knots, bends and hitches, along with safe working loads of lifting equipment. The student will tie rope and select the correct equipment and rigging to safely lift loads. There are two parts to this course, first is the theory and second is a practical component in which the student must safely use lifting equipment. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course has two components. The theory component will explain the combustion process of both the two and four cycle diesel and gasoline engine. The second a practical component where the student will disassemble, identify, measure and report on the condition of the demonstration engine. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will introduce the student to engine construction and rebuilding techniques and procedures. The course covers all parts related to an operational engine. Here the student will be assigned an operational engine, disassemble and diagnose all components. Produce a parts requisition, report on component and engine condition, and reassemble using proper procedures and techniques. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will introduce the student to diesel engine emission regulations, CFC/HCFC/HFC regulations and the refrigeration process. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will introduce the student to manufacture specific fuel injection systems. During this course the learner will be shown the similarities and differences between manufactures designs, servicing and repairing procedures. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will focus on troubleshooting diesel engine performance. Troubleshooting procedures will be studied and applied to problems commonly encountered in diesel engine performance, such as hard starting, uneven running, lack of power, excessive oil and fuel consumption. Students will perform dynamometer testing procedures on engines and support systems to evaluate engine and support system performance. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will familiarize the student to the workings of a marine gear. The course will explain clutches, gears, couplings and alignment. The student will then apply their knowledge in the work shop doing practical repairs and service of marine gear. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course has been designed to familiarize the student to electronic diesel engine management systems. The student will be exposed to various types of electronic wiring harnesses and connectors used in these systems. Special emphasis on harness repairs and troubleshooting techniques will be shown. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course will inform the student about BCIT policies such as, attendance and harassment. Introduce the student to the student association, tour the PMTC campus and familiarize the student to the Burnaby campus. Prerequisite: As per entry requirements.

This course using the Propulsion Plant simulator will provide students with the knowledge and practical operational skills to understand the general machinery layout and read machinery system schematics to independently line up the following systems in preparation for start up: Sea Water Cooling, Compressed Air, Fresh Water, Bilge and Ballast, Lubrication Oil, Fuel, Portable Water and Engine Room Fresh Water Service, Sewage, Fuel and Lubrication Oil Filling and Transfer. The students will demonstrate starting all the ship?s machinery in preparation for sailing.

This certification course has been developed to meet Transport Canada requirements for Marine Advanced First Aid. Every seafarer who is designated to apply immediate advanced first aid in the event of an accident or illness on board must demonstrate competence to undertake the tasks, duties, and responsibilities as described: immediate action; first aid kits; body structure and function; toxicological hazards aboard ship; examination of the patient; spinal injuries; burns, scalds, and effects of heat and cold; fractures, dislocations, and muscular injuries; medical care of rescued persons, including distress, hypothermia, and cold exposure; radio medical advice; pharmacology; sterilization; cardiac arrest, drowning, and asphyxia; psychological and psychiatric problems; and patient assessment. Prerequisites: Participants must be 16 years of age and older, Pre-reading and picture ID required. Must also complete Term 3.

This course familiarizes you with basic design of oil and chemical tankers and their cargo handling systems. The contents of the course covers safe operating procedures on board oil and chemical tankers, as well as the hazards involved in the handling and carriage of crude oil, petroleum products, and chemical cargoes. There is a practical component to this course. Prerequisites: MED with respect to STCW safety.

Co-operative education (Co-op) is a mandatory component of the Four-Year Marine Engineering Diploma of Technical Studies Program. Cadets alternate between periods of academic study and sea phases to enhance the educational experience. The Co-op experience develops all competencies required by a ship's officer, i.e., professionalism, communication, problem solving, responsibility, adaptability, safe working habits, and ability to work with others. Sea phases are conducted on board ships of Companies that are vetted by the Co-op coordinator.

This course introduces students to elementary applied mechanics principles. The course consists of lectures solving applied engineering problems in the following areas: vectors, Bowes notation, reciprocating engine mechanism, framed structures, trusses, velocity and acceleration, relative velocity, operations with forces, Atwood's machine, momentum, turning moment, work, power, and transmission of power.

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of chemistry and how it provides the foundation and understanding of its application in the marine industry. They will be introduced to the classification, properties, and behaviour of matter. They will acquire an understanding of electronic structure and bonding of atoms and molecules. Chemical bonding, intermolecular interactions, and chemical reactivity will be dealt with. The course will cover the chemical composition and physical structure of water. The different characteristics of water and its relationship with ferrous and non-ferrous metals will be explained. Methods of water treatment, recovery, and re-use of water will be covered. Prerequisite: Term 1.

Students will get a comprehensive understanding of the wide range and types of communications existing in the maritime world. Strong emphasis is placed on developing the students' abilities to produce written work that is accurate, brief, and clear. Barriers to proper communications will be identified. Students will do progressive in-class writing assignments and give an oral presentation to the class. They will also prepare for and attend a business meeting. Communications covered by regulatory and legal authorities will be reviewed and structure of CSA-2001, TC Publications, basic ISM programs, and required shipboard certificates will be taught to the students.

The course consists of lectures and video programs on the uses and properties of engineering materials used on ships. Specific topics covered will include the extraction of the major metals from their ores, mechanical properties and testing of metals, effect of grain size and orientation on metal properties, alloy structures, manufacturing processes of iron and steel products, the properties of typical metals found on board ships, and systems of classification and identification.

Students will learn the basics of ship construction beginning with terms to describe parts of a ship, ship dimensioning, and related terminology. They will also study the origin of ship stresses, the structures that withstand these stresses, and the steps taken in designing a vessel. Prerequisite: Term 1.

Students will learn the effect of hydrostatics related to flotation and ship stability, hull coefficients, first and second moments of area and volume, centre of pressure, and basic ship stability. They will also study the effect of a change in the ship’s displacement on its centre of gravity, load diagram and centre of pressure, Archimedes' principle and laws of flotation, coefficient of form, calculation of area and volume for ship structure, and calculation of transverse and longitudinal stability of ship. Prerequisite: Term 1.

This course introduces polynomial functions including appropriate support topics from algebra, analytical geometry, plane geometry, solid geometry, trigonometry, and the theory of logarithms and exponential functions, transcendental functions, curve sketching, and areas and volumes.

This is an introductory course in Electricity to familiarize students with DC and AC circuits. Teaches problem solving/analysis skills and the use of test instruments measuring electrical quantities in both AC and DC circuits. The course looks at the basic physics of electric current flow, effect of temperature on resistance, and how resistance is related to size of conductor and materials; magnetism, electromagnetic principles, induced voltage in conductors moving in magnetic fields leading to an understanding of the generator principle; how torque is produced in current-carrying conductors; Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws applied to electric circuits; Wheatstone bridge and its applications on ships; and emergency batteries and emergency power systems.

This course is an introduction to applied thermodynamics. Topics include a review of units and common terms, specific heat of substances, mechanical equivalent of heat, latent heat of fusion and evaporation, enthalpy, thermal expansion of metals and liquids; heat transfer by conduction and combined modes, and the Laws of Perfect Gases.

Students are given lectures and assignments that progressively introduce skills required to enable them to effectively describe engineering components by the means of freehand sketching, orthographic projections, and isometric drawings. Students are required to read and interpret different types of engineering drawings, and extract information from them.

Students will study the principles, operation, and maintenance of auxiliary machinery including valves, pumps and pumping systems, principles of fuel, and lubricating oil conditioning; boilers and steering gear, tubular heat exchangers, and pollution prevention systems. Included will be the performance measuring characteristics of marine diesel engines, their theoretical engine cycles, heat balance, and timing diagrams. Also, the general structural differences between typical medium and slow-speed marine diesel propulsion engines, and the working principles, construction, and maintenance of marine diesel fuel coolant and lubrication systems. Finally, the fire main and fire extinguishing systems will be studied.

This is the first of the two courses in the program, which when combined with the second course, will cover all the topics required for Transport Canada Propulsion Level I Certificate. This course introduces students to the engine simulator and gives them hands on practice on operating all the machinery in the engine room. The course includes familiarization of a ship's engine room main and auxiliary systems both in full mission and on the workstation. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Term 1 courses.

Co-operative education (Co-op) is a mandatory component of the Four-Year Marine Engineering Diploma of Technical Studies Program. Cadets alternate between periods of academic study and sea phases to enhance the educational experience. The Co-op experience develops all competencies required by a ship's officer, i.e., professionalism, communication, problem solving, responsibility, adaptability, safe working habits, and ability to work with others. Sea phases are conducted on board ships of Companies that are vetted by the Co-op coordinator.

This course provides students with organizational skills to prepare key personnel and emergency response teams to deal with any emergency situation; assess damage to the vessel, evaluate degree of danger and coordinate the response to minimize the effect of the damage; coordinate response to an emergency situation on their own vessel and to other vessels in distress. This course is designed for candidates for senior certificates of competency required for both deck and engine room positions. Prerequisites: MEDI 1500 and MEDI 1800 and MEDI 2500

The course teaches students to competently inspect and maintain all emergency equipment; maintain fixed fire detection and extinguishing systems, respond professionally to an emergency, keep a log of salient events during an emergency, control passengers and untrained personnel during an emergency; respond professionally to a distress call and execute a search and rescue of survivors; and conduct formal on board familiarization and training sessions. Prerequisite: MEDI 1500; A Seafarer's Medical by an approved Transport Canada physician or a Medical Clearance Form signed by a physician. This condition is required by our service level provider (Justice Institute, Fire and Safety Training Centre), prior to students enrolling in the Advanced Fire Fighting Officer Certification course. Students will be required to submit documentation to BMC verifying physical fitness. http://www.bcit.ca/files/transportation/pdf/marine/form_medical_clearance.pdf

This course explores International and Canadian legislation covering marine safety, pollution prevention, certification, inspections, maintenance, and emergency response enabling students to understand, interpret, and apply applicable marine laws.

This is an introductory course in refrigeration covering fundamental principles, basic refrigeration systems, methods of maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing. Emphasis is on developing practical skills in operating and maintaining a typical shipboard refrigeration system.

This course covers in detail the basic building blocks of automatic control systems, including transducers, amplifiers, controllers, and final control elements. It also includes controller settings and adjustments, and PID control loop tuning as it applies to marine controls.

This course continues with the principles of Applied Mechanics and includes: centripetal forces, sliding friction, moments, centres of gravity, lifting machines, stress and strain, and pressure vessels.

The course will consist of lectures and video programs on the uses and properties of engineering materials used on ships. Specific topics covered will include the following: a review of alloy structures and the means to describe their properties by phase diagrams, identifying and selecting metals for shipboard applications, modifying the properties of ferrous metals and aluminum alloys by heat treatment, surface hardening of steels, the metallurgy of welds, the use of various non-destructive tests to determine a material’s serviceability, and the properties and applications of plastics and ceramics in marine engineering.

Students will learn how to sketch and describe the construction of framing systems used in ship's hulls, cargo hatches and covers, divisional watertight bulkheads and doors, double bottom and deep tanks, and engine room structures. In addition, the student will describe from given drawings, the construction of the forward structure of a typical vessel including anchors and cables, and the aft structure of a single-screw vessel including stern tubes and rudders. Prerequisite: Term 3.

Students will use ship's stability data to calculate conditioned stability. In addition, effects of flooding, free surface, and dynamic stability will be studied. Students will also study the area and volume of a ship’s structure and first and second moments of area of tank surface. Prerequisite: Term 3.

This course continues on from MEOC 1130 and will commence with a study of DC machines, generators, and motors. Characteristics of series, shunt, and compound generators and motors, and applications of each machine will be considered along with machine maintenance and troubleshooting. Paralleling DC generators and load sharing, switchboards, and protective devices. Single-phase AC circuits containing resistance, reactance, and capacitance will be analyzed. Power in AC circuits, apparent power, and reactive power will be measured in the lab. The course will conclude with a brief introduction to three-phase AC circuits. Much of the time will be spent in the electrical lab completing machine and electric circuit experiments.

Students will solve problems in Thermodynamics involving perfect gases, heat and work transfers; the mean effective pressure, indicated power, brake power, and efficiencies of internal combustion engines; calculation of heat balance and ideal cycles of internal combustion engines; and energy transfers in reciprocating air compressors. Prerequisite: Term 3.

In this second level of the Marine Power Systems course, emphasis will be on the construction details, operation, and maintenance of diesel propulsion engine structures and the optimizing and maintenance of fuel injection and scavenging systems. In auxiliary boiler systems, students will study the construction, operation, and maintenance of auxiliary boilers, boiler mountings, boiler defects, and repairs.

This is the second of the two courses in the program, which when combined with the first one, will cover all the material for the Transport Canada Propulsion Plant Level I Certification. This course reviews lining up and starting the MaK propulsion plant and then moves onto developing further the competency of students on optimizing the plant on full away, analyze plant parameters, detect faults, and troubleshoot all systems. The students would also be trained to effectively deal with all machinery malfunctions and emergencies. Prerequisite: Term 3.

Co-operative education (Co-op) is a mandatory component of the Four-Year Marine Engineering Diploma of Technical Studies Program. Cadets alternate between periods of academic study and sea phases to enhance the educational experience. The Co-op experience develops all competencies required by a ship's officer, i.e., professionalism, communication, problem solving, responsibility, adaptability, safe working habits, and ability to work with others. Sea phases are conducted on board ships of Companies that are vetted by the Co-op coordinator.

This course explores the business of shipping including the Marine Insurance Act, charters, STCW and ISM Codes, pollution, project management, and crew training and representation. Prerequisite: Term 5.

This is a practical course to develop students’'skills while working on a variety of refrigeration plants similar to those used on ships. The theoretical knowledge learned in the previous Refrigeration course will be applied in the lab/workshop setting. Students will use refrigeration tools and test equipment to troubleshoot working refrigeration systems, draw vacuums, and recharge using different methods. Troubleshooting and fault analysis will be emphasized, and students will be evaluated on their ability to solve system problems. Safe handling, identification, and storage of refrigerant to comply with environmental and regulatory requirements will be discussed.

Students will study the essential ideas and concepts of statistics, perform useful statistical methods, and learn the applications of statistical analysis. Using quantitative methods, students will apply acquired skills and knowledge to maritime economics. Prerequisites: MEOC 1125

This course introduces students to digital electronics using CMOS logic. Students build and test a variety of digital circuits using: AND, NAND, OR, NOR, inverters, and counters. Introduction to Boolean logic, apply Boolean logic to simplify logic circuits. Siemens' Programmable Logic Controller (PLCs) will be used by students to develop marine control circuits. These control circuits will use: timers and counters to sequentially start and stop three-phase motors, develop lead/lag compressor or pump control, monitor temperature of induction motor with an embedded RTD and indicate alarm condition if motor's temperature exceeds insulation rating. Steering gear motor monitoring circuit to activate audio and visual alarm if motor becomes overloaded. Tune PID control loop in PLC to maintain tank liquid level constant as demand varies. Oscilloscope will be used to display waveforms and measure voltages. Prerequisite: Term 5.

Students will acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary through lectures, demonstrations, and hands on use of the AutoCAD software to create a complex general assembly drawing of a ship’s machinery object, utilizing the most appropriate orthographic views and sections to fully describe the object. Students will be required to produce a minimum of four drawings as assigned from the Reed's Engineering Drawings for Marine Engineer's textbook. Prerequisite: Term 5.

This course is divided into two modules, the first module will provide students with all the essential information needed to prepare, plan, and execute a successful dry-docking of a ship. It will also cover ballast treatment and NOx emission control processes. A review of the IMDG Code will be followed by Canutec book familiarization and the ship's enclosed space entry procedures. The second module will cover all aspects of Marine fuels and lubricants including their additives, storage, testing, bunkering, and related problems in diesel engines. It will also cover the causes of corrosion in the marine environments and its prevention on the hull and sea water and diesel engine cooling systems. Boiler scale formation and feed water treatment and testing will also be covered. Prerequisites: MEOC 1175

This course continues with the principles of Applied Mechanics and includes: bending of beam; shearing force and bending moment diagrams for cantilevers, and simple supported beams with concentrated and uniformly distributed loads; stress due to bending; strength and stiffness of shafting; power transmitted by shafts and bolts; direct stress and strain, modulus of elasticity, shear stress and strain, modulus of rigidity; restricted thermal expansion; loads on immersed surfaces, centre of pressure on vertical surfaces, flow of fluid through pipes, and flow through orifices.

Students will review the following topics from MEOC2114: (1) ship stresses, strains, and local strengthening of structures, (2) structural details of framing, double bottoms, shell plating, rudder, and supports. Following this, the student will learn the general constructional characteristics of Ro-Ro vessels, LNG ships and gas carriers, crude oil tankers, dry bulk carriers, container ships. Students will learn to differentiate between the different types of ship building steels used in construction and describe their engineering properties. They will also learn how to identify typical weld problems and structural damage and suggest appropriate repairs; identify shipyard welding procedural tests; and describe the fabrication of plate panels in ship construction. Study the process of load line assignment and freeboard calculation; general requirements of ship's ventilation systems, the function of propellers; phenomenon of cavitation, and review the construction and operation of anchors and cables. Prerequisite: Term 5.

Students will study stability concepts and use them for calculating change in draft due to change in displacement or water density, change in trim due to adding and removing masses, calculation of frictional resistance and residual resistance of ship, performance of propeller in the water and power developed by the ship, rudder theory and thrust exerted by rudder on rudder stock are other topics students will study during this course. Prerequisite: Term 5.

This course will commence with a study of a three-phase generator, induction motor, synchronous motor, and their control circuits. Students will build and test control circuits commonly used on ships: direct-on-line, forward and reverse, auto transformer, star-delta, and automatic synchronous motor starting circuit. Students would also learn about three-phase transformers, power electronics, and the propulsion systems of diesel electric propelled cruise ships. As a project during the course, students will wind a small three-phase, 208 V, induction motor, embed a Pt 100 temperature sensor to monitor temperature rise, and do a complete performance test. They will also look at an intrinsic safety barrier as it applies to control and monitoring circuits in hazardous locations. As this is an applied course, much of the time will be spent in the electrical laboratory performing experiments, building circuits and machines.

This course continues the study in Applied Heat for Marine Engineers. Students will study the properties and uses of steam, nozzles, steam turbines, boilers, refrigeration, and combustion.

The course begins with a review of crankshaft alignment followed by an introduction to engine balance and ship vibration. Next is propellers and alignment of propeller shafts. After that a review of indicator cards and their analysis. The student will then study steam turbines and feed systems and their components in some detail. A course of instruction over two days will also be given on theory and components of gas turbines. A review of fuel injection systems will be followed by an introduction to common rail fuel systems. Starting air and reversing systems will be covered, as well as the operation of governors. Finally the types, uses, and maintenance of deck machinery, miscellaneous propulsion, and lifeboat engines will be looked at.