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Overview

SAIT is a trusted leader in the training and development of oil and gas operators and power engineers worldwide.

This certificate program is structured to provide you with:

  • technical knowledge about field and
  • plant operations
  • plant equipment
  • plant processes and auxiliary equipment or instrumentation
  • underlying concepts
  • basic background
  • plant safety.

During this certificate program, you will face a theory component and knowledge self-assessment consisting of quizzes and a final exam.

Program outline

To successfully complete this certificate program, you are required to complete a total of four mandatory courses. All supporting course materials and resources are accessible online in the Brightspace (D2L) learning platform.

Required courses & electives

How to apply for this certificate

Once you have registered for any course offered in this certificate, you will be automatically eligible to complete the certificate. You will have up to three years to complete this program. You may track your progression by signing in to your Continuing Education student account.

Certifications and professional designations

Upon successful completion of all the required courses in this certificate program, you’ll receive an electronically issued SAIT Certificate of Achievement and transcript.

You’ll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account. Please note parchments are not issued for individual courses.

Costs

This certificate program consists of four courses with varying fees. Fees include access to all course-related materials and resources found in Brightspace (D2L).

Please review the individual course pages for this certificate program to determine costs and to learn more about additional learning materials including textbooks.

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Financial support

Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant. 

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Careers and opportunities

Upon successful completion of this certificate program, new entrants in the oil and gas industry (mid-stream) will be able to work in gas plant operations as entry-level gas plant operators.

This training will also benefit you if you require knowledge of gas process operations to work more effectively in your position of employment.

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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.

We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.

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