College Certificate - Heavy Oil Operations Technician (HOOT)

Program Description Take advantage of a unique to Lakeland program that combines power engineering and heavy oil’s steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). In less than year you can become a qualified 4th class power engineer. That’s an entry to jobs wherever there’s a steam power plant. You will build the foundation for a career through hands-on training in our Husky Energy Power Engineering lab and you will discover the essentials of electricity, thermodynamics, steam generation and water treatment. The program will lead you to learn safe and effective operation and maintenance of boilers, turbines and engines including particular heavy oil topics such as production flow lines, well operations and production facilities. Then, you can take your knowledge to the field in a work practicum.