Steam & Diesel Power Plant Operators Examinations [Paperback]

James Russell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0916367088 | ISBN-13: 978-0916367084 | Publication Date: January 1, 2000 | Edition: 3rd

A bestselling book since 1981, "Steam & Diesel" gives the answers to the oraland written exams. (Study Guides)

Editorial Reviews

Review

I was very impressed with our first purchase of this book and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Author on a fine publication. Our order for more manuals for our remaining Power Plant Operators must indicate to you that we have found this publication very useful. Thank you, Mr. Russell, for your time and effort in compiling an excellent book. -- Jay Ridpath

I'm the Manager of the Engineering Dept. of a rapidly growing power plant in the West Coast. This unique and excellent publication "Steam & Diesel Power Plant Operator's Examinations" has been the answer to my search for a method in which to rank and test my staff of engineers and apprentices. I tried my hand at writing engineering test questions which all the more supports my admiration of this work. -- DEAN SMITH

From the Publisher

This book has been our best selling engineering book in the Los Angeles area for over 15 years. It is invaluable to pass civil service employment exams and has sold worldwide from hospitals, refineries, powerplants to military bases. Power plant operator examinations are all basically the same regardless of what state or country you live in. There are only so many ways to start a boiler or turbine and this book gives you the right answers to the questions. Even operations questions as to what to do when the enunciator alarms ring, low and high water, overpressure and overspeed trips, sentry valves, ect. There very little left that a examiner could trip up the reader of this book. The success rate of passing exams is extraordinary high. The book will help the reader pass low pressure boiler exam, high pressure fireman, 500 horsepower, unlimited horsepower boiler engineer, unlimited steam turbine endorsements and diesel operations engineer examinations. Including, state and federal civil service exams.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 114 pages
• Publisher: J. R. Publishing; 3rd edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916367088
• ISBN-13: 978-0916367084
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #915,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I started with my first book back in 1972 and just kept on adding a book here and there and as the years rolled by I became a book publisher. I had no formal training and actually flunked English and math in school, but this did not stop me for I did not really know what success was for I was a failure most all of my life.

Then, suddenly, I look around and notice that I am not working for a living anymore. I have nice things and in need of nothing. In my case, success came as a wonderful surprise.

My advice to writers is to write your book, stage play or movie script and write some more, but do explore other avenues of writing for your success may likely come from those other sources.

I now write "how-to" books on fixing motorcycles and Christian books. What is next? I do not yet know.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars formatted by monkeys, July 1, 2009

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This review is from: Steam & Diesel Power Plant Operators Examinations (Paperback)

This book absolutely the worst when it comes to formatting. The pages are broken down into four columns. Questions and answers are then squeezed into these 1 inch narrow columns with the worst line and sentence breaks you could imagine.

The formatting is so bad, the table of contents comes between chapter 1 and chapter 2.

The only reason to get this book is that there isn't anything else out there in the form of a test prep book.

The first two reviews sound like paid endorsements by relatives of the author, did the read they same book I did?

This needs to go back to the editor for serious reformatting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Content, badly formatted, September 1, 2009

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T. Marshall (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steam & Diesel Power Plant Operators Examinations (Paperback)

This book contains great questions and answers and will be a help in preparing for the operators exam. But the unusual formatting makes it difficult to use and is just plain irritating.

Writing this book required a significant amount of technical knowledge and I imagine it took a significant investment of the author's time. Unfortunately the same professionalism and dedication is not evident in the publishing. It looks like some sort of proof version for the author to check the Q&A without using too much paper. And putting the table of contents after chapter one causes this reader to lose a little confidence in the quality of the answers.

However, setting aside the amateurish editing and publishing, the questions seem to be right on topic and it's the topic we are after in this kind of book anyway - it's not a treasured collectable, it's a tool for preparing for the exam. By that measure, it is a good value. So I would still recommend this book, but I also strongly recommend perspective buyers use the Amazon "Look Inside" feature to look at plenty of pages so you know exactly what to expect when the book arrives.

5.0 out of 5 stars Didnt end up needing the book but seller was great, October 19, 2009

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Eva Cervantes "Little Miss E" (Stockton, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steam & Diesel Power Plant Operators Examinations (Paperback)

I got invited to test for a Plant Operator Trainee Position at a oil refinery in my area. I looked all over for any type of study guide since i had no idea what was going to be on the test. unfortunately this book was not geared for my entry level exam. however it did have alot of helpful tips, practice test and answer explaination. The seller i bought it from was great as well. They were very responsive and helpful, especially since i was on a time crunch. At this point i do not need the book, but i am going to keep it, because should i get accepted to start trainging classes as a plant operator, then i think it will be a great tool when studying for my final exam.