Section 408.763d - Registration requirements; qualifications.
BOILER ACT OF 1965 (EXCERPT)
Act 290 of 1965
408.763d Registration requirements; qualifications.
Sec. 13d.
(1) The director shall not issue a registration for a title described in section 13a(2) unless the applicant meets the requirements for the classification as prescribed in subsections (2) to (6).
(2) An applicant for a low pressure boiler operator registration shall have not less than 1 year of experience operating or maintaining low or high pressure boilers, steam prime movers, or associated auxiliaries.
(3) An applicant for a high pressure boiler operator registration shall have 1 or more of the following:
(a) Not less than 2 years of experience in the operation of a high pressure boiler.
(b) A low pressure boiler operator's registration and not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of a low pressure boiler.
(c) Not less than 1 year of either a qualified training program, a qualified technical education program, or an approved apprenticeship program.
(4) An applicant for a third-class stationary engineer registration shall meet 1 or more of the following requirements:
(a) Be registered as a high pressure boiler operator and have not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of a high pressure boiler.
(b) Be registered as a low pressure boiler operator, have not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of a low pressure boiler, and have not less than 1 year of maintenance experience on high pressure boilers and associated auxiliaries.
(c) Be registered as a high pressure boiler operator and have not less than 1 year of boiler maintenance experience or not less than 1 year as an apprentice in an approved training program in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 4,000 square feet.
(d) Have not less than 3 years of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 4,000 square feet.
(e) Have not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 4,000 square feet along with sufficient experience operating steam prime movers in excess of 10 horsepower for a combined total of not less than 3 years of experience.
(f) Have an associate degree in energy technology or a related field as determined by the board with a power engineering option from a 2-year college whose program is approved by the board and employment or cooperative education experience of not less than 360 hours as a power engineer, boiler operator, or stationary engineer in a steam electric generation plant or a high pressure steam heating or process plant.
(5) An applicant for a second-class stationary engineer registration shall meet 1 or more of the following requirements:
(a) Be registered as a third-class stationary engineer and have not less than 1 year of experience as a third-class stationary engineer.
(b) Have a bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, heating/power technology, or energy technology from a college or university whose program is approved by the board and employment experience as an engineer in the engineering or research division of a steam electric power generating plant for not less than 1 year.
(c) Have not less than 4 years of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 7,500 square feet.
(d) Have not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 7,500 square feet along with sufficient experience operating steam prime movers in excess of 100 horsepower for a combined total of not less than 4 years of experience.
(e) Have not less than 1 year of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 7,500 square feet along with sufficient experience operating boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 4,000 square feet for a combined total of not less than 4 years of experience.
(6) An applicant for a first-class stationary engineer registration shall meet 1 or more of the following requirements:
(a) Be registered as a second-class stationary engineer and have not less than 2 years of experience as a second-class stationary engineer.
(b) Have not less than 6 years of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 20,000 square feet.
(c) Have not less than 2 years of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 20,000 square feet along with sufficient experience operating steam prime movers in excess of 200 horsepower for a combined total of not less than 6 years of experience.
(d) Have not less than 2 years of experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 20,000 square feet along with sufficient experience in the operation of boilers in a high pressure boiler plant having an aggregate heating surface of more than 7,500 square feet of heating surface for a combined total of not less than 6 years of experience.
(e) Complete a 4-year approved apprenticeship program or a 4-year qualified training program.
(f) Complete a 4-year program with a bachelor's degree from a college or university in engineering, engineering technology, heating/power technology, or energy technology whose program is approved by the board and which includes a hands-on power option from a 2-year community college program or the equivalent, as determined by the board, and not less than 1 year of employment, internship, or cooperative education experience in a steam electric generation plant or high pressure steam heating process plant.
History: Add. 2008, Act 159, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2008