The Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 16th February 2021 has published the Boiler Operation Rules, 2021 which deals with the supervision of operation of boilers, and constitutes a committee of examiners who grants certificate of proficiency to a successful candidate as a Boiler Operation Engineer.
The owner of a single boiler or two or more boilers connected in a battery or of many separate individual boilers situated within a radius of fifty meters having a total heating surface exceeding one thousand square meters in any of the cases shall not use the same or permit the same to be used unless the boiler or boilers are placed in direct charge of a competent person.
Any person, who does not possess a certificate of proficiency as a Boiler Operation Engineer under these rules, shall not be deemed to be a fit and proper person to hold the charge of any boiler or boilers.
A person who is in charge of a boiler for which a certificate of proficiency is required under these rules may be relieved of charge in any one day for not more than two periods, which when combined do not exceed two hours in duration by a person holding a first class certificate of competency as a Boiler attendant.
A boiler shall be deemed to be in use for the purpose of these rules when there is fire in the furnace fire box or fire place for the purpose of heating the water in the boiler or under banked fire condition: Provided that a boiler shall not be deemed to be in use when the fire is removed and all steam and water connections are closed.
