Ordinance on Safety of Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No.33 of September 30, 1972
Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 171 of July 16, 2001
In Japanese
Chapter VI. License
Section 1. License of Special Class Boiler Operator, License of First Class Boiler Operator and License of Second Class Boiler Operator
(Persons Qualified for the License)
Article 97. The license prescribed in the following items shall be granted for the persons described in the respective items by the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau:
- License of special class boiler operator: Persons who have passed the license examination for special class boiler operators.
- License of first class boiler operator: Persons who have passed the license examination for first class boiler operators.
- License of second class boiler operator:
- Persons who have passed the license examination for second class boiler operators.
- Persons who have completed the boiler operating training course under the training program for equipment management and operation specified in the "training course" column of Attached Table 2 of the Enforcement Ordinance (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No.24 of 1969) for the Vocational Skills Development Law (Law No.64 of 1969) or the boiler operating training course specified in the "training course" column of Attached Table 4 of the said ordinance (not including any training course provided by correspondence), among the ordinary vocational training courses which are standard training prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 27 of the said Law.
- Besides the persons described in a) or b), persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(Disqualification for the License)
Article 98. Persons described in the respective items of the preceding Article and specified by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance based on the provision of item 2 paragraph 2 of Article 72 of the Law shall be the persons who are under eighteen years of age.
(Person Designated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance based on the Provision of Paragraph 3 of Article 72 of the Law)
Article 98-2. A person designated under the provisions of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance based on paragraph 3 of Article 72 of the Law related to the license as described in each item of Article 97 shall be those who can not confirm appropriately the necessary operation or the operating conditions of the boiler in carrying out the work relating to the said license due to the mental or physical function disorder.
(Consideration of Measures, etc., to Cover Handicap)
Article 98-3. In case the applicant for the license described in each item of Article 97 shall be the person described in preceding provisions, when the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau decides to grant a license or not, he shall consider that the disorder is covered and the level of disorder is mitigated by the measures and treatments to cover the handicap.
(License with Reservation)
Article 99. The Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may grant a license described in the respective items of Article 97 to a handicapped person with the limitations of boiler type which he is able to operate and other necessary reservations concerning the operation.
Article 100. Deleted.
(Qualification for Taking the License Examination)
Article 101. With regard to the license examinations described in the following items, nobody except those who are mentioned in the respective items can receive these license examinations:
- License examination for special class boiler operator.
- Persons who have experience in the operation of boilers (excluding the boilers described in a) to d) of item 16 of Article 6 of the Cabinet Order and the small-sized boilers, hereinafter the same in this Article) for at least five years after the receiving of a license of first class boiler operator, or persons who have experience as an operations chief of boilers for at least three years after the receiving of the said license.
- Persons who have majored in the course or subject concerning boilers at a university or college accredited under the School Education Law (Law No.26 of 1947) (including universities and colleges as accredited under the former University/College Order (Imperial Order No.388 of l918, hereinafter the same), or a technical college accredited under the same Law (including those under the former Technical College Order (Imperial Order No.61 of 1903, hereinafter the same) and graduated therefrom, and those who have experience in the operation of boilers for at least two years thereafter.
- c) Besides the persons described in a) or b), persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
- License examination for first class boiler operator.
- Persons who have experience in the operation of boilers for at least two years after the receiving of a license of second class boiler operator or persons who have experience as an operations chief of boilers for at least one year after the receiving of the said license.
- Persons who have majored in a subject concerning boilers at a university, college, technical college or high school accredited under the School Education Law (including practical schools accredited under the former Secondary School Ordinance (Imperial Order No.36 of 1943, hereinafter the same) and graduated therefrom, and those who have completed practical training on operation of boilers at a school as same level as a high school for a period of one year or more.
- Besides the persons described in a) or b), persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
- License examination for second class boiler operator.
- Persons who have majored in a subject concerning boilers at a university, college, technical college or senior high school accredited under the School Education Law and graduated therefrom, and those who have completed practical training on operation of boilers for a period of three months or more.
- Persons who have completed practical training on operation of boilers for a period of six months or more.
- Persons who have completed a skill training course of the operation of boilers conducted by the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or designated training institution (designated training institution shall be defined as the one which is specified by paragraph 2 of Article 77 of the Law), and those who have experience in the operation of boilers described in a) to d) of item 16 of Article 6 of the Cabinet Order at least four months.
- Besides the persons described in a) through c), persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(Subjects of Examination in the License Examination)
Article 102. The license examination described in each item of the preceding Article shall be conducted in term of the following subjects with a written test:
- Knowledge of the construction of boilers.
- Knowledge of the operation of boilers.
- Knowledge of fuel and combustion.
- Related laws and ordinances.
(Exemption from Certain Subjects of Examination)
Article 102-2. The Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, when conducting the special class boiler operator license examination, grant an exemption to those persons who have already undergone an examination in the subjects set forth in the relevant items of the preceding Article and attained qualifying marks in some subjects for those subjects in which they gained the qualifying marks in the previous examination (limited to persons retaking a license examination within two years from the first day of the month immediately following the one in which the examinations in which they attained a qualifying mark was held).
(Details of License Examination)
Article 103. Such details necessary for implementing the license examinations as described in the respective items of Article 101, other than those as prescribed by Article 71 of the Safety and Health Ordinance and the preceding three Articles, shall be set forth by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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