Article 413 - HIGH-PRESSURE BOILER OPERATING ENGINEER LICENSE

Section 28-413.1

Section 28-413.1

  §28-413.1 High-pressure boiler operating engineer license required. It
shall  be  unlawful  to  operate  any high-pressure steam boiler for any
purpose whatsoever, in the city of New York or in  connection  with  any
vessel  on  the  waters  in  and  around  the  city  not  subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, unless such boiler is operated by  or
under  the  direct  and  continuing supervision and in the presence of a
person having a high pressure boiler operating  engineer  license  under
the provisions of this article.

Section 28-413.2

Section 28-413.2

  §28-413.2   Qualifications.  Applicants  for  a  high-pressure  boiler
operating engineer license shall present satisfactory proof that:
  1. Applicant was employed as  a  fireman,  oiler,  general  assistant,
journeyman,  boiler-maker  or  machinist under the direct and continuing
supervision of a licensed high-pressure boiler operating engineer in the
city for a period of not less than five  years  within  the  seven  year
period  preceding  the  date of the application; however, in lieu of the
experience requirement contained in this paragraph, an applicant  for  a
high-pressure  boiler  operating  engineer  license who is employed in a
fossil fuel production plant located in the Rockaway Peninsula  area  of
Queens  county  may  submit  satisfactory  proof  establishing  that the
applicant has obtained at least five years experience within  the  seven
years preceding the date of the application which shall include at least
two  years of experience obtained during employment under the direct and
continuing supervision of  a  licensed  high-pressure  boiler  operating
engineer  in a steam generating plant located outside of the city of New
York but within the state of New York that is owned and  operated  by  a
licensed  public  utility  company,  and  shall  also include a separate
period of at least three years of experience obtained during  employment
as  a fireman, oiler, general assistant, journeyman, boiler-maker or any
comparable position as approved  by  the  commissioner,  in  such  steam
generating plant;
  2.  Applicant  received  a  degree  in  mechanical engineering from an
accredited school  or  college  and  had  one  year  experience  in  the
operation  and maintenance of high-pressure boilers under the direct and
continuing supervision of  a  licensed  high-pressure  boiler  operating
engineer  in  the  city within the two year period preceding the date of
the application;
  3. Applicant has held, for a minimum of four years, a  certificate  as
an  engineer  issued  by a board of examining engineers duly established
and qualified pursuant to the laws of the United States or any state  or
territory  thereof,  or a certificate as a marine engineer issued by the
United States Coast Guard, and a minimum of one year experience  in  the
city in the operation and maintenance of stationary high pressure boiler
plants  under  the  direct  and  continuing  supervision  of  a licensed
high-pressure boiler operating engineer within the seven years preceding
the date of the application, provided  that  the  applicant  shall  have
filed with such application a signed statement that the applicant is the
person  named  in  said  certificate together with the supporting signed
statements by three licensed high-pressure  boiler  operating  engineers
employed  in  the  city of New York at the time of making of such signed
statements;
  4.  Applicant  exercised  direct  and  continuing  supervision,  care,
operation   and   maintenance   over  a  steam  generating  plant  of  a
governmental building, having boilers of 150 or more horsepower,  for  a
minimum  of  five  years  and had a minimum of one year of experience on
high-pressure boilers under the direct and continuing supervision  of  a
licensed  high-pressure boiler operating engineer in the city within the
seven year period preceding the date of the application; or
  5.  Applicant  successfully  completed  a  New  York  state   approved
apprenticeship  training  program of at least two years and had at least
three years experience within the seven years preceding the date of  the
application in the operation and maintenance of high-pressure boilers in
the  city  under  the  direct  and  continuing supervision of a licensed
high-pressure boiler operating engineer.

Section 28-413.3

Section 28-413.3

  §28-413.3  Fitness to perform work. As a condition of license renewal,
a  licensed  high-pressure  boiler  operating  engineer  shall   provide
evidence  satisfactory  to  the  department that such licensee is fit to
perform the work.