Schedule

[Rule 4]

Purpose for

Sr. which Facilities at

Qualifications Experience

No. competency the disposal

required

1. Preparation of (a) Bachelors i) an experience of minimum Must have

plans of Degree in period of ten years of well

buildings or Civil or preparation of building plans. equipped

structure to be structural ii) Must have knowledge facilities

used as factory or Engineering software to be used for the having the

industrial or its purposed mentioned above. appropriate

premises to used equivalent licenses of

for beedi or from software like

Cigar work recognized AutoCAD or

university; and any other to

(b) A Member or be used for

Associate such

Member of an purposes.

(i) Institution of

Civil Engineers

(India) or

(ii) The Insitution

of Structural

Engineers; or

(iii) The

Institution of

Engineers

(India) in civil

engineering or

structural

engineering or

(c) Bachelor’s

Degree in

Architect or its

equivalent

from

recognized

university; and

must be a

member of the

Council of

Architecture

2 Certification of (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of a minimum Must have

stability of Degree in Civil period of ten years in design or laboratory

buildings or or structural construction or testing or fully

structures to be Engineering or repair of structures. Provided equipped

used as Factory its equivalent that experience for those who with

or industrial from possesses master’s degree instruments

premises to be recognized shall be minimum of seven required for

used for beedi or university; and years. Non-

Cigar work (ii) A Member (ii) Knowledge of non-destructive Destructive

or Associate testing, various standards and Test,

Member of an Codes of practices that current Compression

(a) Institution of and the effect test,

Civil (iii) of the vibrations and Vibration test

Engineers natural forces on the stability Live/ Dead

(India) or of the building; and load test,

(b) The (iv) an ability to arrive at a Estimation of

Institution of reliable conclusion with age of

Structural regard to the safety of the structure,

Engineers; or structure or the building. Measuring

The Weighing.

Institution of This

Engineers laboratory

(India) in civil should

engineering accredited

or structural with National

engineering Accreditation

Board for

Testing and

Calibration

laboratories

or must have

empaneled

any such

laboratory.

3 Plant/Machinery/ (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of working for a Gauges fro

Equipment under Degree in minimum period of ten years measurement

Schedule VIII, Mechanical or in: - and

XVII, XXXII, production (a) design or operation or instruments

XXXIII rule 10 5 Engineering or maintenance of concerned for

framed under its equivalent Plant/Machinery/Equipment measurement

section 82 and from or of speed and

standards framed recognized (b) testing, examination and any other

under Schedule university. inspection of relevant equipment or

II of the Code or machinery, their guards, device to

any other safety devices and determine the

standards framed appliances. safety in the

by Central (ii)Should: - use of the

Government or (a) Be conversant with safety dangerous

Union Territory devices and their proper machine.

Administration functioning

of Lakshadweep (b) be able to identify defects

from time to time another causes leading to the

failure. Provided that

experience for those who

possesses master’s degree

shall be minimum of seven

years; and have ability to

arrive at a reliable

conclusion with regard to

proper functioning of safety

devices, appliances and

machine guards and

(iii) have ability to arrive at a a

reliable conclusion with

regard to proper functioning

of safety devices, appliances

and machine guards.

4 Hotels & Lifts (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of working for a

Degree in minimum period often years

Mechanical or in: -

Production (a) design or erection of

engineering or maintenance of hoists & lifts

its equivalent or

from (b) test and inspection procedure

recognized of hoists & lifts. Provided

university that experience for those who

possesses master’s degree

shall be minimum of seven

years.

(ii) Should: -

(a) be conversant with the current

and relevant codes of

practices and test procedures;

(b) conversant with other

statutory requirements

covering the safety of hoists

and lifts

(c) be able to identify defects and

arrive at a reliable conclusion

and with regard to the safety

of hoists and lifts.

5 Lifting (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of working for

Machines, Degree in a minimum period of ten

Chains, Ropes Mechanical or years in: -

and Lifting Production (a) design or erection or

Tackles Engineering or maintenance or

its equivalent (b) test and inspection procedure

from of lifting machines, chains,

recognized ropes and lifting tackles.

university Provided that experience for

those who possesses master’s

degree shall be minimum of

seven years.

(ii) Should: -

(a) Be conversant with the current

and relevant codes of practices

and test procedures.

(b) Fracture machines and

metallurgy of the material of

construction; and

(c) Heat treatment or stress

relieving techniques as

applicable to stress bearing

components and parts of

lifting machinery and lifting

tackles.

(d) Capable of identifying defects

and arriving at a reliable

conclusion and with regard to

the safety of lifting machinery,

chains, ropes and lifting

tackles.

6 Pressure plants (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of working for a

Degree in minimum

Chemical or (ii) period of ten years in: -

Mechanical or (a) design or erection or

Metallurgical maintenance or

or Production (b) testing, examination

Engineering its (iii) and inspection procedure of

equivalent pressure plants.

from (iv) Provided that experience

recognized for those who possesses

university master’s degree shall be

minimum of seven years.

(v) Should: -

(a) be conversant with the current

and relevant codes of practices

and

(vi) test procedures relating to

pressure plants;

(vii) (b) conversant with statutory

requirement concerning the

safety of unfired pressure

vessels and equipment’s

operating under pressure (c)

conversant with non-

destructive testing

techniques as are applicable

to pressure vessels; and

(viii) (d) able to identify defects

and arriving at a reliable

conclusion and with regard to

the safety of pressure plants.

7 Precautions (i) Bachelor’s (i) an experience of working for a Meters,

against fumes, Degree in minimum period of ten years instruments

gases Chemical in; collection and analysis of and devices

Enginerring environmental samples and duly

from calibration of monitoring calibrated

recognized equipment’s. and certified

university (ii) Provided that experience for for carrying

those who possesses masters out the test

degree shall be minimum of and

seven years. certification

(iii) Should be of safety in

a) Be conversant with the working

hazardous properties of confined

chemicals and their spaces.

permissible limit values;

b) Be conversant with current

techniques sampling and

analysis of environmental

contaminants; and

c) Able to arrive at a reliable

conclusion as regards the

safety in respect of entering

and carrying out hot work

8 Ventilation (i) Bachelor’s (i) a minimum of ten years Facilities for

system as Degree in experience in design, testing

required under Chemical or fabrication, testing of ventilating

various Mechanical ventilating system used for system

schedules framed Engineering extraction and collection of instruments

under Section-82 its equivalent dust, fumes and vapour and and gauges

of the Code from other ancillary equipment. for testing the

recognized Provided that experience for Effectiveness

university. those who possesses master’s of extraction

degree shall be minimum of system for

seven years. dusts,

(ii) he shall be conversant with vapours &

relevant codes of practice and fumes and

test procedures that a current any other

in respect of ventilation and equipment

extraction system for fumes needed for

and determining

(iii) be able to arrive at a the efficiency

reliable and adequacy

(iv) conclusion with regard to of these

effectiveness of the system systems. He

shall have the

assistance of

a suitable

qualified

technical

person who

can come to a

reasonable

conclusion as

to the

adequacy of

system

9 Plant/ Machinery (i) Bachelor’s (i) An experience of working for Gauges for

/Equipment Degree in a minimum period of ten years measurement

under schedule chemical in: - and

XI, XIII, XVI, Engineering or (a) Design or operation or instruments

XIX, XXII under its equivalent maintenance of concerned for

rule 105 framed from Plat/Machinery/ Equipment or measurement

under section-82 recognized (b) Testing, examination and of speed and

university. inspection of relevant any other

machinery, their guards, safety equipment or

devices and appliances. device to

(ii) Should: - determine the

(a) Be conversant with safety safety in the

devices and their proper use of the

functioning dangerous

(b) Be able to identify defects and machine.

other causes leading to the

failure. Provided that

experience for those who

possesses master’s degree

shall be minimum of seven

years; and

(c) Have ability to arrive at a

reliable conclusion with

regard to proper functioning of

safety devices, appliances and

machine guards.

(7) If the qualifications and experience of the person(s) proposed to be recognized are

found to be in accordance with these rules, the person may be called to appear for a test and

interview before the Interview Board to be constituted by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(8) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator based on the result of test and report of the interview Board

and after satisfying himself as regard to the competence and facilities available at the disposal

of the applicant, may recognise the applicant as the competent person by issuing a certificate

of competency in Form-03 or such application shall be disposed of by rejecting the same

specifying reasons thereof.

(9) The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, if he has reason to believe that a competent

person, -

(a) has violated any condition stipulated in the certificate of competency; or

(b) has carried out a test, examination and inspection or has acted in a manner

inconsistent with the intent or the purpose of the Code or the rules made thereunder, or

has omitted to act as required under the Code or the rules made thereunder; or

(c) For any other reason to be recorded in writing, may revoke the certificate or

competency after giving an opportunity to the competent person for being heard.

(10) If the certificate of competency is revoked, the security deposited by the competent

person shall be forfeited.

(11) The competent person for the purpose of certification of buildings and their stability to

be used as Factory shall be a Civil Structure Engineer from any recognized Engineering

College in this Union Territory or as notified by the Union Territory Administration of

Lakshadweep from time to time.

(12) The certification done by the institutions referred in sub-rule (11) shall be accepted only

when such certification is signed by the Head of the Civil or Structural Engineering Department

and Head of the Institution.