Interpretation
1. (1) In this Regulation, “accident” means a failure of equipment that causes personal injury or loss of life, or loss of or damage to equipment or property; “accumulator” means a pressure vessel and any associated piping and equipment that contains water and steam in which a portion of the water, confined under pressure and temperature, will be flashed into steam when the pressure of the vessel is reduced; “altered” means that the maximum capacity or rating of a unit while in normal operation has been changed; “ANSI/ASHRAE 34” means the 1992 edition of Standard 34 “Number Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerant” of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., as amended from time to time; “assistant shift engineer” means an operating engineer who operates a plant, installation, or units while under the direction and supervision of a shift engineer and who is no more than one class lower than the shift engineer; “assistant shift operator” means an operator who operates a plant, installation or units while under the direction and supervision of a shift engineer or a shift operator and who is no more than one class lower than the shift operator; “attendance”, in relation to shift coverage, means the physical presence of a person for the purpose of mandatory shift coverage by an operating engineer or operator for the operation of the plant as set out in this Regulation and “attended” has a corresponding meaning; “automatic control”, in relation to a plant, installation or unit, means that it is provided with devices and systems that can start, stop, restart and modulate the action of the plant, installation or unit without the intervention of a person; “boiler” means a pressure vessel that is heated by any means or process and that may be used at greater than atmospheric pressure, (a) to generate or heat steam, or (b) to heat water to a temperature less than its boiling point at the pressure within the pressure vessel, and includes any pipe, fitting and other equipment attached to it or used in connection with it; “boiler horsepower” or “bhp” means 34.5 lb of water evaporated from and at 212°F (33475 BTU/hr.,9.8 kW); “boiler water treatment” means the water conditioning treatment required to prevent the formation of scale, metal surface corrosion, contamination or fouling of metal surfaces and the removal of gases; “brake horsepower” or “BHP” means the effective or useful horsepower developed by a prime mover as measured by a weigh scale and a brake applied to its driving shaft or by other means approved by the chief officer, and one brake horsepower is equivalent to .745700 kW; “built up plant” means a refrigeration plant whose equipment including, compressors, condensers, receivers, evaporators and associated controls are site assembled as independent non-packaged units; “CAN/CSA-B52” means the 1992 edition of Standard B52 Mechanical Refrigeration Code of the Canadian Standards Association, as amended from time to time; “Category 1-2 refrigerant” means a refrigerant classified into safety group A1-A2 refrigerants established by ANSI/ASHRAE 34-1992; “chief operating engineer” means an operating engineer who at all times has charge of and responsibility for the safe management, operation and maintenance of a plant; “chief operator” means an operator or an operating engineer who at all times has charge of and responsibility for the safe management, operation and maintenance of a compressor plant or a refrigeration plant; “class” means, (a) with respect to a person, the qualifications that the person holds as shown on his or her certificate of qualification, and (b) with respect to a plant, the designation of the plant as shown on the certificate of registration for the plant; “compressor plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more compressors with prime movers and the equipment, pressure vessels and piping used in connection with it for compressing air or any other gas, but does not include a refrigeration plant; “dual control boiler” means a steam boiler intended to be operated at high pressure that is equipped with control devices that allow its operation either at high pressure or low pressure, and includes a device for recording pressure; “economizer” means a heat exchanger and associated piping and equipment that is on the outside of or attached to one or more boilers and that utilizes some or all of the heat from the combustion exhaust gases of the boiler to heat or preheat the boiler feedwater; “engine” means a steam engine, steam turbine, internal combustion engine, gas turbine or other thermal or combustion process prime mover; “fail safe device” means a control or device that will stop the function of a unit where the preset operating parameters of the unit have been exceeded, sound an alarm and prevent restarting of the unit until the unit is reset by hand; “feedwater heater” means a heat exchanger that is used to raise the temperature of the boiler feedwater by utilizing steam as the heat medium; “field piping” means the transmission system of refrigerant beyond the enclosed refrigeration machinery room, but does not include connections to condensers, receivers or evaporators, which are external to the structure, and which may be located on the roof or property; “fire tube boiler” means a boiler that consists of fire tubes within which pass the products of combustion and that are cooled externally by the boiler water; “fired vessel” means a vessel that is directly heated by a flame or the hot gases of a combustion process, electricity or any other means other than a thermal liquid; “flooded volume”, in relation to a boiler, means the maximum water flooding of the boilers total water and steam spaces from the feedwater inlet check valve to the steam or water outlet flange; “gas turbine” means a turbine that derives its power from the direct combustion of any liquid or gas hydrocarbon fuel; “guarded”, in relation to a fail safe device, means the controls and safety devices that safely limit the operation of the equipment that is being guarded to preset parameters, and that will cause an audible or visual alarm, or both, to the operator of the equipment, as the case requires; “high pressure” or “HP” means a pressure of more than 15 psi (103 kpa); “high pressure power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a high pressure steam plant and one or more steam prime movers, compressors, refrigeration compressors, equipment and piping; “high pressure steam plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more boilers that are not low water volume boilers, associated pressure vessels, air compressors, equipment and piping; “high pressure water tube low water volume power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a high pressure water tube low water volume steam plant and one or more steam prime movers, compressors, or refrigeration compressors, equipment and piping; “high pressure water tube low water volume steam plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more water tube low water volume boilers, associated pressure vessels, and air compressors, equipment and piping; “high temperature hot water” means water above 250°F (121°C); “high temperature power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a high temperature water plant and one or more compressors, refrigeration compressors, equipment and piping; “high temperature water plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more high temperature hot water boilers, associated pressure vessels, air compressors, equipment and piping; “hot water” means water at a temperature of 100°F (37.7°C) or greater but less than 212°F (100°C); “HVAC” means heating, ventilation and air conditioning; “internal combustion engine” means any reciprocating piston engine that derives its power from the cylinder combustion process of any liquid or gas fuel; “less than (<)” means less than and inclusive of the base number; “limited plant operating authority” means the maximum limited plant rating that the specified class of operating engineer, compressor operator, refrigeration operator, or traction operator, as the case may be, may act as the chief operating engineer or chief operator; “local control”, in relation to an installation, means that the operation of the installation is controlled where the installation is located; “low pressure” or “LP” means a pressure of 15 psi (103 kpa) or less; “low pressure power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a low pressure steam plant and one or more compressors, refrigeration compressors, equipment and piping; “low pressure steam plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more boilers that are not low water volume boilers, associated pressure vessels, air compressors, equipment and piping; “low pressure water tube low water volume power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a low pressure water tube low water volume steam plant and one or more compressors, refrigeration compressors, equipment and piping; “low pressure water tube low water volume steam plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more water tube low water volume boilers, associated pressure vessels, air compressors, equipment and piping; “low temperature hot water” means water at a temperature of between 212°F (100°C) or greater and up to and including 250°F (121°C); “low temperature power plant” means an installation that is comprised of a low temperature water plant and one or more compressors, refrigeration compressors equipment and piping; “low temperature water plant” means an installation that is comprised of one or more low temperature hot water boilers, associated pressure vessels, air compressors, equipment and piping; “low water volume water tube boiler” means a boiler where, except for tubes or butt welded tube connecting fittings, the components containing steam or water pressure are insulated from the direct heat of combustion and the products of combustion, and the operating water content is less than 75 imperial gallons if it is high pressure and less than 150 imperial gallons if it is low pressure; “maintenance” means the inspection, testing, service or repair of a unit, equipment, plant or installation to ensure that it is safe and that it meets the requirements of its design and this Regulation, and “maintain” has a corresponding meaning; “manual control”, in relation to a plant, installation or unit, means that the plant, installation or unit, is started, stopped, restarted or otherwise controlled by the intervention of a person; “months experience” means 160 hours; “more than (>)” means more than and exclusive of the base number; “open feed-water heater” means a pressure vessel that may operate at pressures above atmospheric where the steam comes into direct contact with the feedwater; “operating assistant” means an uncertified person in training who assists in the operation of a plant, installation or unit while under the direction and supervision of an operating engineer or operator; “operating engineer” means a holder of a subsisting certificate of qualification as an operating engineer; “operating water content”, in relation to a steam boiler, means the normal maintained water level or content within a boiler when it is operating at its maximum high fire, stable designed steam flow output and at its designed operating pressure; “operator” means a holder of a subsisting certificate of qualification as an operator; “owner” means the person to whom or which the plant is registered but does not mean the operating engineers or operators who operate, control or maintain the plant; “plant” means a low pressure steam plant, low pressure low water volume steam plant, low temperature water plant, high pressure steam plant, high pressure low water volume steam plant, high temperature water plant, low pressure power plant, low pressure low water volume power plant, low temperature power plant, high pressure power plant, high pressure low water volume power plant, high temperature power plant, steam prime mover plant, compressor plant, refrigeration plant, or any combination thereof, a traction plant, portable compressor plant, temporary heating plant or a plant attached to the bottom of a lake or water course, and includes any pipe, fitting, accumulator and other equipment or units attached thereto or used in conjunction therewith; “plant code” means the designated code applied to the certificate of registration of a plant referred to in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 that identifies the energy level range of the plant; “positive displacement compressor” means a compressor whose compressing action is a result of a piston, screw, rotary vane or rotary lobe; “power plant” means the total power rating in kilowatts of its registered boilers in combination with any one or more registered steam prime movers, compressors or refrigeration compressors; “pressure”, (psi.), means gauge pressure in pounds per square inch; “pressure vessel” means any enclosed vessel that contains gas, vapour or liquid, the operating pressure of which may exceed 15 psi (103 kpa); “prime mover” means a steam engine, steam turbine, gas turbine, internal combustion engine or electric motor; “PSI gauge pressure” means pressure above normal atmospheric pressure; “qualifying experience” means the training and practical operating experience obtained during regular work periods in Canada or training and practical experience obtained outside Canada that the chief officer considers equivalent thereto, (a) on any boiler, steam prime mover, compressor, refrigeration compressor, or installation in a registered, attended plant under the supervision of the chief operating engineer or chief operator in the plant and, for an operating engineering and a steam traction operator, includes experience operating a boiler, or (b) in the boiler room and engine room of a steam-driven ship, or on the boilers of a motor ship, where the power rating of the boilers is equivalent to the power rating of the boilers authorized to the operating engineer classes in Table 2, (c) on registered boilers, steam prime movers, compressors and refrigeration compressors that require a maintenance program that is acceptable to the chief officer, where, (i) such training receives preliminary approval from the chief officer, and (ii) such training is performed under the direction and supervision of an authorized operating engineer or operator, and may include the time spent in performing mechanical maintenance work on registered plant equipment, as long as such maintenance time does not exceed one third of the required practical qualifying time; “rating” means the registered authorized name plate energy rating of a plant, in kilowatts; “refrigerant” means a liquid, vapour or gas that is used to extract heat by its expansion or evaporation; “refrigeration plant” means an installation comprised of one or more refrigeration compressors, prime movers, equipment, pressure vessels and any associated piping; “remote control”, in relation to an installation, means that the operation of the installation is not controlled where the installation is located; “reset” means the manual resetting of a switch that allows the safety cut out control device to restart a unit or equipment that has been shut down on an alarm condition; “self contained”, with reference to a refrigeration plant, means a refrigeration plant that consists of a manufactured package of equipment, including compressor, condenser, receiver, evaporator and associated controls; “shift engineer” means an operating engineer who has charge of and operates a plant under the direction and supervision of a chief operating engineer and who has the authority to perform the powers and duties of the chief operating engineer when the chief operating engineer is absent from the plant and, in the case of a plant other than one requiring a fourth class chief operating engineer, the shift engineer shall be no less than one class lower than the required class of chief operating engineer; “shift operator” means an operator or operating engineer who has charge of and operates a compressor or refrigeration plant under the direction and supervision of a chief operator or a chief operating engineer and who has the authority to perform the powers and duties of the chief operator or the chief operating engineer when the chief operator or the chief operating engineer is absent from the plant and, in the case of a plant other than one requiring a fourth class chief operating engineer or class B refrigeration operator or compressor operator, the shift operator shall be no less than one class lower than the required class of chief operating engineer or operator; “special permit” means the permit referred to in subsection 31 (4); “steam engine” means an engine that derives its power from the direct expansion of steam; “steam plant” means the total power rating in kilowatts of its registered boilers and any registered air compressors required for the steam plant operation; “steam powered traction plant” means a self propelled or portable stationary steam powered railway locomotive, road vehicle, traction engine, roller, hoisting plant or portable engine with a mechanical horse power rating greater than 3.73 kW (5 BHP, .13TH); “steam prime mover plant” means a steam engine or turbine including any pressure vessels, associated equipment and piping that has a rating of more than 7 kW (10 BHP, .26TH) and that is driven by steam, (a) from a boiler that is not owned by or under the control of the user of the engine or turbine, or (b) from another plant of the user of the engine or turbine; “steam traction operator” means the operator of a steam powered traction plant; “steam turbine” means a turbine that derives its power from the direct expansion and velocity of steam; “system water content”, in relation to hot water systems, includes all boilers, pressure vessels, distribution piping and fittings and, in relation to steam systems, includes all boilers, economizers, accumulators and associated piping and fittings; “temporary heating plant” means one or more boilers, with or without compressors, including the associated equipment, pressure vessels and piping that supply heat to a project within the meaning of the Occupational Health and Safety Act or to a shaft, tunnel, caisson or coffer dam to which the regulations made under that act apply and that operates at a pressure, (a) of not more than 15 psi (103 kpa) and has a total kilowatt rating of more than 1471 kW (150 BHP, 50TH), (b) of more than 15 psi (103 kpa) and has a total kilowatt rating of more than 490 kW (50 BHP, 17TH); “therm-hour” or “TH” means 100,000 British thermal units per hour or 39.3082 brake horse-power (30 kW); “thermal liquid” means a non-aqueous liquid, the boiling point of which at atmospheric pressure exceeds 212°F (100°C), that may transfer heat in a liquid or vapour state; “thermal liquid boiler” means an unfired boiler together with any pipe, fitting and other equipment attached to or used with the vessel or system in which steam is generated, or steam or water is heated, by a hot liquid or vapour other than water or steam, and that may be used at greater than atmospheric pressure; “thermal liquid heater” means a fired pressure vessel or fired pressure containing system, together with any pipe, fitting and other equipment attached to or used with the vessel or system, that may be used at greater than atmospheric pressure, (a) to generate or heat a vapour other than steam, or (b) to heat a liquid other than water to a temperature less than its boiling point at the pressure within the vessel or system; “training” means a formal and consistent process that is recorded and that includes technical guidance given to plant employees engaged in the operation, maintenance and service of a plant; “unattended”, in relation to a guarded plant or guarded installation, means that the plant or installation may be operated, (a) without the appointment of a chief operating engineer or chief operator, and (b) without an operating engineer or operator on shift duty providing supervision; “unauthorized access” means access to a plant not permitted by the chief operating engineer or chief operator; “unit” means a single boiler, prime mover, compressor, refrigeration compressor or any energy producer or energy user that is a component of the plant; “user” includes the person or persons in control of a plant as owner, lessee or otherwise, but does not include the operating engineers or operators who operate, control or maintain the plant; “vicinity” means, (a) in relation to an installation of equipment and units in a registered plant, the area in which an operating engineer or operator can at all times, (i) have safe and timely access to the controls of the installation, and (ii) if the installation is guarded, be alerted by an audible or visual alarm system, or both, as the case requires, acceptable to the chief officer, and (b) in relation to a plant, the area that includes every installation that is part of the plant; “water tube boiler” means any type of boiler that consists of water tubes within which passes the boiler water where the water tubes are heated externally by a combustion process. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 1 (1). (2) A reference to a unit of measurement in imperial units is an exact measurement in that unit, a reference to a measurement in metric units is an approximate equivalent measurement in that unit, and an exact conversion from an imperial unit to a metric unit can be calculated by applying the appropriate conversion factor in Table 1. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 1 (2). (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, “chief officer” means a director appointed under the Act for the purpose of this Regulation. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 1 (3).