Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 528 CMR - BUREAU OF PIPEFITTERS AND REFRIGERATION TECHNICIANS › Title 528 CMR 2.00 - Purpose, Scope And Definitions › Section 2.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 146, § 81, the following words and
				terms, when used in 528 CMR shall have the following meanings:
ANSI
. American National Standards
				Institute.
Apprentice Pipefitter
. A person who is
				registered with the Department of Labor Standards and Workforce Development and
				is learning or working at the business of pipefitting under the direct
				supervision of a master or journeyman pipefitter.
Apprentice Sprinkler Fitter
. Any
				person other than a fire sprinkler system contractor or a sprinkler fitter who
				is presently engaged in both learning and assisting in the work being performed
				on any sprinkler system, and who must be employed by a licensed fire sprinkler
				contractor.
Approved School
. A refrigeration,
				pipefitter, or sprinkler fitter course that has been reviewed and approved by
				the Department to supply requisite classroom course or shop hours to an
				applicant prior to being admitted for a license examination.
ASHRAE
. American Society of Heating,
				Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers.
ASME
. American Society of Mechanical
				Engineers.
ASTM
. American Society for Testing and
				Materials.
Boiler External Piping (BEP)
. The
				terminal points and piping external to power boilers as defined and illustrated
				in
ANSI/ASME B 31.1 Pressure Piping
. The installation,
				replacement, or repair of BEP shall be performed by a licensed pipefitter and
				it shall be the responsibility of the contractor to adhere to and maintain the
				proper ASME and National Board Code integrity while performing BEP pipefitting
				work.
Boiler, Heating
. A steam boiler for
				operation at pressures not exceeding 15 psi or a hot water heating boiler or
				hot water supply boiler for operating at pressures not exceeding 160 psi and/or
				temperatures not exceeding 250°F at or near the boiler outlet.
Boiler, Power
. A boiler in which steam
				or other vapor is generated at a pressure of more than 15 psig for use external
				to itself or a high-temperature water boiler intended for operation at
				pressures exceeding 160 psig and/or temperatures exceeding
				250°F.
Bureau
. Bureau of Pipefitters,
				Refrigeration Technicians and Sprinkler Fitters.
Category D Fluid Service
. A Fluid
				Service for Process Piping in which all of the following apply:
(a) the fluid handled is nonflammable, nontoxic, and not
				damaging to human tissues as defined in
ANSI/ASME B 31.3 Process
				Piping
;
(b) the design gage pressure does not exceed 150 psi;
				and
(c) the design temperature is from -20°F through
				366°F.
Category M Fluid Service
. A Fluid
				Service for Process Piping in which the potential for personnel exposure is
				judged to be significant and in which a single exposure to a very small
				quantity of a toxic fluid, caused by leakage, can produce serious irreversible
				harm to persons on breathing or bodily contact, even when prompt restorative
				measures are taken.
Chief
. The Chief of the Division of
				Inspection within the Department of Public Safety.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of the
				Department of Public Safety.
DAS
. The Division of Apprentice
				Standards.
Data Report
. An ASME report form that
				documents that all ASME Code requirements have been met.
Department
. Department of Public
				Safety.
Division
. Division of Inspection
				within the Department of Public Safety.
Fabrication
. The joining of Piping
				components into integral pieces ready for assembly, which shall include
				bending, forming, threading, welding, or other operations upon these
				components, if not part of assembly. The work defined under
				528
				CMR 2.00 shall only apply to on-site field
				production.
Fire Protection Sprinkler System
. A
				fire sprinkler system, for fire protection purposes, the work of the sprinkler
				fitter and apprentice shall consist of the installation of all fire protection
				and fire control systems, including both overhead and underground water mains,
				fire hydrants and hydrant mains, standpipes and hose connections to sprinkler
				systems, sprinkler tank heaters, back flow preventers, air lines and thermal
				systems, hot water fire protection systems and standpipes connected to
				sprinkler systems.
Fire Protection Sprinkler System Contractor's
				License
. The license issued by the Department to a fire protection
				sprinkler system contractor upon its application being approved, the fee being
				paid, and the satisfactory completion of the requirements of
				528 CMR
				11.04:
Sprinkler System
				Licensing
. The license shall be issued in the name of the fire
				protection sprinkler contractors and the name of the license holder noted
				thereon.
Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems
				Contractor
. A person, firm, or organization that offers to
				undertake the execution of contracts, the preparation of technical drawings,
				sale, installation, alteration, modification, inspection, maintenance, removal
				and repairing of any such system or any part of such system.
Fluid Service
. The combination of
				fluid properties, operating conditions, and other factors that establish the
				basis for design of the piping system and requirements for a specific
				classification of pipefitter license to perform Pipefitting work.
High Pressure Fluid Service
. A Fluid
				Service for which the owner specifies that the design of the Piping systems are
				per the rules for High Pressure Piping per
ANSI/ASME B 31.3 Process
				Piping, Chapter IX
.
Installation
. The handling, moving or
				locating of any apparatus, device, equipment or material referring to the
				pipefitting, refrigeration, or sprinkler fitter industry. This does not mean to
				refer to the final placement for hook up, but refers to any stage of the
				handling of said above equipment or material to where the final location may be
				for the piping of the equipment.
Journeyman Refrigeration Technician
.
				Any person who has completed an apprenticeship training program satisfactory to
				the Bureau, and who has successfully passed a Refrigeration Technician's
				examination, and who, by himself or herself, or with other Journeymen
				Refrigeration Technicians, or with Refrigeration Apprentices does any work in
				Refrigeration.
License Holder
. An individual who has
				satisfactorily met the qualifications and has received a license from the
				Department.
Master Refrigeration Technician/Refrigeration
				Contractor
. A person having a regular place of business, or who by
				himself or herself, or with other Master Refrigeration Technicians, Journeymen
				Refrigeration Technicians, or Refrigeration Apprentices in his or her employ
				performs Refrigeration work.
NFPA
. National Fire Protection
				Association.
Non-boiler External Piping
. Piping
				covered by
ANSI/ASME B 31.1 Pressure
Piping except for that
				portion defined as boiler external piping (BEP).
Normal Fluid Service
. A fluid service
				pertaining to most process piping covered by ANSI/ASME B 31.3 not subject to
				the rules for Category D, Category M, or High Pressure Fluid Service.
Pipefitting
. The installation, repair,
				replacement, maintenance or alteration of any apparatus for piping appliances,
				devices or accessories for heating systems having a rating greater than seven
				hundred thousand British Thermal Units including apparatus and piping for the
				general use of conveyance of steam and associated pumping equipment, vacuum and
				pneumatic systems, oil and petroleum products, ice making machinery, air
				conditioning equipment, piping systems used for the conveyance and storage of
				Category M liquids, as defined in
ANSI/ASME B 31.3 Process
				Piping
and high pressure systems over 150 pound-force per square inch
				gauge or hazardous industrial type gasses used in processes, biopharma or
				semi-conductor manufacturing. Pipefitting shall not include sheet metal work,
				refrigeration systems, and boilers and plumbing as defined under 248 CMR:
Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters
promulgated under M.G.L. c. 142, §§ 4 and 13.
Pipefitting Welding
. Any Pipefitting
				work performed using any welding or brazing process and which may be done in a
				shop or in the field. To perform this work, a person must be certified under
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel, Section IX
.
Piping
. Assemblies of piping
				components used to convey, distribute, mix, separate, discharge, meter,
				control, or snub fluid flows. Piping also includes pipe-supporting elements
				such as hangers, supports, and structural attachments.
Piping Components
. Mechanical elements
				suitable for joining or assembly into pressure-tight fluid-containing piping
				systems. Components shall include but not be limited to pipe, tubing, fittings,
				flanges, gaskets, bolting, valves, and devices such as expansion joints,
				flexible joints, pressure hoses, traps, strainers, inline portions of
				instruments, and separators.
Power, Heating and Cooling Piping
				Pipefitting
. Steam, condensate or hot water piping, including
				apparatus, appliances, devices or accessories for piping, when the rated input
				capacity of the primary or secondary loop of the heating system is greater than
				700,000 Btu's per hour within the scope of
ANSI/ASME Pressure Piping, B
				31.1 Power Piping, B 31.3 Process Piping, or B 31.9 Building Services
;
				or secondary coolant piping loops in air conditioning and refrigeration systems
				having a capacity of ten tons or greater for use in industrial, institutional,
				commercial and public buildings.
Process Piping
. Fluid service piping
				typically found in petroleum refineries; chemical, pharmaceutical, textile,
				paper, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants and
				terminals. Process piping fluids include raw, intermediate, and finished
				chemicals; petroleum products; gas, air and water; fluidized solids; and
				cryogenic fluids.
Process Piping Pipefitting
.
				Pipefitting as enumerated in M.G.L. c. 146, § 81, including Category M
				fluid service, High Pressure Fluid Service, Normal Fluid Service, and Category
				D Fluid Service.
Refrigerant
. The fluid used for heat
				transfer in a refrigerating system.
Refrigeration
. The installation,
				repair, replacement, and/or maintenance of any refrigerant containing part of
				any refrigerant system of a ten ton capacity or greater.
Refrigeration Apprentice
. Any
				registered person who is at least 18 years of age and who is working at the
				business of refrigeration under the supervision of a master refrigeration
				technician or journeyman refrigeration technician.
Refrigeration System
. A combination of
				interconnected parts forming a closed circuit in which refrigerant is
				circulated for the purpose of extracting, then rejecting heat.
Registered
. A person registered
				according to the provisions of St. 1941, c. 707.
Secondary Coolant
. Any liquid used for
				the transmission of heat without a change of state in air conditioning and
				refrigeration systems, and having no flash point or a flash point above
				150°F as determined by ASTM D 93.
Sprinkler Fitter/Journeyman Sprinkler
				Fitter
. Any person who has completed an apprenticeship training
				program satisfactory to the Bureau and who, by himself or herself, or with
				other Sprinkler Fitters, performs any work in sprinkler fitting subject to
				inspection under any law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation, but does not
				employ other Sprinkler Fitters.
Sprinklerfitting
. The, installation,
				alteration, modification, inspection, testing, maintenance, removal and
				repairing of any Fire Protection Sprinkler System or any part of such system,
				excluding visual inspection where it does not impair the system.
Ton of Refrigeration
. In a
				refrigeration system, the absorption of heat at a rate of 12,000 BTU per
				hour.
Verification of Course Hours
				Documentation
. A form completed by the director of an approved
				refrigeration, pipefitting, or sprinkler fitter school detailing and attesting
				to an applicant's completion of the requisite classroom course and shop
				hours.