(1) The Engineers and Supervisors engaged or appointed to operate or undertake maintenance of any part or whole of a generating station shall hold degree or diploma in Engineering relevant to the electrical installations from a recognised institute or university.
(2) The Engineers and Supervisors engaged or appointed for operation and maintenance of generating station shall have successfully undergone the type of training as specified by the Authority in its guidelines issued under sub-regulation (4) from time to time, within two years from the date of engagement or appointment.
(3) The Technicians to assist Engineers or Supervisors shall possess a certificate in appropriate trade, preferably with a two years course from an Industrial Training Institute recognised by the Central Government or the State Government and shall have successfully undergone the type of training as specified in sub-regulation (4), within two years from the date of engagement or appointment:
Provided that the existing employees, as on the date of notification of these regulations, who are extending technical assistance to Engineers or Supervisors and do not have requisite qualification as mentioned in this regulation, shall have to undergo the training either from Power Sector Skill Council or from training institute recognised by the Authority for carrying out trade specific course as per the guidelines issued by the Authority and get certificate as mentioned above within two years from the date of notification of these regulations.
(4) The Authority shall issue guidelines for the training for operation and maintenance of generating station within six months of the notification of these regulations:
Provided that the duration and content of the training course shall be as specified in the guidelines.
(5) The owner of every generating station shall arrange for training of personnel engaged or appointed to operate and undertake maintenance of the generating station from its own institute or any other institute recognised by the Authority or State Government as per the guidelines and shall maintain records of the assessment of these personnel issued by the training institute in the format prescribed in guidelines and such records shall be made available to the Electrical Inspector, as and when required.
(6) The certificate of recognition of the training institute under these regulations shall be displayed by the Institute on its website at home page.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (4), the training syllabus may be customised by the owner of the generating station of capacity below 100 MW owning the training institute for the purpose of imparting training to its employees under intimation to the Authority.
[भाग III—खण्ड 4] भारतकाराजपत्र:असाधारण 105