No person shall be appointed to the post of Chief Inspector of Boilers unless he –
(i) has obtained a degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Chemical /Power Plant / Production / Metallurgical Engineering from a recognized University and has undergone such a training in Boilers, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, time to time specify ; and
(ii) has ten years experience in a managerial capacity in the design, construction , erection, operation, testing, repair, maintenance or inspection of boilers or in the implementation of the Boilers Act, 1923 and regulations framed thereunder; or minimum eight years experience as Inspector ;
Provided that the Government may, subject to such conditions as it may specify in this behalf, exempt any person who has been working as Inspector of Boilers or as an Inspector of Factories of any discipline at the commencement of these rules or any person who had worked as Inspector of Boilers or as Inspector of Factories at any time before the commencement of these rules, from the provision of clauses (ii) in respect of experience.]1
(2) [omitted.]1
(3) (i) [No person shall be appointed to the post of Inspector of Boilers unless he has obtained a degree in Mechanical / Power Plant / Production / Metallurgical Engineering from a recognized University or equivalent ; and
(ii) has two years experience as a technical personnel in the design, construction, erection, operation, testing, repair, maintenance or inspection of boilers or in the implementation of the Boilers Act, 1923 and rules and regulations framed thereunder.]1