Section 22 in West Bengal Electrical Licensing Rules, 2017
22. Qualifications for Certificate of Competency of Supervisors.
(1)Candidates for the examination for Certificates of Competency of Supervisors shall comply with rule 13 and such candidate shall have-(a)passed Madhyamik Pariksha or its equivalent examination from any recognised board or council;(b)passed the examination for electrical workman in the corresponding class;(c)minimum of 8 (eight) years of practical experience out of which 2 years as workmen and remaining 6 years in supervising nature of job which is regarded as satisfactory by the Board; and(d)attained minimum age of 26 years of age as on the date of application:Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the Board may permit any person for appearing in the examination for Certificates of Competency of Supervisors:Provided further that for the purpose of this rule, every candidate who produces a full technical certificate acceptable to the Board from a school or college or institution to the effect that he has satisfactorily completed a course of theoretical and practical electrical installation work or electrical engineering and who, subsequent to the course of practical work, has completed two years practical experience in actual electrical installation work, may be exempted from appearing at the examination:Provided also that for the purpose of this rule, every candidate who produces a full Degree or Diploma Certificate in Electrical Engineering acceptable to the Board from a college or institution and who subsequent to the Degree or Diploma course has completed one year experience or three years of experience respectively in the field of domestic wiring upto 250 Volt and industrial wiring upto 650 Volt, may be exempted from appearing at Supervisor Certificate of Competency (S.C.C) in Parts 1,2 and 11.(2)Degree or Diploma holders shall have to sit for the oral examination and practical test for grant of Supervisor Certificate of Competency on application and payment of requisite fee subject to the condition that the candidates shall have undergone one year experience corresponding to each additional Supervisor Certificate of Competency (SCC) Part.(3)Any candidate of advanced age not less than 40 years who has passed any one of-(a)Madhyamik pariksha or its equivalent examination; or(b)relevant Part of Electrical Workman's Permit examination having at least 10 (ten) years of practical experience which is regarded as satisfactory by the Board, may be allowed to sit for the oral examination and practical test for grant of Supervisor Certificate of Competency on application and payment of necessary fee as mentioned in Annexure IV.(4)Relevant working supervisory experience in generation, transmission and distribution companies or electrical installations including factory registered under the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) and mines and oil field as defined in the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952), where more than 250 Kilo Watt (KW) of electrical load is connected or under a licensed electrical contractor, who has sufficient credentials on execution of related electrical jobs (copies of Work Orders on execution of relevant electrical jobs shall be produced).
