Section 43 in Bihar Boilers Attendants' Rules, 1948
43. First class Boiler Attendant.
- A candidate, in order to be qualified for certificate of competency of the first class, shall satisfy the Examiners that in addition to the subjects specified for candidates for certificate of competency of the second class, he has at least a rudimentary knowledge of the principal elementary facts relating to combustion, heat and steam; and that he is able to some extent to explain-(i)the principal causes and effects of corrosion and incrustation and the usual remedies employed;(ii)the object of the use of water softners;(iii)the principles on which feed pumps and injector work;(iv)the principles on which appliances for the prevention of smoke work;(v)the purpose of super-heaters, economisers, feed heaters, feed filters, forced and induced draft appliances and mechanical stokers.
