Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 3003 - Qualifications for Certified Inspectors
Applicants may be examined prior to their employment if sponsored by an insurance company or a municipality by an agreement to employ the candidate if he is successful in the examination. However, no certificate will be issued until the applicant is actually employed as an elevator inspector.
The nonelevator, mechanical, or electrical experience shall be at the journeyman mechanic level or technical work and the work must have been comparable to work in the elevator industry.
Engineering education on a college level may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the nonelevator qualifying experience.
The one year of required elevator experience may be on the basis of continuous employment for one year in which at least half of the applicant's time is devoted to elevator work.
This training period may be waived prior to the written examination; provided, however, that no certificate shall be issued until the candidate has been employed and satisfactorily completed the prescribed training period.
Certificates may also be revoked, after a hearing, when physical infirmities develop to a point where it appears that an inspector can no longer perform his duties in a thorough and safe manner.
Certificates may be suspended by the division, after a hearing, for periods up to six months for infractions not deemed serious enough to revoke the certificate.
This provision does not apply to the supervising engineers or others whose regular duties include the review of the work of other certified inspectors.
If the applicant fails to obtain a passing grade in either the written or field examination, he may apply for a re-examination and the waiting period between examinations shall be determined by the division as not less than 30 days or more than 6 months, depending on the judgment of the division regarding the necessity of additional study and training on the part of the applicant.
The field examination may be waived or postponed by the division and the certificate issued subject to field examination. This field examination may consist of a formal assignment related to elevator inspection or it may consist of an appraisal of work of the inspector during an indefinite probationary period.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(b), Health and Safety Code.
Group I regulations apply to existing and new elevator installations.
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