(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt regulations for the licensing of boiler operators. The regulations must conform to the generally accepted nationwide standards and practices established for boiler operators. In addition to any requirements adopted by regulation under this subsection, a person applying for a license shall provide to the department, on the application, the person’s social security number.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.60.395
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Operators’ licenses shall be provided in the following categories:
(1) fireman – apprentice,(2) third class – boiler capacity not to exceed 3,500 pounds of steam an hour or 3,500,000 British thermal units per hour for high temperature or high pressure water boilers,(3) second class – boiler capacity not to exceed 100,000 pounds of steam an hour or 100,000,000 British thermal units per hour for high temperature or high pressure water boilers,(4) first class – unlimited.(c) This section does not require a person to be licensed in order to be a boiler operator.(d) Upon request, the department shall provide a social security number provided under (a) of this section to the child support services agency created in Alaska Stat. § 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.(e) A person shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of $200 when applying for a license as a boiler operator. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the building safety account created under Alaska Stat. § 44.31.025.
