Amendments to the Power Engineers, Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Refrigeration Safety Regulation

March 9, 2010 - The Power Engineers, Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Refrigeration Safety Regulation has been amended with sign off from the Province of BC, effective immediately. An Information Bulletin providing details and the Ministerial Order can be found here.

Key highlights include a change in the prescribed qualification requirements for the BC Safety Authority boiler safety officers, and the elimination of prescribed power engineer staffing for low pressure thermal fluid plants equipped with modern safety systems.

Gas Technical training Session

The BC Safety Authority Gas Technology program, would like to offer an invitation to yourselves, representatives or members from your respective organizations to attend our two day Gas Technical training session. The two days will break down as follows:

April 7, 2010:

• CSA will present on all B149.1 code changes/updates & rationale
• CSA will clarify some local code interpretation concerns
• CSA to hold a closing question and answer session.

April 8, 2010:

• The BC Safety Authority's policy/legal group will cover the rationale and intention of the Safety Standards Act & Regulations.
• Current regulatory issues
• Provincial Safety Manager team general discussion session and closing remarks.

The event will be held at the Burnaby BCIT campus ( 3700 Willingdon Ave. Burnaby, B.C.) in Building SE 1, the Electrical Training Theatre (see attached map).

The cost of the session will be $ 349 plus GST per individual ($366.45). This amount was established to cover the CSA training program day (April 7th) only, day 2 is included with-in this cost.

Please complete the attached registration form(s), make your cheques payable to BC Safety Authority and mail to:

BC Safety Authority
Attention: Stephanie Salido
505 Sixth Street, Suite 200
New Westminster BC, V3L 0E1

Please note: Registration form and payment must be received by March 31, 2010

The BC Safety Authority would like to take this opportunity to thank BCIT and Brian Sweet for the assistance in supplying the venue for this event, therefore allowing us to minimize the associated costs for this event.

Note: *please come prepared with your own copy of the 2010 B149.1 Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code. If you do not already have one or in the process of receiving a copy, these can be purchased online from CSA at this website.

BC Issues Proposed Changes within the Boiler Safety System

Vancouver, BC - February 2010 - The need to modernize the regulatory framework in British Columbia and make changes to certain components of the Power Engineers, Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Refrigeration Safety Regulation has been raised by various stakeholders in the boiler safety system.

• To read more, please click here.
• To view the Notice to Stakeholders, please click here.

TECA Member Health Benefit Program

TECA and Independent Business Contractors Association (ICBA) have partnered together to provide TECA members and their employees with exclusive health and dental benefits. TECA Members please checkout this page of our web site for further information.

CIPH Works Cooperatively with Province of BC to Influence Positive Change for
Efficiency Regulations for Residential Water Heaters for 2010

For Immediate Release: October 8, 2009

CIPH along with its water heater manufacturer members worked cooperatively with BC Ministry of Energy, Mines
and Petroleum to find a practical and workable solution to meet the province's objective of raising the minimum
efficiency requirement for residential water heaters.

Working cooperatively over a 6-month period, CIPH and the BC government developed a win/win efficiency
regulation for gas and electric water heaters which will come into effect September 2010. A copy of the regulation
follows this Advocacy Link... Click here to view complete details.

UPDATE FROM THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SAFETY AUTHORITY

As of April 1st 2009, changes to gas regulations under the Safety Standards Act took effect in order to align the Regulations with provision of the Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility (TILMA) and agreement on internal trade. Changes are for gas fitters who received their certification after April 2009 where they will be restricted to appliances with an input 120kW (409.000 BTU/hr) regardless of the type or approval. Class B fitters obtaining certification prior to April 2009, will continue under the original conditions of their certification. Out of province gas fitters wishing to obtain BC certification will have to produce the certification from other Province and pay the administration fee.

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