WVCA Senior Vice President Chris Hamilton has drafted a letter to C.A. Phillips, director of the OMHS&T related to HB 4351, a set of proposed revisions to the state’s electrical certification standards under Administrative Rules Title 48, Series 7 and the State Rules Governing Assessments of Health & Safety Violations under Title 56, Series 12. This draft letter has been forwarded to WVCA members for review.
There are several areas of the comprehensive legislation which have been misread or misapplied by the agency which we’ll attempt to rectify. In short, the proposed changes to the electrical rule primarily affect the manner by which the experience of apprentices is maintained and verified. Heretofore, the mine operator and apprentice mine electrician are responsible for recording electrical work performed by apprentices. The draft revision would additionally require supervising mine electricians to verify the time devoted to electrical work by apprentice electricians under their supervision. The proposed changes also extend the validity of Apprentice Mine Electrician Certification from one year to eighteen (18) months.
There are several areas of the comprehensive legislation which have been misread or misapplied by the agency which we’ll attempt to rectify. In short, the proposed changes to the electrical rule primarily affect the manner by which the experience of apprentices is maintained and verified. Heretofore, the mine operator and apprentice mine electrician are responsible for recording electrical work performed by apprentices. The draft revision would additionally require supervising mine electricians to verify the time devoted to electrical work by apprentice electricians under their supervision. The proposed changes also extend the validity of Apprentice Mine Electrician Certification from one year to eighteen (18) months.