Questions and CORRECT Answers
A Class A Gas Fitter Certificate of Qualification - CORRECT ANSWER - entitles the
holder to perform the installation or alteration of any gas system, except vehicle fuel systems,
under an appropriate permit
A Class B Gas Fitter Certificate of Qualification - CORRECT ANSWER - an appliance
with an input of 120 kW or less that displays a label or mark as follows:
a certification mark;
an approval mark issued under section 10 of the Act;
Piping and vents
Discretion whether to inspect after issue of permit - CORRECT ANSWER - Except as
otherwise provided under this Act a safety officer is not required to inspect regulated work or a
regulated product solely because a permit was issued in respect of the regulated work or
regulated product.
Directives - CORRECT ANSWER - (a) generally,
(b) for a specific regulated product or class of regulated products,
(c) for specific regulated work or class of regulated work,
(d) for a class of persons, or
(e) for or in relation to a specified period of time.
Safety orders - CORRECT ANSWER - To prevent, avoid or reduce risk of personal injury
or damage to property, a provincial safety manager may, in writing, issue a safety order.
(2) A safety order may be issued to any person in relation to any of the following:
(a) regulated work or regulated products generally;
(b) a specific class of regulated product or regulated work;
(c) a specific regulated product or regulated work.
, (3) For certainty, a safety order issued under this section may apply to
(a) regulated work that meets the requirements under this Act,
(b) regulated work that previously met the requirements under this Act or a former Act but does
not meet the current requirements under this Act,
(c) regulated products that meet the requirements under this Act, or
(d) regulated products that previously met the requirements under this Act or a former Act but do
not meet the current requirements under this Act, including a regulated product that bears a
certification mark.
(4) A safety order may specify any requirement that is intended to prevent, avoid or reduce the
risk of personal injury or damage to property and may include any of the following orders:
(a) that an existing regulated work or regulated product must be made safe in compliance with
the safety order;
(b) that a regulated product must be
(i) disconnected from a power source,
(ii) uninstalled, or
(iii) modified before continued use;
(c) that a regulated product must be operated, installed, manufactured or disposed of only as
specified or that a regulated product must not be moved;
(d) that current or future regulated work or a regulated product must conform to the terms or
conditions of the order;
(e) that a person take or refrain from taking any action that a safety manager considers necessary
to prevent, avoid or reduce a risk of personal injury to persons or damage to property;
(f) that
Variances - CORRECT ANSWER - (1) A safety officer may, if requested by any person,
issue, in writing, a variance to the person varying the application of a provision of the regulations
with respect to a regulated product or regulated work.
(2) A variance may
(a) be made subject to terms and conditions specified by the safety officer, and
(b) continue for a specified period of time.
(3) If the person who holds a variance complies with the terms and conditions of the variance,
the person must be considered to be in compliance with the regulation that it varies.