Section 27-2055. Certification of competency

a.  Except  as provided in
  subdivision b of this section, the owner who is  required  to  employ  a
  janitor  shall  certify  in  writing to the department that such owner's
  janitor is competent to  perform  janitorial  services  required  to  be
  performed  by  this  article  in  a  competent fashion and is capable of
  operating the incinerator and the furnace, boiler  and  other  machinery
  that  provides  central heat and hot water. The owner shall submit a new
  certificate of the janitor's competency to the department no later  than
  sixty days after hiring a new janitor.
    b.  No  such  certification shall be required concerning a janitor who
  has satisfactorily completed a course of not  less  than  fifteen  hours
  given  or  approved  by  the department of buildings in the basic skills
  required for the performance of janitorial services. Such course  should
  include,  but  need  not  be limited to, instruction on operation of the
  central heating plant; replacement of the smoke pipe from the furnace to
  the chimney;  and  the  making  of  necessary  minor  repairs,  such  as
  replacement  of  washers  and  water  faucets.  Courses  approved by the
  department of buildings may be offered by a school,  association,  labor
  union or other public agency.
    c.  This  section  shall become effective on June thirteenth, nineteen
  hundred sixty-eight.