THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 5, 1937.
In the case of applicants for both Second and First Class Ordinary Certificates qualifying service must include at least twelve months on the main engines and boilers, not less than six months being spent on each of these two sections, if the service is not performed simultaneously on both.
In the case of applicants for First Class Certificates, qualifying service means, as a rule, service as senior engineer in charge of the entire watch on the main propelling machinery, but service in charge of a boiler room only may be regarded as qualifying up to a maximum of 12 months. Service as a second in seniority in the engine room of a vessel propelled by two or more sets of engines may also be accepted, at full time value; but service in the engine room as assistant engineer below this rank may only be accepted at half the actual time value. Service to quality must have been performed while in possession of a Second Class Certificate, except in the case for which provision is made in rule 33. Candidates who qualify by service as second in seniority in the engine room or as assistant engineer below this rank will be subjected to a somewhat more searching examination than those who have performed the required amount of service while in charge of a full watch,
40. Marine Technical Schools. An applicant for either a Second Class or a First Class Ordinary or Motor Certificate who, within two years from the date of application to be examined, has attended an approved course, comprising general mathematical and scientific instruction, at a Technical School recognised by the Government as suitable for the training of Marine Engineers, will be allowed to count time so spent as equivalent to sea service usually in the ratio of three months at the Technical School to two months at sea. Time so spent cannot be accepted as equivalent to more than one-sixth of the total sea service required for either certificate, but an applicant who has been allowed to count such time on examination for a Second Class Certificate will not be debarred from counting similar subsequent time on applying for examination for a First Class Certificate.
In every case in which an allowance is made for time spent at a Marine Technical School, the applicant will be required to produce the Principal's Certificate for continuous and regular attendance at all the approved classes for a period of not less than one month, and for satisfactory progress.
The applicant must also produce his class notebooks and drawings, which will be forwarded to the Chief Examiner in order that he may satisfy himself that the applicant has followed the approved course of instruction, and that the remission of sea service claimed may be allowed accordingly.
A list of the Marine Technical Schools recognised for this purpose is given in Appendix A.
41. Lake or River Service.--Service as watch-keeper on a lake or river vessel of not less than the required horse- power may be accepted under the following conditions for an Ordinary or Motor Certificate:-
(a) the service will only count half as much as sea service; i.e., every two months of lake or river service is only equivalent to one month's foreign-going sea service;
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