THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 27, 1931. 169
Working in drawing office
Brass finishing (good heavy
work).
Boiler-making or repairing Pattern-making
Smith work
Planing, slotting, shaping,
and milling Coppersmith work...
Full time up to one year, and beyond one year
one-half time.
Full time up to one year, and beyond one year
one-half time.
One-half time.
One-half time, with a maximum allowance of
one year.
One-half time, with a maximum allowance of
one year.
One-third time.
One-third time, with a maximum allowance of
six months.
In the event of the apprenticeship time being extended to five years or more, four years at turning followed by one year at fitting or erecting may be accepted as qualify- ing.
This rule applies only to works at which the making and/or repairing of engines, boilers, etc., forms part of the regular business for which the works exist. Service at works where the repairing of engines, boilers, etc., is merely incidental to the running of plant, however large, which is used for the production of power for other machinery, etc., should be dealt with under rule 36, each case being considered on its merits.
36. Workshop Service where Engines of Suitable Size are not Made or Repaired.-Workshop service other than that mentioned in rule 35 may be accept- ed if it is considered useful training for a sea-going Engineer, but each case must be submitted to the Chief Examiner for consideration before the applicant is examined. For every 12 months of such service accepted, the applicant must have performed at least an additional three months' service on marine engines (steam or motor), either in the works, or at sea on regular watch on the main propelling machinery or on day work; and a longer additional period may be required if the deficient character of the service warrants further compensation.
37. Service in Colonial and Foreign Workshops.--Rules 35 and 36 apply to service in the United Kingdom only. Service in a Colonial or foreign workshop will not be accepted unless the Examiner is satisfied in each case that its value is sub- stantially equivalent to that of service performed in the United Kingdom. In cases where the Examiner is not satisfied that the value is equivalent, he should refer the matter to the Chief Examiner.
Workshop service in India is in no case to be taken as equivalent to more than four- fifths of the same period of service in the United Kingdom.
38. Technical Schools.-Time spent at an approved day Technical School, where there is an engineering laboratory, is, subject to the conditions inentioned in Ap- pendix A, accepted as equivalent to workshop service, usually in the ratio of three years in the Technical School to two years' workshop service, provided also that the applicant has taken the full engineering course, and can produce the Principal's certificate for regular attendance at all the approved classes, and for satisfactory progress.
Time spent in attending evening classes in Engineering at approved Technical Schools will similarly be allowed to count under the following conditions :-
(1) each applicant claiming an allowance for time spent in attending evening classes at a Technical School must produce a certificate signed by the Principal of the School to the effect that he has attended regularly at a definite class or classes, which should be specified, and has made satis- factory progress. This certificate must also state the total number of hours spent by the applicant in attending each class: