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MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1982

OBJECTIVE TESTING FOR CANDIDATES OF PLEASURE VESSEL

CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY

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APPLICANTS FOR PLEASURE VESSEL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO AN OBJECTIVE WRITTEN TEST LASTING 50 MINUTES STARTING FROM NEXT MONTH.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY) A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE TEST WAS BEING INTRODUCED IN VIEW OF THE LARGE DEMAND FOR SUCH CERTIFICATES.

HE SAID EXAMINATIONS FOR PLEASURE VESSEL MASTER CERTIFICATES WILL BEGIN IN JULY WHILE THOSE FOR PLEASURE VESSEL ENGINEER CERTIFICATES WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE ANTICIPATED THAT ALL EXISTING APPLICANTS FOR THE MASTER CERTIFICATE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXAMINED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

HE URGED CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO REPLY TO MARINE DEPARTMENT LETTERS ADVISING THEM OF THEIR APPOINTMENT FOR A TEST.

+THESE LETTERS ARE DESPATCHED BY RECORDED DELIVERY AND FAILURE TO RESPOND WILL RESULT IN THE APPLICATION BEING CANCELLED, AND THE FEE FORFEITED AS IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE CANDIDATE IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED,

HE SAID THAT OF THE FIRST 500 LETTERS DESPATCHED SOME 250 PEOPLE HAD NOT REPLIED BY THE REQUIRED DATE.

THIS, HE SAID, HAD RESULTED IN THE NECESSITY TO DESPATCH FURTHER LETTERS TO FILL THE VACANCY.

TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT AND FORFEITURE OF THE FEE DUE TO INCORRECT ADDRESS, CANDIDATES WERE BEING ASKED TO FORWARD A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WITH THE RECEIPT NUMBER AND DATE OF THE IR ORIGINAL APPLICATION WRITTEN ON IT.

ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT DATE AND IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN TAKING THE EXAMINATION MAY CANCEL THEIR APPLICATION AND APPLY FOR A REFUND,

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