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NOTICE
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MARINERS.
No. S. 20.
The following is published for general information.
12th January, 1934.
G. F. HOLE,
Harbour Master.
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EXAMINATIONS OF MASTERS & MATES
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AS MASTER AND FIRST MATE (FOREIGN GOING)
The Board of Trade have received representations from various quarters that, owing to the difficulty of obtaining employment under existing conditions, Merchant Service officers who have obtained Certificates of Competency as Second Mate and First Mate are unable to complete the sea time necessary to enable them to qualify for candidature as First Mate and Master (foreign-going) respectively.
The Board have decided that in present circumstances a candidate may be permitted to sit for the written portion of his First Mate's or Master's Certificate on the completion of 12 months sea service (foreign-going) instead of the 18 months sea service (foreign-going) required under the examination regulations as they now stand. A candidate who sits for the written part of his examination and passes will be allowed to take the oral part of the examination after he has completed the full period of 18 months sen service. Unless an officer passes the oral examination within six months of first attempting it (or, exceptionally, twelve months-see paragraph 18 of Regulations relating to the Examination of Masters and Mates), his previous pass in the written examina- tion will be cancelled and it will be necessary for him to take the whole examination again.
This concession is temporary and is intended to assist officers to use to advantage time during which they may be unemployed. It will operate until 31st December, 1934, and will then be reviewed in all its bearings.
The other varieties of sea-service qualifying for candida- ture for the certificates mentioned above will be dealt with similarly, ie, two-thirds of the prescribed period of sea- service will be required to qualify a candidate to sit for the written examination.
Mercantile Marine Department,
Board of Trade,
December, 1933.
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