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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 27, 1931.
No fee will be charged if the applicant can prove that the certificate was lost through shipwreck or fire.
CHAPTER II.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE VARIOUS GRADES.
29. Second Class Engineer. A candidate for a Second Class Engineer's Certificate, (Ordinary) must be not less than 21 years of age.
(a) Workshop Service.--A candidate should have served as apprentice Engineer for four years at least, and prove that during this period he has been employed in the manner set forth in Rule 35.
Service as journeyman is accepted in lieu of apprenticeship.
If the character of the workshop service performed is not of the standard prescribed, additional service will be required as explained in rule 36.
If the total period of the candidate's workshop service, as calculated in accordance with these Regulations, is less than four years, the candid- ate may make up the deficiency by service at sea, either (1) on day work on board foreign-going steamships of not less than 66 nominal horse- power, or on regular watch on the main propelling machinery of such ships, or (2) on regular watch on the main propelling machinery of home trade steamships of not less than 66 nominal horse-power; such service to be counted as equivalent in the case of (1) to two-thirds, and in the case of (2) to four-ninths of service as apprentice Engineer or journey- man. Ne day work at sea performed before the age of 21 years will be accepted.
(b) Sea Service. In addition to the four year's workshop service or the al- ternative sea service, a candidate must have served at sea for a period equivalent to 18 months in foreign-going vessels, as engineer on regular watch on the main propelling machinery of steamships of not less than 66 nominal horse-power. Time served in the home trade is reckoned at two-thirds of the time similarly served in foreign-going vessels. For an Ordinary Certificate, at least two-thirds of the required period of service. must have been performed in steamships. The remainder of the service, may be performed in either steam or motor ships. (See rule 39.)
30. Second Class Certificate: Syllabus of Examination. A candidate for a Second Class Cerctificate, (Ordinary) is required ---
(a) to write legibly, spell correctly, and express himself, generally, in creditable
English:
(b) to show sufficient knowledge of the metric system, etc., and of mathematics for dealing successfully with simple problems relating to mechanical. principles, beams, safety and relief valves, consumption of fuel and stores, capacities of bunkers, tanks, etc., speed of vessels, strength of pipes and receivers subjected to internal pressure, stresses in shafting and other parts of the machinery, etc. :
(c) to be familiar with the physical characteristics of the metals and other
materials commonly used by sea-going Engineers :
(d) to have a creditable knowledge of the facts relating to steam, heat,
combustion, and the formation of smoke:
(e) to understand the use, construction, and principles involved in the action of the pressure gauge, thermometer, barometer, salinometer, and other meters commonly used by Engineers on board ship:
(f) to be able to state the causes, effects, and usual remedies for incrustation
and corrosion:
(g) to know how to make good the results to the machinery of ordinary wear and tear; how to test the fairness of shafting; how to correct defects due to corrosion, flaws or accident; and how a temporary or permanent repair could be effected in the event of derangement or total break- down:
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