REGULATIONS

APPENDIX H.

Sea Service required to qualify for examination for Certificates of Competency

The following is a condensed statement of the sea service required to
qualify in each of the .various grades of Certificates of Competency. Where
service as an officer is required it is shown in tabular form. The letter F is
used as denoting foreign-going, and H as denoting Home Trade* thus 1J F in
the first column of the table showing the officer's service for a First Mate's
Certificate means 1J year's service in foreign-going ships. Mate H in the last
column means Mate of a Home Trade ship, and so on.

A candidate for sailing ship endorsement must show that at least 12
months of his service has been spent in square-rigged sailing ships.

CERTIFICATES FOB FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS.

Second Mate (Foreign-going).

Minimum age, 20 years. Minimum sea service, 4 F or 6 H.
No officer's service required.

First Mate (Foreign-going).

Minimum age, 21J years. Minimum sea service, 5J F or 8J H.
Officers service ,as follows.

Yeais. •
Lowest capacity. %
Lowest certificate required.

14 F
Third of 3 watch-keeping officers or Only Mate or First Mate
2nd Mate F 2nd Mate F

NOTE.—In certain circumstances service as Second Mate in the Home
Trade may be accepted.

Master or Extra Master (Foreign-going).

Minimum age, 23 years. Minimum sea service, 7 F or 10J H.
Officer's service as follows:—

Years.
Lowest capacity.
Lowest certificate required.

,li F
„ First Mate '-----
First Mate F

or

2J H
Only Mate or First Mate
First Mate F

or

2 F
Second of 3 watchkeeping officers
First Mate F

or

1|
Second of 2 watch-keeping officers
First Mate F

or

2t F
T&rd of 3 watch-keeping officers
First Mate F

or

>$ u .
Master j ...--.,
Secon4 ,M$.te F or

Master H for one

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r
year, of sitch service