NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964.
Image unavailable in extracted textStatutory Rules 1964, No. 33.(a)
Image unavailable in extracted textPart I.—Preliminary.
Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964.
Parts.
These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-6).
Part II.—Qualifications for Examinations for Certificates.
Division 1.—Second Class Certificates (Regulations 7-20).
Division 2.—First Class Certificates (Regulations 21-26).
Division 3.—Extra First Class Certificate (Regulation 27).
Division 4.—Calculation of Sea Service as Qualifying Sea Service (Regulations 28-31).
Part III.—Examinations and Exemptions (Regulations 32-51).
Part IV.—Certificates (Regulations 52-55).
Repeal.
The Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1941 (being Statutory Rules 1941, No. 129) are repealed.
Interpretation.
4.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Australian-trade ship” means a ship (other than a foreign-going ship, a limited coast-trade ship or a river and bay ship) employed in trading or going between places in Australia;
“certificate” means an extra first class certificate, a first class certificate or a second class certificate;
“examiner” means a person appointed under regulation 33 of these Regulations to conduct examinations under these Regulations, and includes the Principal Examiner;
Image unavailable in extracted text(a) Made under the Navigation Act 1912-1961 on 6 March, 1964; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6 March, 1964.
“extra first class certificate” means a certificate of competency as extra first class engineer;
“first class certificate” means a certificate of competency of a sub-grade specified in column 2 of the table in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 52 of these Regulations opposite to the grade of first class engineer in column 1;
“nominal horsepower”, in relation to a steamship, means the horsepower specified as the horsepower of the steamship in the certificate of registry of the steamship;
“limited coast-trade ship” means a ship engaged in making voyages between terminal ports in Australia outside river and bay limits but less than five hundred miles apart, not being voyages between—
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(a) Brisbane and Sydney;
(b) Sydney and Melbourne;
(c) Melbourne and Adelaide; or
(d) Melbourne and Hobart;
“miles” means Admiralty nautical miles:
“qualifying sea service” means sea service calculated as qualifying sea service in accordance with Division 4 of Part II.;
“regular watch” means a system of keeping watch that requires each person keeping watch to keep watch for eight hours in each twenty-four hours;
“second class certificate” means a certificate of competency of a sub-grade specified in column 2 of the table in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 52 of these Regulations opposite to the grade of second class engineer in column 1;
“the Act” means the Navigation Act 1912-1961;
“the Principal Examiner” means the person for the time being holding or performing the duties of the office of the Commonwealth Principal Examiner of Engineers;
“workshop service” means—
(a) service in a workshop in a Commonwealth country; or
(b) service in a workship in a country other than a Commonwealth country, being a workshop the standard of workmanship in which is, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, not less than that in a similar workshop in Australia.
(2.) A reference in these Regulations to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule so numbered to these Regulations.
(3.) A reference in these Regulations to a form by number shall be read as a reference to the form so numbered in the First Schedule.
These Regulations not to apply in relation to examinations for certificates as coast engineers and marine engine-drivers.
Nothing in these Regulations affects the operation of the provisions of the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 relating to the qualifications and examinations for candidates for certificates of competency as first class coast engineer, second class coast engineer or third class coast engineer, or first class marine engine-driver or second class marine engine-driver.
Sea service.
6.—(1.) For the purposes of these Regulations, “sea service”, in relation to a candidate for a second class certificate, means, subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, service on articles as an engineer in a
steamship of not less than 66 nominal horse-power or a motorship of not less than 373 brake horse-power by a person—
(a) who, when regular watch is being kept on board the ship, joins in keeping that regular watch; or
(b) who does not keep regular watch but all of whose work is performed within the engine or boiler spaces of the ship,
being—
(c) service in a ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an Australian-trade ship or a limited coast-trade ship;
(d) service in a river and bay ship, if—
(i) the person is, at the time of that service, a person referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation; and
(ii) the person has, whether before or after that service, served three months’ qualifying sea service in a ship of a kind referred to in the last preceding paragraph;
(e) service in a sea-going ship that is a tug, dredger or fishing vessel, or in a pilot vessel, if the person is, at the time of that service, a person referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation; or
(f) service in a yacht if, at the time of that service—
(i) the person is a person referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation; and
(ii) the person’s name and rank are entered on the yacht’s Articles.
(2.) For the purposes of these Regulations, “sea service”, in relation to a candidate for a first class certificate, means, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, service on articles as an engineer in a steamship of not less than 99 nominal horse-power or a motorship of not less than 560 brake horse-power by a person who, when regular watch is being kept on board the ship, keeps regular watch—
(a) as senior engineer in charge of the entire watch; or
(b) if the ship is propelled by two or more sets of engines or is a single-screw ship on which three or more engineers keep regular watch at the same time—as an engineer of a lower rank,
being—
(c) service in a ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an Australian-trade ship or a limited coast-trade ship;
(d) service in a river and bay ship, in a sea-going ship that is a tug, dredger or fishing vessel or in a pilot vessel, if the person has, whether before or after that service, served six months’ qualifying sea service in a ship of a kind referred to in the last preceding paragraph; or
(e) service in a yacht, if—
(i) the person’s name and rank are, at the time of that service, entered on the yacht’s Articles; and
(ii) the person has, at some time, completed service of either of the following kinds:—
(A) three months’ qualifying sea service in a ship of a kind referred to in paragraph (c) of this sub-regulation;
(B) two years and three months’ service as first engineer, or three years’ service as second engineer or partly as second engineer and partly as first engineer, in a steam yacht of not less than 99 nominal horse-power or a motor yacht of not less than 560 brake horse-power.
(3.) For the purposes of these Regulations, service of any of the following kinds shall be deemed not to be sea service:—
(a) service in a ship where an engineer on regular watch is, as part of his regular duties, required to do stoking or other work not usually performed by an engineer in the merchant navy;
(b) service in a pilot ship when it is not on, going to or coming from its station;
(c) service that has been counted as workshop service under regulation 9 of these Regulations.
Part II.—Qualifications for Examinations for Certificates.
Division 1.—Second Class Certificates.
Prescribed qualifications.
7.—(1.) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act, the other qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to an examination for a second class certificate are, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, such of the qualifications specified in the succeeding provisions of this Division as are applicable to the person.
(2.) The qualifications relating to age and sea service specified in the succeeding provisions of this Division are not qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to Part A of the examination specified in regulation 39 of these Regulations.
Age of candidate.
A candidate shall be not less than twenty-one years of age.
Service as apprentice engineer or journeyman.
9.—(1.) A candidate shall have performed workshop service, in accordance with this regulation, for not less than four years as an apprentice engineer or a journeyman on work relating to the manufacture or maintenance of machinery, being work affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(2.) Of the period of service specified in the last preceding sub-regulation a period of at least one year shall have been spent in fitting, erecting or repairing machinery of a size or description affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(3.) That part, if any, of the period of service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation not spent as specified in the last preceding sub-regulation shall have been spent in performing work of a type specified in
column 1 of the table in this sub-regulation or any other type of work that affords suitable training for a marine engineer but, in calculating this period—
(a) any time spent in performing work of a type specified in column 1 of the table in this sub-regulation in excess of the maximum period specified in column 2 of that table opposite to that type of work shall be disregarded; and
(b) any time spent in performing any other work in excess of the maximum period approved by the Minister with respect to that type of work shall be disregarded.
Column 1.
Column 2.
Type of Work.
Maximum Period.
Metal turning.................................
2 years
Brass finishing................................
1 year
Boiler making or repairing........................
1 year
Pattern making................................
1 year
Planing, slotting, shaping and milling.................
1 year
Tool room work...............................
1 year
Training in the use of hand and small machine tools under a scheme of training approved by the Minister
1 year
Smith work..................................
6 months
Coppersmith work..............................
6 months
Welding....................................
6 months
Work in a drawing office as a draughtsman or engineer engaged on arrangement, detail or design
1 year or, if more than one year has been so spent, 1 year plus half the time in excess of one year so spent
Electrical shop or repair work not already specified in this column (not being work of a minor nature)
1 year or, if more than one year has been so spent, 1 year plus half the time in excess of one year so spent or 1 year plus six months, whichever is the less
(4.) A candidate who has performed workshop service for not less than four years as an apprentice engineer or a journeyman but who would, but for this sub-regulation, fail, because of the nature of the work performed by him during some or all of that service, to satisfy the requirements of the preceding provisions of this regulation may, for the purpose of satisfying those requirements, count as workshop service of a kind required to satisfy those requirements any service at sea by him, after attaining the age of twenty years, as engineer on board a ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an Australian-trade ship or a limited coast-trade ship, being a steamship of not less than 66 nominal horse-power or a motorship of not less than 373 brake horse-power.
(5.) In counting service at sea as workshop service by virtue of the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) each day of service at sea in a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on a voyage the terminal ports of which are not less than five hundred miles apart, in a foreign-going ship or in an Australian-trade ship shall be counted as two-thirds of a day of workshop service; and
(b) each day of service at sea in a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on a voyage the terminal ports of which are less than five hundred miles apart or in a limited coast-trade ship shall be counted as four-ninths of a day of workshop service.
(6.) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who—
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 10, 11, 12 or 13 of these Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
Service as student or technical apprentice.
10.—(1.) A candidate—
(a) shall have performed workshop service, in accordance with this regulation, for not less than four years in a student or technical apprenticeship acceptable to the Principal Examiner; and
(b) shall have obtained one of the following United Kingdom technical qualifications:—
(i) a Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering;
(ii) a Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering together with an Ordinary National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering with Drawing at the S.2 level;
(iii) an Ordinary National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering with Drawing at the S.3 level;
(iv) an Ordinary National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
(2.) Of the period of service specified in paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-regulation, a period of at least one year shall have been spent in fitting, erecting or repairing machinery of a size or description affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(3.) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who—
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 11, 12 or 13 of these Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
Technical college, &c., service.
11.—(1.) A candidate—
(a) shall have satisfactorily completed a full-time course of study of at least the standard of the course leading to the United Kingdom Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering for a period of not less than three years at a technical college or university; and
(b) shall have performed workshop service, in accordance with this regulation, for a period of not less than two years.
(2.) Of the period of service specified in paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation, a period of at least six consecutive months shall have been spent in fitting, erecting or repairing machinery of a size or description affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(3.) That part, if any, of the period of service specified in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation not spent as specified in the last preceding sub-regulation shall have been spent in accordance with the requirements laid down in sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 9 of these Regulations with respect to the period of service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of that regulation.
(4.) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation—
(a) a period of service of less than one month shall be disregarded;
(b) periods spent in works apprentice training schemes for fitters or turners or in similar training in technical college or university workshops shall, to the extent that they exceed in the aggregate six months, be disregarded; and
(c) periods of workshop training carried out during technical college or university vacations and periods referred to in the last preceding paragraph shall, to the extent that they exceed in the aggregate nine months, be disregarded.
(5.) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who—
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 12 or 13 of these Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
Service under marine engineer training scheme.
12.—(1.) A candidate shall have successfully completed training acceptable to the Principal Examiner under which the candidate is required—
(a) to complete a two-year course leading to the United Kingdom Ordinary National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering;
(b) to serve for a period of eighteen months as an apprentice engineer at sea; and
(c) to perform workshop service for a period of twelve months, being service in a shipyard or the engineering works of a marine-engine builder or other service suitable for the training of a marine engineer.
(2.) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who—
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 11 or 13 of these Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
Equivalent service.
13.—(1.) A candidate shall have undergone training as a marine engineer that is, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, equivalent to the training specified in regulation 10, 11 or 12 of these Regulations.
(2.) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who—
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 11 or 12 of these Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by person who does not hold a certificate.
14.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, a candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a steamship who does not already hold a certificate shall have served twenty-one months’ qualifying sea service in accordance with this regulation.
(2.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the boilers of a steamship.
(3.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(4.) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service specified in the last two preceding sub-regulations may have been served simultaneously as long as the periods spent in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery and both the boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
(5.) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation not spent as specified in sub-regulation (2.) or (3.) of this regulation shall have been spent on some or all of the following types of service:—
(a) service in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship;
(b) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine engineer;
(c) any other engineering service within the engine or boiler spaces of a ship.
Qualifying tea service for motor certificate by a person who does not hold a certificate.
15.—(1.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a motorship who does not already hold a certificate shall have served twenty-one months’ qualifying sea service in accordance with this regulation.
(2.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
(3.) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation not spent as specified in the last preceding sub-regulation shall have been spent on some or all of the following types of service:—
(a) service in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship;
(b) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine engineer;
(c) service in connexion with the boilers of a steamship;
(d) any other engineering service within the engine or boiler spaces of a ship.
Qualifying sea service for steam and motor certificate by a person who does not bold a certificate.
16.—(1.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer, steamship and motorship, who does not already hold a certificate shall have served twenty-four months’ qualifying sea service in accordance with this regulation.
(2.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the boilers of a steamship.
(3.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(4.) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service specified in the last two preceding sub-regulations may have been served simultaneously as long as the periods spent in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery and both the boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
(5.) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
(6.) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation not spent as specified in sub-regulation (2.), (3.) or (5.) of this regulation shall have been spent on either of the following types of service:—
(a) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine engineer;
(b) any other engineering service in the engine or boiler spaces of a ship.
Qualifying sea service for motor certificate by holder of steam certificate.
A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a motorship who already holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steamship or a candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer, steamship and motorship who already holds a certicate of competency as second class engineer of a steamship—
(a) shall have served three months’ qualifying sea service in addition to the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the certificate that he holds; and
(b) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by holder of motor certificate.
18.—(1.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a steamship who already holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a motorship or a candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer, steamship and motorship who already holds a certicate of competency as second class engineer of a motorship—
(a) shall have served six months’ qualifying sea service in addition to the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the certificate that he holds;
(b) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds, in connexion with the boilers of a steamship; and
(c) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(2.) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation may have been served simultaneously as long as the periods of qualifying sea service spent in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery
and both the boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
Reduction in qualifying Sea service.
19.—(1.) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who already holds a certificate, would, but for this regulation, be required to have served in accordance with this Division may be reduced by a period, determined by the Principal Examiner, not exceeding three months if the qualifications of the candidate for the purposes of this Division include workshop service that is, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, suitable training for a marine engineer.
(2.) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who already holds a certificate, would, but for this sub-regulation, be required to have served in accordance with this Division shall be reduced by three months if the candidate, before commencing his sea service, had passed, or had qualified for exemption from, Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 39 of these Regulations.
Sea service to have been mainly served when regular watch is being kept on the snip.
20.—(1.) Two-thirds at least of the period of sea service of a candidate shall have been served in a ship at a time when regular watch is being kept on the ship.
(2.) Not more than one-third of the period of sea service of a candidate that is spent in the engine or boiler spaces of a ship otherwise than whilst keeping or joining in regular watch shall be counted as qualifying sea service.
Division 2.—First Class Certificates.
Prescribed qualifications.
21.—(1.) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act the other qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to an examination for a first class certificate are, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, such of the qualifications specified in the succeeding provisions of this Division as are applicable to the person.
(2.) The qualifications relating to sea service specified in the succeeding provisions of this Division are not qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to Part A of the examination referred to in regulation 42 of these Regulations.
Certificate to be held.
A candidate for a first class certificate shall already hold a certificate.
Qualifying sea service.
23.—(1.) A candidate who holds a second class certificate shall, since being issued with a second class certificate, whether his present certificate or a former certificate, have served a period of qualifying sea service (being sea service as defined in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 6 of these Regulations) of—
(a) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steamship—twenty-one months in accordance with sub-regulations (2.), (3.) and (4.), and paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (5.), of regulation 14 of these Regulations;
(b) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a motorship—twenty-one months in accordance with sub-regulation (2.), and paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3.), of regulation 15 of these Regulations; or
(c) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship—twenty-four months in accordance with sub-regulations (2.), (3.), (4.), (5.) and (6.) of regulation 16 of these Regulations.
(2.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship who holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steamship—
(a) shall have served three months’ qualifying sea service in addition to the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the certificate that he holds; and
(b) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
(3.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship who holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a motorship—
(a) shall have served six months’ qualifying sea service in addition to the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the certificate that he holds;
(b) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds, in connexion with the boilers of a steamship; and
(c) shall have spent not less than six months’ qualifying sea service, whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the certificate that he holds in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(4.) The periods or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation may have been served simultaneously as long as the periods of qualifying sea service spent in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery and both the boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
Reduction in qualifying sea service.
24.—(1.) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who already holds a first class certificate, would, but for this regulation, be required to have served in accordance with this Division may be reduced by a period determined by the Principal Examiner not exceeding three months if the candidate, when he was a candidate for a second class certificate, performed workshop service that was, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, suitable training for a marine engineer.
(2.) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who already holds a first class certificate, would, but for this sub-regulation, be required to have served in accordance with this Division shall be reduced by three months if the candidate, before commencing his sea service for his first class certificate, had passed, or had qualified for exemption from, Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 42 of these Regulations.
Permission to sit in special circumstances.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Division, the Minister may, in special circumstances, permit a candidate—
(a) who, as a result of service abroad, has not had an opportunity to obtain a second class certificate; and
(b) whose sea service and workshop training are, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, adequate,
to sit for the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 42 of these Regulations.
Sea service to have been mainly served on regular watch.
Two-thirds at least of the period of sea service of a candidate shall have been served on regular watch.
Division 3.—Extra First Class Certificate.
Prescribed qualifications.
For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act a person before being admitted to an examination for an extra first class certificate, shall be the holder of—
(a) a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship; or
(b) a certificate of service as first class engineer granted under section 18b of the Act.
Division 4.-—Calculation of Sea Service as Qualifying Sea Service.
Length of period of sea service under an agreement
Each period of sea service by a candidate under an agreement shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to include both the day on which the agreement commences and the day on which the agreement ends.
Reckoning of sea service as qualifying sea service.
29.—(1.) In this regulation, “full-rate period of sea service” means—
(a) in relation to a candidate for a second class certificate— a period of sea service during which the candidate—
(i) performs service only in connexion with the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship or with auxiliary machinery essential to the running of the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship; and
(ii) whenever regular watch is being kept on the ship, keeps regular watch; or
(b) in relation to a candidate for a first class certificate—a period of sea service during which the candidate—
(i) performs service only in connexion with the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship or with auxiliary machinery essential to the running of the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship; and
(ii) whenever regular watch is being kept on the ship, keeps regular watch as—
(A) senior engineer in charge of the entire watch; or
(B) where the ship is propelled by two or more sets of engines or is a single-screw ship in which three or more engineers are on regular watch at the same time—second in seniority in the watch.
(2.) Each full-rate period of sea service and any other period of sea service by a candidate shall be expressed in months, as follows:—
(a) a period, not being or including a calendar month, that is less than thirty days shall be expressed as a fraction of a month, being the fraction obtained by dividing by thirty a number equal to the number of days in the period;
(b) a period of thirty days, not being or including a calendar month, shall be expressed as one month;
(c) a period that is a calendar month or more shall be expressed as a number of months equal to the number of complete calendar months in the period plus—
(i) if the period includes a part of a calendar month, being a part that consists of less than thirty days—a fraction of a month, being the fraction obtained by dividing by thirty a number equal to the number of days in that part of the calendar month; or
(ii) if the period includes a part of a calendar month, being a part that consists of thirty days—one month.
(3.) A full-rate period of sea service by a candidate, expressed in months in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, shall, unless otherwise provided in this Division, be reckoned as a period of qualifying sea service of a number of months equal to the number of months in that full-rate period of sea service.
(4.) A period of sea service (other than a full-rate period of sea service) by a candidate, expressed in months in accordance with sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation, shall, unless otherwise provided in this Division, be reckoned as a period of qualifying sea service of a number of months equal to one-half of the number of months in the period of sea service.
Qualifying sea service limited coast-trade ship, &c.
A period of sea service by a candidate in—
(a) a limited coast-trade ship;
(b) a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on a voyage the terminal ports of which are less than five hundred miles apart; or
(c) a yacht,
shall be reckoned as two-thirds of the period of qualifying sea service that it would have been reckoned as but for this regulation.
Qualifying sea service— river and bay ship, &c.
A period of sea service by a candidate in—
(a) a river and bay ship;
(b) a sea-going ship that is a tug, dredger or fishing vessel; or
(c) a pilot vessel,
shall be reckoned as one-half of the period of qualifying sea service that it would have been reckoned as but for this regulation.
Part III.—Examinations and Exemptions.
Places and times of examinations.
32.—(1.) For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, the prescribed places for the holding of examinations of candidates for a certificate are the following ports:—
(a) Sydney;
(b) Melbourne;
(c) Brisbane;
(d) Newcastle;
(e) Port Adelaide;
(f) Fremantle.
(2.) Subject to this regulation, examinations for a certificate shall be held at such times as the Principal Examiner determines.
Appointment of examiners.
33.—(1.) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint persons to conduct examinations under these Regulations.
(2.) Each instrument of appointment shall specify the kinds of examination that the person appointed may conduct.
Application for examination.
34.—(1.) An application to sit for an examination under these Regulations shall be made in accordance with a form approved by the Minister to an examiner, being an examiner appointed to conduct examinations of the kind that includes that examination.
(2.) The application shall be accompanied by—
(a) documentary evidence that the candidate—
(i) is a British subject; or
(ii) has been continuously resident in the Commonwealth since a date at least one year before the date of the examination and intends to continue so to reside until at least the date of the examination;
(b) the candidate’s original certificate of apprenticeship;
(c) the candidate’s discharges;
(d) any notification of examination results issued to the candidate under regulation 47 of these Regulations or under the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1941;
(e) the original and one copy of any testimonials or other documents that relate to the application; and
(f) where a candidate for the examination to which the application relates is required by these Regulations to be not less than twenty-one years of age—a certified copy of the birth certificate of the candidate or other documentary evidence of the age of the candidate.
Testimonials of tea service.
35.—(1.) Each period of a candidate’s sea service shall be covered by a testimonial in accordance with Form 1.
(2.) A testimonial shall be signed by—
(a) if the service to which the testimonial relates was performed as Chief Engineer of the ship—the Engineer Superintendent, or some other representative of the ship owner; or
(b) in any other case—the Chief Engineer of the ship.
(3.) A testimonial shall be countersigned by the master of the ship or the Engineer Superintendent or other representative (not being the person who signed the testimonial) of the shipowner.
Physical defects.
Where a candidate is somewhat hard of hearing or suffers from any other physical defect that could interfere with the proper performance of his duties as an engineer on regular watch, his testimonials shall state whether the defect did in fact interfere in any way with the proper performance of those duties.
37.—(1.) If a candidate has spent the whole or a part of the period of twelve months immediately preceding the making of his application to sit for an examination under these Regulations otherwise than in obtaining the qualifications specified in Division 1 or Division 2, as the case may be, of Part II., he shall forward or lodge with his application a declaration setting out—
(a) the address or addresses at which he resided during the whole or that part of that period, as the case may be;
(b) the occupation or occupations (if any) followed by him during the whole or that part of that period, as the case may be, the address or addresses at which he followed that occupation or those occupations and the dates on which he commenced and ceased to follow that occupation or those occupations; and
(c) the names and addresses of the persons (if any) by whom he was employed during the whole or that part of that period, as the case may be.
(2.) A person who wilfully makes a false statement in a declaration under this regulation is guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding One hundred pounds.
Fees.
38.—(1.) The fees for examinations for certificates shall be stub fees as are fixed by the Minister.
(2.) The fee for an examination shall be paid before the candidate sits for the examination.
(3.) Where a person who makes application to sit for an examination is found on investigation to be ineligible to sit, any fee paid by him under this regulation shall be refunded to him.
Prescribed examination for candidates for second class certificates who do not already hold a certificate.
39.—(1.) For the purposes of section IS of the Act, the prescribed examination for candidates (not being candidates who already hold a certificate) for a second class certificate consists of two Parts, as follows:—
Part A.
(a) a paper in Applied Mechanics;
(b) a paper in Heat and Heat Engines;
(c) a paper in Mathematics;
(d) a paper in Drawing;
Part B.
(e) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(f) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(g) a paper in Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates);
(h) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a motorship—a paper in Engineering Knowledge (Steam);
(i) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of a steamship—a paper in Engineering Knowledge (Motor);
(j) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
(2.) Each paper, other than the paper in Drawing, referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be a three-hour paper consisting of nine questions of which six only are to be attempted.
(3.) The paper in Drawing referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be a six-hour paper consisting of two questions of which one only is to be attempted.
(4.) The papers in Engineering Knowledge may require that answers to questions in the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
(5.) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the syllabus set out in the Second Schedule.
Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 39.
40.—(1.) In this regulation—
“Part A” means Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation;
“Part B” means Part B of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation.
(2.) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A at the one time.
(3.) A candidate who—
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in two or three subjects only,
is not required to take those subjects again and may apply to take the remaining subject or subjects at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(4.) A candidate who—
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in one subject only,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in that subject but may apply to take the whole of Part A again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(5.) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole of Part B at the one time.
(6.) A candidate who has not passed the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A is not entitled to take Part B unless he takes at the same time the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from and has not passed, of Part A.
(7.) A candidate—
(a) who—
(i) takes Part B at the same time as he takes the whole or a part of Part A; and
(ii) fails to pass in all the subjects of Part A that he took; or
(b) who, when taking Part B, fails to pass in—
(i) Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture; and
(ii) one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in Part B or in any subject in Part B but may, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, apply to take the whole of Part B again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(8.) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in all the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation, to take but fails to pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture is entitled, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, to be credited with a pass in each of the examinations in Engineering Knowledge and, if so credited, may apply to take both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(9.) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture but fails to pass in one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge is entitled, subject to sub-regulation (7.) of this regulation, to be credited with a pass in both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture and, if so credited, may apply to take again, at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed, all the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation, to take.
Prescribed examination for candidates for a second class certificate who already hold a certificate
41.—(1.) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed examination for candidates for a second class certificate who already hold a certificate consists of—
(a) one paper in—
(i) where the candidate holds a certificate relating to motorships—Engineering Knowledge (Steam); or
(ii) where the candidate holds a certificate relating to steamships—Engineering Knowledge (Motor); and
(b) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
(2.) The paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) shall be a three-hour paper consisting of nine questions of which six only are to be attempted; and
(b) may require that answers to questions on the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
(3.) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the relevant part of the syllabus set out in the Second Schedule.
(4,) A candidate is required to take the whole of the examination referred to in this regulation at the one time.
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Prescribed examination for candidates for a first class certificate who do not already bold a first class certificate.
42.—(1.) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed examination for candidates (not being candidates who already hold a first class certificate) for a first class certificate consists of two Parts, as follows:—
Part A.
(a) a paper in Applied Mechanics;
(b) a paper in Heat and Heat Engines;
Part B.
(c) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(d) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(e) a paper in Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates);
(f) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a motorship—a paper in Engineering Knowledge (Steam);
(g) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steamship—a paper in Engineering Knowledge (Motor);
(h) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
(2.) Each paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be a three-hour paper consisting of nine questions (including, in the case of the paper in Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates), one compulsory question) of which six only are to be attempted.
(3.) The papers in Engineering Knowledge may require that questions on the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
(4.) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the syllabus set out in the Third Schedule.
Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 42.
43.—(1.) In this regulation—
“Part A” means Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation;
“Part B” means Part B of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation.
(2.) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A at the one time.
(3.) A candidate who—
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in one subject only,
is not required to take that subject again and may apply to take the remaining subject again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(4.) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole of Part B at the one time.
(5.) A candidate who has not passed the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A is not entitled to take Part B unless he takes at the same time the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from and has not passed, of Part A.
(6.) A candidate—
(a) who—
(i) takes Part B at the same time as he takes the whole or a part of Part A; and
(ii) fails to pass in all the subjects of Part A that he took; or
(b) who, when taking Part B, fails to pass in—
(i) Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture; and
(ii) one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in Part B or in any subject in Part B but may, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, apply to take the whole of Part B again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(7.) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in all the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation, to take but fails to pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture, is entitled, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, to be credited with a pass in each of the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge and, if so credited, may apply to take both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(8.) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture, but fails to pass in one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge, is entitled, subject to sub-regulation (6.) of this regulation, to be credited with a pass in both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture and, if so credited, may apply to take again, at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at which he failed, all examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation, to take.
Prescribed examination for candidates for a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship who already hold a first class certificate.
44.—(1.) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed examination for candidates for a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship who already hold a first class certificate consists of—
(a) one paper in—
(i) where the candidate holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a motorship—Engineering Knowledge (Steam); or
(ii) where the candidate holds a certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steamship—Engineering Knowledge (Motor); and
(b) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
(2.) The paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) shall be a three-hour paper consisting of nine questions of which six only are to be attempted; and
(b) may require that answers to questions on the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
(3.) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the relevant part of the syllabus set out in the Third Schedule.
(4.) A candidate is required to take the whole of the examination referred to in this regulation at the one time.
Prescribed examination for candidates for an extra first class certificate.
45.—(1.) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed examination for candidates for an extra first class certificate consists of two Parts, as follows:—
Part A.
(a) a paper in Theory of Machines (Mechanics of Fluids);
(b) a paper in Strength and Properties of Materials;
(c) a paper in Applied Thermodynamics;
(d) a paper in Marine Heat Engines;
Part B.
(e) an essay, on a subject chosen by the candidate, being one of two subjects set for the purpose;
(f) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(g) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(h) a paper in Machine Design (Drawing); and
(i) a paper in Engineering Knowledge.
(2.) Each paper (other than the paper in Machine Design (Drawing)) and the essay referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be a three-hour paper or essay, as the case may be.
(3.) The paper in Machine Design (Drawing) shall be a six-hour paper consisting of two subjects for drawing of which one only is to be attempted.
(4.) The paper in Engineering Knowledge may require that answers to questions on the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
(5.) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the syllabus set out in the Fourth Schedule.
Method of taking examination for extra first class certificate.
46.—(1). In this regulation—
“Part A” means Part A of the examination referred to in the last preceding regulation;
“Part B” means Part B of the examination referred to in the last preceding regulation.
(2.) A candidate is required to take the whole of Part A at the one time and the whole of Part B at the one time.
(3.) A candidate is not entitled to take Part B unless—
(a) he has passed in Part A; or
(b) he takes Part A at the same time as he takes Part B.
(4.) A candidate referred to in paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation who fails in Part A but passes in Part B is entitled to be credited with a pass in Part B and may apply to take Part A again at any subsequent examination.
Notification of examination results.
47.—(1.) Where a candidate who has sat for his first examination, or the first part of his examination, for a certificate is not entitled, under section 18 of the Act, to have the certificate delivered to him, the examiner shall issue to him a notification of the results of his examination, after confirmation by the Principal Examiner, in accordance with Form 2 or, in the case of a candidate for an extra first class certificate, in accordance with such form as the Minister approves.
(2.) The results of each examination for which a candidate has sat shall, after confirmation by the Principal Examiner, be entered in the form issued under the last preceding sub-regulation by the examiner and the form shall then be returned to the candidate for retention by him.
Exemptions.
48.—(1.) Where a candidate for the examination referred to in regulation 39 of these Regulations has attended a course of instruction approved by the Principal Examiner covering not less than three of the four subjects in Part A of that examination and has passed the appropriate examination in all the subjects of the course at the termination of the course, the Principal Examiner may grant the candidate exemption from those subjects in Part A that are covered by the course.
(2.) Where a person who has been granted exemption from the subject of Applied Mechanics or the subject of Heat and Heat Engines or both of those subjects under the last preceding sub-regulation becomes a candidate for the examination referred to in regulation 42 of these Regulations, the Principal Examiner may grant the candidate exemption from the subject of that name or the subjects of those names, as the case may be, in that examination.
(3.) The Principal Examiner may grant a candidate for the examination referred to in regulation 39 or 42 of these Regulations exemption from any of the subjects in Part A of that examination if the Principal Examiner is satisfied that, because of the special qualifications of the candidate, the taking of the examination in that subject by the candidate is unnecessary.
(4.) A candidate for an examination under these Regulations who has passed in a subject of the examination for a certificate of competency as extra first class engineer, first class engineer or second class engineer conducted by the government of the United Kingdom, or by the government of a country recognized under a law in force in the United Kingdom (being a certificate of competency that corresponds to a certificate under these Regulations) is, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, exempted from the subject of the examination under these Regulations that corresponds, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, to that first-mentioned subject.
(5.) An exemption under the last preceding sub-regulation operates for a period of six months, or in special cases such longer period, not exceeding twelve months, as the Principal Examiner approves, from the date on which he passed in the subject as provided in that sub-regulation.
Exemption— transition al provision.
A candidate for an examination referred to in this Part who was, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, entitled, under the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1941, to be credited with a pass in a subject in an examination under those Regulations, is exempt from the subject in that first-mentioned examination that corresponds, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, to that first-mentioned subject.
Penalties for failure.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part—
(a) a candidate who, within any period of three months, fails three times in Part A, or three times in Part B, of an examination referred to in this Part is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding six months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case;
(b) a candidate—
(i) who fails in any examination, whether written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge in an examination referred to in this Part; and
(ii) whose answers to questions in that examination show, in the opinion of the examiner, that he lacks knowledge of subjects that form a vital part of a marine engineer’s daily work,
is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding six months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case; and
(c) a candidate—
(i) who fails in an examination; and
(ii) whose answers to questions in that examination show, in the opinion of the examiner, that he lacks knowledge of fundamental principles or are, in the opinion of the examiner, generally defective,
is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding three months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case.
Conduct in examination room.
A candidate who conducts himself, in the opinion of the examiner, in an improper manner in the examination room may be removed from the room at any time whether or not be has completed the examination.
Part IV.—Certificates.
Sub-grades of certificates of competency.
52.—(1.) For the purpose of sub-section (1.) of section 15 of the Act, each grade of certificate of competency specified in column 1 of the table in this regulation is divided into the sub-grades specified in column 2 of that table opposite to that grade.
Column 1.
Column 2.
Grade.
Sub-Grade.
First class engineer...............
First class engineer of a steamship
First class engineer of a motorship
First class engineer, steamship and motorship
Second class engineer.............
Second class engineer of a steamship
Second class engineer of a motorship
Second class engineer, steamship and motorship
(2.) The holder of a certificate of competency of the grade of extra first class engineer shall be deemed to be the holder of a certificate of competency of any of the sub-grades specified in column 2 of the table in the last preceding sub-regulation.
(3.) The holder of a certificate of competency of a sub-grade specified in column 1 of the table in this sub-regulation shall be deemed to be the holder of a certificate of competency of the sub-grade, or of any of the sub-grades, specified in column 2 of that table opposite to that first-mentioned sub-grade.
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Form of certificates of competency.
For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, a certificate of competency shall be in accordance with Form 3.
Form of permits to serve.
For the purposes of section 18a of the Act, a permit to serve shall be in accordance with Form 4.
Fee for duplicate certificate or permit
A person shall not be issued with a certified copy of a certificate of competency or permit to serve under section 21 of the Act unless he pays the fee fixed by the Minister in respect of the matter for the purposes of this regulation or the Minister determines that that fee is not payable by that person.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Form 1. Regulation 35.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964.
TESTIMONIAL OF SEA SERVICE.
(Here insert the name and address of the shipowner.)
I certify that the following is a full and true statement of the sea service performed by (here insert name of the person being reported upon)
(a) Strike out whichever is inapplicable.
(a) as Chief Engineer
(a) under the supervision of (here insert the name of the Chief Engineer)
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:490.3pt; margin-left:2pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:19.5pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:87.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>Period of Service.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:141.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>Rank of officer and seniority on watch.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:104.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>Types of main engines and boilers.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:141pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>Classification of duties in accordance with the table on the back of this form.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:17.75pt"><td style="width:42.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>From</span></p></td><td style="width:41.4pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span>To.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:79.45pt"><td style="width:42.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:41.4pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:141.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:141pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:11.05pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:112.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span>Report as to ability</span></p></td><td style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.05pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:112.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span>Report as to conduct</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:10.55pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:112.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span>Report as to sobriety</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:10.55pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:112.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span>Remarks (if any)</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:46.2pt"></td><td style="width:45.4pt"></td><td style="width:25.25pt"></td><td style="width:120.1pt"></td><td style="width:108.35pt"></td><td style="width:145pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
(Signature of person giving the testimonial) (Countersignature.) / /19 .
[Back of Form 1.]
Classification of Duties.
I On fitters’ work, whether or not on regular watch—
(a) within main engine and boiler spaces; or
(b) outside main engine and boiler spaces.
II. (a) On refrigerating or other machinery not essential to the propulsion of the vessel.
(b) On auxiliary engines separated from main propelling units but worked in conjunction therewith.
III. On regular watch on main engines as—
(a) senior in full charge of the entire watch;
(b) first engine room assistant under the senior in full charge;
(c) second engine room assistant; or
(d) junior engine room assistant.
IV. On regular watch on main boilers—
(a) in charge of all stokeholds;
(b) in charge of a section or one stokehold only; or
(c) as boiler room assistant.
V. On regular watch on main engines and boilers simultaneously as—
(a) senior in full charge of the entire watch;
(b) first assistant to the senior in full charge; or
(c) junior assistant
First Schedule—continued.
Form 2. Regulation 47.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964.
NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINATION RESULTS.
Name of Candidate................................ Address........................................
* Insert “Exempt”, “Passed”, “Failed”, or “Not Assessed”.
(Signature of examiner.)
First Schedule—continued.
Form 3.
Regulation 53.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY AS(a)
(a) Insert grade or sub-grade of certificate.
To: (b)
(b) Insert name of person to whom certificate is to be granted.
Whereas you have been found duly qualified to fulfil the duties of(a) in the Merchant Service, the Minister of State for Shipping and Transport, in exercise of his powers under the Navigation Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby grants you this Certificate of Competency.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.
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Regulation 54.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964.
PERMIT TO SERVE AS FIRST CLASS ENGINEER.
(a) Insert name of person to whom permit is to be granted.
To: (a)
(b) Insert extra first class or first class.
Whereas you have been found duly qualified, but for sub-section (1.) of section 18a of the Navigation Act, to be granted a certificate of competency as(b)
engineer, the Minister of State for Shipping and Transport, in exercise of his powers under that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby grants you this Permit to Serve as first-class engineer of a ship registered in Australia.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.
Image unavailable in extracted textSECOND SCHEDULE.
Regulations 39 and 41.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR A SECOND CLASS CERTIFICATE.
Part A.
Mathematics.
Arithmetic.—Conversion of physical quantities involving length, area, volume or force from one system of units to another. Ratio and proportion. Percentages.
Algebra.—Indices, including fractional and negative types. Use of common logarithms for multiplication, division, powers and roots. Use of Naperian logarithms. Simplification of algebraic expressions. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of algebraic functions. Re-arrangement of formulae. Factorization. Algebraic fractions. Squares and cubes of polynomials such as (a ± b)2 and (a ± b)3. Simple equations. Quadratic equations and solution by factorisation or by completing the square. Proof of general formula for solution. Simultaneous equations, either two linear equations or one linear and one quadratic. Variation, direct and inverse.
Graphical work.—Simple graphs of statistics. The graph y = ax + b either from calculated values or from experimental results. Calculation of constants from graph. Graphical solutions of simple simultaneous equations involving two unknowns. Graph of y = ax2 + bx + c and graphical solution of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0.
Trigonometry.—Measurement of angles in decrees and radians. Complementary and supplementary angles. Sine, cosine, and tangent of angles up to 360°. Solution of right-angled triangles. Proof of sine and cosine rules. Solution of triangles by these rules. Solution of simple trigonometric equations. Expansion of sin (A — B) and cos (A —B).
Geometry.—Properties of triangles. Sum of the angles. Relation between exterior and interior angles. Isosceles and equilateral triangles. Similar and congruent triangles. The circle. Properties of chords and tangents. Angles in the same segment. Angles at the centre and circumference.
Second Schedule—continued.
Mensuration.—Areas of triangle, polygon, parallelogram, trapezium, circle, sector and segment of a circle and ellipse. Areas of oblique sections of regular solids of uniform cross-section. Area and mean height by mid-ordinate rule and by Simpson’s first rule. Ratio of areas of similar figures. Volumes and surface areas of prisms, Pyramids, frustums, spheres, cylinders and cones. Ratio of volume of similar solids. Solids of revolution.
Applied Mechanics.
General.—Applications of areas and volumes to problems such as the weight of engine components. Specific gravity. Simpson’s first rule as applied to areas and volumes.
Statics.—Force. Gravitational units. Force as a vector. Triangle and polygon of forces. Resultant and equilibrant of a system of concurrent coplanar forces. Equilibrium of three coplanar forces. Moment of a force. Couples. Moments of areas and volumes. Centroids and centres of gravity (limited to geometrical shapes). Conditions of equilibrium of solids. Inclined plane. Necessary force applied parallel to the plane to pull body up or down the plane or to hold it stationary (including effect of friction). Work done at uniform speed up the plane.
Friction.—Laws of friction for dry surfaces. Coefficient of friction. Friction angle. Energy and power lost due to friction in simple bearings.
Kinematics.—Linear motion. Graphs and equations for displacement, speed, velocity and uniform acceleration. Simple cases of vector change of velocity and the acceleration produced. Relative velocities in one plane only. Angular motion. Equations for displacement, velocity and uniform acceleration.
Dynamics.—Work and power. Horse-power. Problems with constant force or force with linear variation. Energy. Conservation of energy. Potential energy. Kinetic energy of translation. Newton’s laws of motion. Momentum and rate of change of momentum. Centrifugal force and its application to conical pendulum, unloaded governor, curved tracks and machine parts. Stress in thin rim due to centrifugal action.
Machines.—Simple lifting machine. Graphs of load-effort and load-efficiency. Linear law. Velocity ratio, mechanical advantage and efficiency of the following machines: wheel and axle, differential wheel and axle, rope pulley blocks, differential pulley blocks, screw jack, Warwick screw, hydraulic jack, worm-driven chain blocks and single and double purchase crab winches. Reduction gearing.
Stress and strain.—Direct stress and strain. Shear stress. Hooke’s law. Modulus of elasticity. Ultimate tensile stress. Yield stress. Limit of proportionality. Percentage elongation and reduction of area. Working stress. Factor of safety. Stress due to restricted expansion or contraction of single members.
Beams.—Cantilevers and simply supported beams with concentrated or uniformly distributed loads. Shearing force and bending moment diagrams. Stress due to bending, given the fundamental bending equation and the second moment of area of the section.
Torsion.—Twisting moment due to engine crank mechanism. Strength and stiffness of solid or hollow shafts of circular cross-section given the fundamental torsion equation and the polar second moment of area. Power transmitted by shafts. Coupling bolts.
Thin shells.—Circumferential and longitudinal stress in thin cylindrical and spherical shells subject to internal pressure.
Joints.—Strength of the following joints: single, double and treble riveted lap and butt joints and butt welded joints.
Hydrostatics.—Archimedes’ principle. Equilibrium of floating bodies. Specific gravity. Constant weight hydrometer. Variation of fluid pressure with depth. Total force due to liquid pressure on immersed plane surfaces, horizontal or vertical. Centre of pressure on a rectangular vertical plane surface or triangular plane surface, both with one edge parallel to the surface of the liquid.
Hydraulics.—Full bore flow of liquid through pipes under constant load. Flow through orifice. Coefficients of velocity, contraction of area and discharge.
Heat and Heat Engines.
Elements.—Temperature and thermometric scales. Conversion from Centigrade to Fahrenheit and vice versa. Linear and volumetric expansion due to temperature changes. Coefficients and the relationship between them.
Second Schedule—continued.
Heat and Heat Transfer.—Heat units: B.Th.U., C.H.U., gram-calorie. Specific heat. Mechanical equivalent of heat. Heat equivalent of horse-power. Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. Laws of conduction and radiation and simple applications with given formulae.
Mixtures.—Heat and temperature problems involving not more than three substances. Water equivalent.
Gases.—Boyle’s and Charles’ laws for perfect gases. Absolute temperature. Characteristic equation. Constant R and its use in simple problems. Isothermal and adiabatic expansion and compression. Relation between P, V and T when PVn = constant. Specific heats CP and Cv and the relationship between them.
I.C. engines and air compressors.—Elementary principles and cycles of operation. Calculation of work done from given formulae. Cam diagrams for I.C. engines, angles of cam peak centre lines relative to crank.
Properties of steam.—Change of state. Sensible heat. Latent heat. Wet, dry-saturated and superheated steam and the quantities of heat involved. Use of abridged steam tables. Specific volume of steam under various conditions. Throttling. Separating and throttling calorimeters. Boiler efficiency. Equivalent evaporation. Use of steam tables in simple problems referring to condensers. Effect of air leakage.
Reciprocating steam engine.—Hypothetical and actual indicator diagrams. Diagram factor. Mean effective pressure and work done (assuming PV = C). Indicated and brake horse-power. Advantages of using steam expansively and of compounding. Mean referred pressure. Steam consumption per hour and per horse-power-hour. Thermal, mechanical and overall efficiencies of simple and compounded engines. Heat balance for engine and boiler trials. Simple slide and piston valves with outside or inside steam admission. Use of valve diagrams to determine angle of advance, lap, lead and port opening for a given valve travel.
Combustion.—Solid and liquid fuels. Higher and lower calorific values. Chemical equations for complete combustion. Theoretical minimum air required. Excess air.
Refrigeration.—Vapour-compression cycle. Refrigerating effects. Capacity of a machine expressed as “tons of ice per 24 hours from and at 32° F.”.
Boilers and evaporators.—Change of density due to contaminated feed.
Drawing.
The drawing paper will consist of a test of the ability to apply the principles of projection. Candidates will be asked to draw a plan, elevation or section, or a combination of these views, of a piece of marine machinery from information supplied. All the required information for the completion of the drawing will be given in the paper.
Part B.
Electrotechnology.
General—Effects of electric current—chemical, magnetic, thermal and production of light. Production of c.m.f. by chemical, magnetic, thermal and light means.
The electric circuit.—Units—ampere, ohm and volt. Ohm’s law. Series and parallel circuits of sources of e.m.f. and of resistances. Current distribution in simple circuits. Difference between e.m.f. and p.d. Power and energy. Relationships between heating, mechanical and electrical units. Joule’s equivalent. Conductor resistance, effect of length, area, material and temperature. Specific resistance. Temperature coefficient of resistance. Types of insulation. Wheatstone network bridge, slide wire bridge. Applications to steering gears, resistance pyrometers, strain gauges, &c.
Electrolytic action.—Theory of electrolytic dissociation applied to common solutions, acidulated water, copper sulphate and salt water. Uses of electrolysis. Faraday’s laws. Electro-chemical equivalent.
Cells.—Primary (wet or dry Leclanche) and secondary (acid or alkaline) types. Construction and principles. Maintenance, charging. Watt-hour and ampere-hour efficiencies.
Magnetism and electromagnetism.—Simple magnetic theory. Magnetic field. Lines of force. Field strength. Field intensity. Magnetic fields due to current in straight conductors, loops, coils and solenoids. Relative directions of current and field. Effect of iron. Flux density. Total flux. Permeability. Typical B/H and µ/B curves.
Second Schedule—continued.
Electro-magnetic induction.—Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws. Magnitude and direction of induced e.m.f. Force produced on a current carrying conductor.
Alternating current theory,—The sinusoidal wave, frequency, maximum, r.m.s. and average values. Vector representation of a.c. quantities. Phase difference. The a.c. circuit. Inductance and its effect on the circuit. The capacitor. Capacitance and its effect on the circuit. The general series circuit. Relationship between resistance, reactance and impedance. Simple treatment of power factor.
Instruments.—Principles and function of switchboard indicating instruments. Moving-coil, moving-iron and dynamometer types. Uses of shunts and series resistances to increase the range. The current transformer and potential transformer for instrument work (description and simple explanation).
Testing methods and measurements.—Resistance measured by ammeter-voltmeter, by bridge and by instrument. Simple ohmmeter and insulation testing. General insulation, continuity and millivolt-drop testing. Fault tracing. Temperature measurement by resistance.
Circuits.—Single-wire, 2-wire, 3-wire and ring main systems for d.c. Use of fuses and circuit-breakers. Use of earth lamps. Simple reference to the balancer. Simple explanation of the alternator as a generating unit. Parallel running and synchronising procedure.
Electrical machines.—Constructional details of the d.c. generator and motor. Action of commutator. Simple approach to lap and wave windings. Methods of supplying the field—separate excitation, shunt, series and compound windings.
D.C. generators.—Constructional details. Protection. E.m.f. and load voltage equation. Brief treatment of theory of self-excitation. Load characteristics. Methods of voltage control. Parallel operation procedure.
D.C. motors.—Constructional details. Need for starters. Types of starter. Speed and torque equations. Load characteristics. Speed control.
Electric ignition for I.C. engines.—Coil and magnets systems. Starting arrangements. Maintenance requirements.
Naval Architecture.
General.—Displacement. Wetted surface. Block, mid-section, prismatic and water-plane area coefficients. Tons per inch immersion. Application of Simpson’s first rule to areas and volumes.
Draught and buoyancy.—Alteration of mean draught due to change in density of water. Buoyancy and reserve buoyancy. Effect of bilging amidship compartments.
Transverse stability.—Shift of centre of gravity due to addition or removal of ballast, fuel, or cargo. Stability at small angles of heel (given the second moment of area of the waterplane or formulae). The inclining experiment.
Resistance and propulsion.—Comparison of skin frictional resistance of hull with model at different speeds. Rt — f.S.Vn. Admiralty and fuel coefficients. Relation between speed of vessel and fuel consumption with constant displacement and assuming that resistance varies as (speed)n. Elementary treatment of propeller. Pitch, apparent slip, real slip, wake, thrust and power.
Structural strength.—Simple problems on strength of structural members to resist liquid pressure. Loading due to head of liquid.
Ship construction.—Common terms used in the measurement of steel ships, e.g. length between perpendiculars, breadth overall, moulded depth, draught and freeboard. Definitions of ship-building terms in general use. Descriptions and sketches of structural members in ordinary types of steel ships. Machinery seating arrangements. Watertight doors. Hatches. Rudders. Propellers. Stern tubes. Watertight bulkheads. Double bottoms. Anchors and cables. Precautions necessary before entering empty oil fuel or ballast tanks.
The preservation in good condition of the ship’s structure, in particular the bilges, bunkers, tanks under boilers and watertight doors.
Ventilation arrangements (natural and mechanical) for pump rooms in tankers and for holds, coal bunkers and oil tanks.
Second Schedule—continued.
Storage of coal.—Spontaneous combustion. Danger of explosion from gas given off by coal.
Fire detection and extinction arrangements for passengers and cargo spaces. Fire precautions in port and dry dock. Fore and aft peak tanks, double bottom and deep tank filling and pumping arrangements. Compartmental drainage. Levelling arrangements for damaged side compartments.
Dry docking and maintenance of underwater fittings.
Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates).
(a) The general effects of various treatments on the physical properties of materials commonly used in the construction of marine engines and boilers, and the mechanical tests to which these materials are normally subjected.
(b) Heat and Combustion. The properties of steam, fuel lubricants and other liquids, gases and vapours used in machinery on board ship.
(c) The use, constructional details and principles involved in the action of the pressure gauge, thermometer, pyrometer, barometer, salinometer, hydrometer and other meters commonly used by engineers on board ship.
(d) The causes, effects and usual remedies for incrustation and corrosion. Feed water and blow densities, and scale formation.
(e) Constructional details and working principles of marine engines; methods of determining their brake horse powers. The principles of working and methods of calibration of dynamometers and torsion meters.
(f) The methods of dealing with wear and tear of machinery and boilers. The alignment of machinery parts. The correction of defects due to flaws in material or accident. Temporary or permanent repairs in the event of derangement or total breakdown.
(g) Constructional details and principles of action of pumps fitted in ships. The general requirements concerning feed, fuel, bilge and ballast pumping systems.
(h) The constructional arrangement, details and working of steering-engines and gears, refrigerating machinery, hydraulic and other auxiliary machinery, and such steam and internal combustion engines as are used for emergency and auxiliary machinery on board ship.
(i) Application of the indicator. Calculation of mean pressure and horsepower. Fluctuation of pressure in the cylinder as shown by indicator diagrams.
(j) Precautions against fire or explosions due to oil or gas. Flash point. Explosive properties of gas or vapour given off by fuel or lubricating oils when mixed with a quantity of air. The danger of leakage from oil tanks, pipes, gas producers and vaporizers, particularly in bilges and other unventilated spaces. The action of wire gauze diaphragms and the places in which such devices should be fitted.
(k) Spontaneous combustion of coal. Explosive properties of gas given off by coal.
(l) Fire detection. Methods of dealing with fire. Action and maintenance of mechanical and chemical fire extinguishers and other fire-fighting appliances, respirators and safety lamps.
Engineering Knowledge (Steam).
(a) The methods of constructing marine steam engines and boilers, the process to which the several parts are submitted or which are incidental to their manufacture and the methods employed in fitting the machinery on board ship.
(b) The various types of propelling and auxiliary machinery now in use, the functions of each important part and the attention required by the different parts of the machinery on board ship.
(c) The methods of testing and altering the setting of the steam admission and exhaust valves, and the effect produced in the working of the engine by definite alterations in the setting of the valves.
(d) The constructional details and working of evaporators, feed water heaters and feed water filters.
Second Schedule—continued.
(e) Marine boilers of various modern designs; the manner of staying them, and also the prevention of movement of boilers when vessels are pitching or rolling. The determination by calculation of suitable working pressures for boilers of given dimensions.
(f) The use and management of boiler fittings and mountings, with special reference to water-gauges and safety valves. Precautions necessary when raising steam and operating stop valves, with particular reference to the danger arising from water-hammer action.
(g) Constructional details, operation and maintenance of installations generally employed for assisting draught, super-heating steam and burning coal or oil fuel.
Engineering Knowledge (Motor).
(a) The principles underlying the working of internal combustion engines. The differences between various types of engines. Constructional details of internal combustion engines in general use.
(b) The nature and properties of the fuel and lubricating oils generally used in internal combustion engines. The supply of air and fuels to cylinders of engines of different types. The constructional details of apparatus for carburetting or atomising the fuel. The means of cooling the cylinders and pistons. Constructional details and working of air compressors.
(c) The methods of constructing marine internal combustion engines. The processes to which the several parts are submitted or which are incidental to their manufacture and the methods employed in fitting the machinery on board ship.
(d) Starting and reversing arrangements and the various operations connected therewith.
(e) The attention required for the operation and maintenance of the various parts of machinery. The use and management of valves, pipes, connections and safety devices employed.
(f) Enumeration and description of defects arising from working of machinery. The remedy for such defects.
(g) Constructional details and management of auxiliary steam boilers, their fittings and mountings, with special reference to water-gauges and safety valves. Constructional details and management of auxiliary machinery. Draught. Combustion equipment, oil fuel equipment.
Oral Examination in Engineering Knowledge.
The oral examination will be largely based upon the subjects in this Part and will include questions on the management of engines and boilers at sea, the duties of the supervising engineer, the work to be done to engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery in port and the periodical examination of the working parts.
Candidates should also be well acquainted with machinery and boiler casualties which may occur at sea and be able to state how these may be prevented and remedied.
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Regulations 42 and 44.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR A FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATE.
Part A.
Applied Mechanics,
Statics.—Laws of equilibrium. Moments and couples. Polygon of forces. Rapson’s slide.
Friction.—Law of dry friction. Friction angle. Friction clutches. Friction on inclined plane. Friction on threads. Work done against friction.
Kinematics.—Linear and angular motion with constant acceleration. Gravitational acceleration. Velocity-time graphs.
Third Schedule—continued.
Relative velocity and acceleration.—Effect of a current on the velocity and course of a ship. Relative velocity between bodies moving in different planes.
Dynamics.—Newton’s law of motion. The force equation. Atwood machine. Acceleration of connected bodies. Effect of simple air resistance on motion under the effect of gravity. The torque equation. Conservation of momentum. Kinetic energy of translation and of rotation. Flywheels. Potential energy. Conservation of energy. Impulsive forces. Centrifugal force. Porter governor with sleeve friction. Simple harmonic motion. Simple pendulum. Simple vibrations. Dynamic balancing of masses rotating in one plane. Basic dynamics of the engine mechanism. Use of piston velocity and acceleration formulae. Derivation of piston displacement formula.
Stress and strain.—Direct stress and strain and modulus of elasticity. Shear stress and strain and modulus of rigidity. Stresses on oblique planes. Strength of simple connections such as cottered or screwed joints. Resilience due to direct stress. Suddenly applied loads.
Compound bars.—Effects of direct loading and of temperature changes.
Beams.—S.F. and B.M. diagrams for cantilevers and simply supported beams. Stress in beams of simple section. Use of simple deflection formulae.
Torsion.—Torsion equations for solid and hollow round shafts. Torsion of shaft fitted with liner. Horse-power transmitted. Close coiled helical spring.
Struts.—Eccentric loading of short columns. Use of strut formulae.
Thin shells.-—Stresses in thin shells. Design of riveted joints. Use of boiler shell design formulae.
Hydrostatics.—Flotation in two liquids of different specific gravities. Total force and centre of pressure on immersed surfaces such as tanks and bulkheads.
Hydraulics.—Bernoulli’s equation applied to simple flow problems. Venturi meter. Flow through orifices under constant head. Force exerted by a jet on a flat surface perpendicular to the jet. Blade angle diagrams for a centrifugal pump.
Heat and Heat Engines.
Elements.—Expansion of solids and liquid including coefficient of apparent cubical expansion. First law of thermodynamics and its application to steady flow conditions. Formulae for work done associated with the formula PVn = C.
Heat transfer.—Conduction (excluding log mean temperature difference). Radiation.
Properties of steam.—Sensible heat; latent heat; enthalpy; internal energy; volume. Use of steam tables and entropy. Throttling and separating calorimeter.
Mixtures.,—Heat and temperature problems involving two or more substances.
Gases.—Boyle’s law. Charles’ law. Characteristic equation. Relations between P, V and T when PVn = C. Determination of n from graph connecting P and V. Proof of the formula CP — Cv = R/J Calculations for expansions and compressions on air compressors, internal combustion engines, air pumps and air storage. Simple applications of Dalton’s law of partial pressures.
Gas cycles.—Use of entropy charts. Constant volume cycle. Diesel cycle. Open and closed cycles for gas turbines. Indicated and brake thermal efficiencies. Mechanical efficiency. Overall efficiency. Morse test.
Expansion of steam.—Throttling. Hypothetical PV diagrams. Work done, m.e.p., diagram factor, including effect of clearance. Compounding. Mean referred pressure. Total power. Combined diagrams. Reuleaux valve diagram.
Steam cycle.—Use of entropy charts. Basic Rankine cycle. Heat drop in reciprocating engines and in turbines. Effect on thermal efficiency of such modifications as superheating, exhaust turbine and regenerative feed heating. Equivalent evaporation. Efficiencies.
Density and scale.—Basic calculations on the effect of condenser leakage and impure feed on the density and scale in boilers. Basic calculations on evaporator performance.
Third Schedule—continued.
Turbines.—Basic cycle and its modifications. Flow through nozzles (excluding proof of critical pressure ratio). Blade diagrams for impulse and reaction turbines. Force on blades. Work done on blades. Use of total heat charts to determine steam condition at various stages.
Combustion.—Combustion equations. Calculation of theoretical air required. Determinations of calorific value. Avogadro’s hypothesis. Basic analysis of exhaust gases. Relation between volumetric and weight analysis of a gas mixture. CO2 content of exhaust gases.
Refrigeration.—Reversed Carnot cycle. Vapour compression cycle. Use of vapour tables. Coefficient of performance.
Part B.
Electrotechnology.
Units.—C.G.S. system. M.K..S. system.
The magnetic circuit.—B-H and B-AT/cm curves. Their effect on the design of simple magnetic circuits involving an air gap. Hysteresis. Electromagnetism. Mutual induction.
The electric circuit.—Kirchhoff’s laws. Parallel operation of batteries with unequal e.m.f.s. and differing internal resistances.
Distribution problems. Volt-drop. Single and doubly fed distributors. Ring mains.
Distribution systems. D.c. 2-wire and 3-wire. A.c. single-phase and three-phase 3-wire and 4-wire. Comparison of copper required.
Balancer in 3-wire d.c. system.
Motor starters.—Automatic types—reference to time and current control. The drum controller for series motors.
Applications, etc.—Parallel operation of shunt and compound generators. Equalising bar. Load sharing treated qualitatively. Applications to Ward Leonard systems. Steering gear. Suitability of d.c. motors for the various types of work.
Faults and maintenance of machines. Overheating due to mechanical and electrical defects. Sparking at brushes. Loss of residual magnetism. Testing machines—use of the megger.
Simple calculations on starters.
General A.C.—Production of an alternating waveform. The sine law. Frequency; amplitude, instantaneous and maximum values. Relation between frequency, number of poles and speed of a machine. R.M.S. and average values. Form factor.
Representation of an alternating quantity by means of vectors to give instantaneous and R.M.S. values.
The series circuit.—Resistance, inductance and impedance. Current and voltage relationships. Use of vectors. Power, apparent power (V.A.) reactive volt-amp and power factor. The impedance triangle. Reactive and active components of current.
The parallel circuit.—Treatment by vectors only of fairly simple circuits. Capacitance and the application of capacitors to power factor improvement. The desirability of high power factors.
Three-phase systems.—Star and delta (mesh) connections for supplies and loads. Phase and line relationships. Power. Three-phase 4-wire distributor. The application to the rotating magnetic field.
Alternators.—Construction. E.m.f. equation. Synchronising and reference to load sharing.
Induction motors.—Construction. Slip. Reference to rotor e.m.f. and frequency. Typical torque-speed curves. Wound, slip ring and cage types. Description of double wound type. Starting methods.
Synchronous motors.—Construction. Starting methods. Reference to use for power factor correction.
Comparison.—General comparison of single-phase and three-phase systems bringing out the saving in cost of a three-phase system.
Third SCHEDULE—continued.
Propulsion.—Types using d.c. and a.c. machines. Turbo-electric drives; starting methods; speed changing. Advantages and disadvantages of electrical propulsion.
Single-phase motors.—Description of general common types. Starting.
Transformers.—Elementary principles and general description.
Instruments.—Simple treatment (qualitative) of dynamometer, wattmeter, frequency meter, power factor meter, rotary synchroscope.
Naval Architecture.
General.—Form coefficients. Welted surface formulae. Simpson’s first rule applied to areas, moment of areas, second moments of areas, volumes, moments of volumes, centroids and centres of pressure.
Transversability.—Centre of gravity. Centre of buoyancy. Metacentre. Moment of statical stability. GZ curves. Cross curves of stability. Hydrostatic curves commonly supplied to ships. Effect of free liquid surface and subdivision of tanks. Dangers due to water accumulation during fire-fighting. Effect of suspended weights. Practical requirements to ensure stability at sea. Management of water and fuel tanks. Filling and emptying tanks at sea.
Longitudinal stability.—Longitudinal BM and GM and statical stability. Centre of flotation and its calculation. Moment to change trim by one inch.
Draughts, trim and heel.—Changes due to adding or removing fuel ballast or cargo. Changes due to alteration in density of sea water. Changes due to bilging of compartments, using the lost buoyancy and added weight methods. Forces on rudder and stress in rudder stock. Heel when turning, including effect of centrifugal force and of rudder.
Resistance and propulsion.—Derivation of Admiralty and fuel coefficients. Consideration of total resistance as the sum of fractional and residuary resistance. The law of corresponding speeds. Froude’s law of comparison. Simple problems on the prediction of full scale resistance from model experiments. Simple problems involving the use of E.H.P., D.H.P., and Q.P.C. Simple problems on propellers. Pitch ratio. Wake factor. True slip. Apparent slip. Thrust and power. Cavitation.
Ship construction.—Forces on ship under various conditions, including the effect of panting and pounding. Construction of all parts of steel ships. Structural fire protection arrangements. Fire detection and extinction arrangements. Fire precautions in port and in dry dock. Storage and ventilation of coal. Danger of explosion of gas given off by coal. Bilge and ballast arrangements. Levelling arrangements for damaged side compartments. Dry docking. Ventilation of holds and oil fuel tanks.
Ship measurement and classification.—Meaning of “classed” and “unclassed” ships. Three island and shelter deck vessels. Common terms used in measurement of modern steel ships. Common terms used in tonnage measurement, e.g., gross tonnage, nett tonnage, propelling power allowance, tonnage hatch.
Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates).
The matters set out for Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates) in the Second Schedule and, in addition, the following matters:—
(a) The administrative duties of a Chief Engineer. The organization of his staff for emergency duties and the use of safety equipment. The organization of repairs and surveys. Reports to owners.
(b) The recognition of irregularity in the running of engines from indicator diagrams. The rectification of these irregularities. Illustration by means of sketches of the change produced in the diagram due to an alteration in the setting or working of the valves or any other factors.
Engineering Knowledge (Steam).
The matters set out for Engineering Knowledge (Steam) in the Second Schedule.
Engineering Knowledge (Motor).
The matters set out for Engineering Knowledge (Motor) in the Second Schedule.
Oral Examination in Engineering Knowledge.
The matters set out for the oral examination in Engineering Knowledge in the Second Schedule.
FOURTH SCHEDULE.
Regulation 45.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR AN EXTRA FIRST CLASS
CERTIFICATE.
Part A.
Theory of Machines (Mechanics of Fluids).
Plane kinematics of simple mechanisms. Instantaneous centres of rotation. Relative velocity of machine parts by calculation and graphic methods. Displacement, velocity and acceleration diagrams. Calculation of displacement velocity and acceleration of slider crank mechanisms. Cams. Theory of shape and action of gear teeth. Helical, bevel worm, spur gearing and gear trains. Inertia forces on engine mechanisms. Balancing of rotating masses, primary balancing of reciprocating parts, secondary balancing of “in line” engines. Turning moment diagrams. Flywheels. Governors. Vibrations of mechanical systems including forced vibration and the effect of viscous damping. Torsional oscillations of shafting. Whirling of shafts. Gyroscopic theory and action. Friction, belt, rope and chain drives, clutches. Lubrication, theory of boundary film lubrication, ball and roller bearings.
Hydrostatics.—Fundamental properties of fluids. Viscosity, surface tension. Resultant pressure on plane surfaces and on surfaces of single curvature, centre of pressure. Vertical stability of the atmosphere.
Hydrodynamics.—Streamline, laminar and turbulent flow, influence of solid boundaries on fluid motion. Bernoulli’s principle, continuity of flow. Distribution of pressure and velocity in free and forced vortices. Resistance of viscous fluid in streamline or turbulent motion. Use of coefficients to correct for resistance and steamline contraction. Measurement of velocity of incompressible flow by Pitot and static pressure tubes, orifices, notches and Venturi meter. Loss of head due to bends, sudden enlargements and contractions—hydraulic gradient. Dynamical similarity. Flow between parallel surfaces and in circular pipes. Critical velocities for flow in pipes. Reynolds’ number, Rayleigh’s formulae. Water-hammer. Impact and reaction of jets. The theory of centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, accumulators and other hydraulic Machines with a marine application.
Strength and Properties of Materials.
Stress and strain—Hooke’s law. Complementary shear stress. Modulus of elasticity. Modulus of rigidity; Poisson’s ratio. Relationships between the elastic constants. Temperature stresses. Complex stress systems. Principal stresses and strains. Resilience, strain energy. Impact loading. Theories of elastic failure.
Shearing force. Bending moments, slope and deflection in freely supported and built-in beams and cantilevers. Distribution of stress in beams. Leaf and flat spiral springs.
Struts subjected to axial and parallel eccentric loadings.
Stresses and strains in thin-walled and thick-walled cylinders under fluid pressure. Compound cylinders.
Torsion of shafts, transmission of power by shafting. Close-coiled and open-coiled helical springs.
Stress and deflection in frameworks treated analytically and graphically.
Mechanical properties of materials, composition and properties of the important ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Thermal equilibrium diagrams, iron carbon diagram, microstructure and macrostructure. Heat treatment and uses of plain and alloy steels. Cast irons including high duty and malleable types. Casting technique for ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Production of ingots and their defects. Effects of cold working. Creep and fatigue of metals. Corrosion and corrosion protection. Welding procedure and examination of welds. Non-destructive methods of metal testing.
Common types of testing machines and instruments. Material testing procedure.
Applied Thermodynamics.
The properties of gases and vapours including variable specific heats. Laws of thermodynamics. Internal energy, total heat and entropy. Mixtures of gases and vapours. Partial pressures.
The Carnot cycle, reversible and irreversible processes.
The representation of throttling, isothermal, adiabatic, isentropic and polytropic processes on energy charts.
Fourth Schedule—continued.
Ideal air and vapour cycles for prime movers, compressors and refrigerators; their representation on energy charts. Efficiency calculations.
Flow of gases and vapours through nozzles and blading.
Elementary heat transfer including conduction through composite walls.
Combustion. Properties of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Calorimetry.
The effects of varying air supply. Analysis of combustion products.
Marine Heat Engines.
Boiler plant testing and efficiency. Air supply and regulation. Condensers, feed heaters, de-aerators, economisers, air heaters, superheaters, reheaters, closed feed systems, evaporators.
Practical steam engine cycles. Effects of superheating, reheating and feed heating. Efficiencies. Turbine nozzle and blade calculations.
The reciprocating steam engine. Compounding.
Practical internal combustion engine cycles. Combustion. Effects of dissociation and variable specific heats.
Refrigeration, including multiple effect evaporation. Heat pump cycles. Carbon dioxide, ammonia, methyl chloride, arcton and sulphur dioxide systems.
Air compressors, air motors. Reciprocating and rotary machines.
Gas turbines, cycles and efficiencies.
The testing and performance of marine heat engines.
Part B.
Essay
The purpose of the Essay is to test a candidate’s ability to compose and write good grammatical English and to express his opinions, conclusions and suggestions in suitably written reports, business letters or essays on subjects connected with the profession or of a more general interest.
Machine Design (Drawing).
To produce a working drawing of any part of marine machinery, boilers, mechanical equipment or parts of a ship’s structure involving the arrangement of constituent members from given particulars, and the design calculations asked for.
Electrotechnology.
Electromagnetism.—Magnetic properties of ferromagnetic material, calculation of ampere turns for composite magnetic circuits, energy stored in magnetic field, self and mutual inductance, effect of inductance or capacitance on d.c. circuits.
Electrostatics.—General principles of electrostatics. Intensity and strength of electric fields. Theorems of Gauss and Coulomb. Potential and capacitance, potential gradient. Condensers—charge and discharge of condensers including oscillatory charge and discharge. Principles of dielectrics.
D.C. Machines.—Construction of d.c. machines. Windings, including multi-turn windings. Equaliser rings. Commutation. Armature reaction, interpoles. Characteristics of all types of d.c. motors and generators. Motor speed and torque—motor starting and control. Simple qualitative treatment of the amplidyne and metadyne, application of amplidyne and metadyne to control of speed, current and voltage. Operation of d.c. generators in series and parallel. Testing of d.c. machines, direct and indirect methods—separation of losses, retardation and regenerative methods of testing. Distribution of d.c. current, 3-wire system, balancers, boosters, ring main systems.
Alternating Current.—Generation of sinusoidal e.m.f. waveform, amplitude and frequency. Values of sinusoidal current and voltage. Calculations on simple circuits involving resistance, capacitance, inductance and resonance. Vector representation. Power factor. Single-phase and three-phase circuits with star and delta connections. Power and energy measurement in three-phase balanced circuits. Transformers, transformation ratios, vector diagrams, voltage regulation and efficiency.
A.C. Machines.—Flux distribution in salient pole and non-salient pole fields. E.m.f. generated in coils and distributed windings. Alternators and their use as synchronous motors. Polyphase induction motors, theory, characteristics and starting arrangements. Parallel operation of a.c. alternators and instruments. Rectifiers for a.c. power circuit.
Fourth Schedule—continued.
Electronics.—The vacuum diode and triode valves. Elementary description of cathode-ray tube, transistors and rectifiers. Elementary treatment of amplifier currents.
Illumination.—Filament and gas discharge types of electric lamps.
Naval Architecture.
Derivation of Simpson’s and Tchebycheff’s rules.
Stability.—Hydrostatic curves, statical curves and cross curves of stability. Dynamical stability. Free surface problems. Grounding.
Subdivision of Passenger Ships.—Floodable length curves and their use.
Strength of Ships.—The trochoidal wave theory. Local and longitudinal strength calculations. Statical strength treated graphically and by calculation. Dynamical effects. Oscillation, rolling and pitching of ships. Simple qualitative treatment of vibrations.
Resistance and Propulsion of Ships.—Model experiments and laws of comparison. Dynamical similarity. Viscosity and its effects on fluid friction. Dimensional analysis and the non-dimensional factor approach to Reynolds’ and Froude’s numbers. Other methods of estimating power, e.g., Admiralty coefficient formula, Taylor’s curves. Circular constants and their use.
Propellers, geometry of the helix, typical triangle of velocities introducing slip and angle of incidence. Thrust, torque and efficiency. Blade element theory—lift and drag on aerofoil section. Axial momentum. Propeller coefficients and their use. Cavitation. Interaction between screw and ship. Hull efficiency and its factors. Overall propulsion coefficient.
Materials used in Ship Building.—Steel, aluminium, notch embrittlement.
Classification Societies’ Rules.—Modern developments in structural design. Discontinuities. The employment of welding. Corrosion and fouling.
General Principles of Load Line Assignment and Tonnage Measurements.
Engineering Knowledge.
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