✨ Departmental Examination Requirements
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54
DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS.
GENERAL DIVISION.
| Position. | When held. | Certificates. | Examination. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior officer practising telegraphy | .. | .. | Quarterly; on the 20th March, 20th June, 20th September, and 20th December. |
| Letter-carrier— For promotion to position of Letter-carrier’s Sorter | Any time | .. | Sorting 500 addressed letters: Time-limit, twenty minutes; 97 per cent. to be correctly sorted. In addition, an examination in postal rates and charges and the rules relating to deliveries must be passed. |
CLERICAL DIVISION.
| Position. | When held. | Certificates. | Examination. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officers of the Eighth Class:— | |||
| Cadet (Age, 15–25) | .. | Age, character, health | Proficiency (Standard VI) or Entrance Examination. |
| Counter Clerk (telegraph) | Any time | Ditto | (1.) Proficiency (Standard VI) or Entrance Examination. (2.) Examination in duties, rules, and regulations (called “Counter Clerk’s Junior Examination”). Pass marks, 75 per cent. Time allowed, three hours and a half. |
| Cadet (postal) | Quarterly (except sorting-test, which may be taken at any time) | " | Sorting-test (except for cadets engaged exclusively in money-order and savings-bank duties) and postal knowledge (called “Cadet’s Postal Examination”). Pass marks: Sorting-test, 97 per cent.; postal knowledge, 80 per cent. in the paper dealing with the working of the branch in which officer is principally engaged; 60 per cent. in other paper. Time allowed: Sorting-test, fifteen minutes,* 500 addresses; written portion of examination (two papers), one hour and a half each. |
| Cadet (telegraph) | Any time | " | (1.) Telegraph knowledge (called “Cadet’s Knowledge”). Pass marks, 75 per cent. Time allowed, three hours and a half. (2.) Operating-test (called “Cadet’s Operating”), sending twenty-five, receiving twenty-three, words — ten minutes each way. Pass marks, 99 per cent. (3.) Technical examination (called “Cadet’s Technical Examination”). Pass marks, 50 per cent. Time allowed, three hours. |
| Despatch Clerk (junior) | Any time | .. | (1.) Proficiency (Standard VI). (2.) Examination in duties, rules, and regulations (called “Despatch Clerk’s Junior Examination”). Pass marks, 75 per cent. Time allowed, three hours and a half. |
*An additional five minutes is allowed to cadets who have not been continuously employed in the mail-room for six months prior to taking the test.
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