Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

Regulations made by the Public Service Commissioner in respect of the Training of Cadets, Electrical Engineering Branch, Public Works Department.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912, the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor in Council, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto with respect to the training of cadets, Electrical Engineering Branch, Public Works Department.

The said regulations shall have effect as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BRANCH.—REGULATIONS, TRAINING OF CADETS.

1. CADETS appointed or transferred to the Electrical Engineering Branch of the Public Works Department must have passed the Public Service Senior Examination.

2. The period of training for such cadets shall comprise not less than six months’ clerical work and five years’ professional work, the latter to be served as under, namely,—

(a.) One year at office-work, consisting mainly of drafting. During this period the cadet will be required to attend technical college or University classes in mathematics, physics, and electricity, the Department paying fees and providing books.

(b.) Two years’ shift-work at the Addington Electrical Substation, or any other place approved by the Chief Electrical Engineer, at such hours as may be arranged. During the period the cadet will be required to take the full course for electrical engineering at Canterbury College for two sessions, the Department paying fees and providing books.

(c.) One year at the power-house, Lake Coleridge, or such other power-house as the Chief Electrical Engineer may determine; during the period the cadet will be required to perform tutorial work under one of the staff engineers.

(d.) One year of first-class mechanical workshop training in such Government or private workshop as the Chief Electrical Engineer may determine, provided that such training shall include at least three months each at moulding, turning, and erecting.

The course shall not necessarily be taken in the above order, but may be varied as to sequence as directed by the Chief Electrical Engineer.

3. On the completion of four and a half years’ training the cadet will, on satisfying the Chief Electrical Engineer as to his qualifications, be regarded as qualified for the position of Assistant Electrical Engineer, and may be so graded.

4. After being graded as an Assistant Electrical Engineer the officer will be granted leave of absence for six months (approximately) to attend Canterbury College for one session, in order to enable him to obtain the diploma in electrical engineering. During such leave of absence half-pay, which is in no case to exceed £100 per annum, will be allowed, and the Department will pay all fees and provide books.

5. Assistant Engineers will be required to complete the Entrance Examination for the Associate Membership of the Institute of Civil Engineers and the Associate Membership of the Institute of Electrical Engineers during their fifth year of service, or as soon thereafter as may be directed by the Chief Electrical Engineer.

6. Subject to favourable reports on the diligence and ability of the officer, salary will be paid as follows: For the six months employed on clerical duties, at the rate of £50 per annum, then at the rate of £70 per annum, and thereafter according to scale for the Professional Division.

Any cadet failing to give satisfaction or failing to comply with the conditions above set forth may be required to resign, or may be transferred to any other branch of the Public Service.

As witness my hand this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.