✨ Maritime Certification Requirements
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52
Officer's Service in Merchant Vessels.
| Rank. | Minimum Age. | Total Sea Service (Years). | Year | Lowest Capacity. | Lowest Certificate required. |
|---|
CERTIFICATES FOR “FOREIGN-GOING” FORE-AND-AFT-RIGGED VESSELS.
Second mate..
Only mate ..
First mate ..
Master ..
} Same as for ordinary certificates; except that no service in square-rigged sailing-vessels is required.
CERTIFICATES FOR “FOREIGN-GOING” STEAMSHIPS.
Second mate..
Only mate ..
First mate ..
Master ..
Extra master
} Same as for foreign-going ships; except that the service as officer may have been performed in a steamship, and that no service in square-rigged sailing-vessels is required.
CERTIFICATES FOR HOME-TRADE SHIPS.
Second mate.. | 18 | 3 | .. | No officer's service required .. | None.
Mate .. | 19 | 4 | .. | No officer's service required .. | None.
Master .. | 21 | 5 | 1 | Only mate .. | Mate (home trade), or second mate (foreign-going).
Or
2½ | Second mate in charge of watch .. | Mate (home trade), or second mate (foreign-going).
Or
1½ | Second mate home trade .. | Second mate.
Or
1 | Pilot with first-class pilot's certificate .. | None.
1 | Master of cargo-vessel .. | Master under 25 tons.
1 | Master of a vessel of 50 tons or upwards | Service certificate, 50 tons or upwards.
1½ | Master of a vessel of under 50 tons .. | Service certificate as master of vessel under 50 tons.
| Rank. | Minimum Age. | Total Sea Service. | Lowest Capacity. | Lowest Certificate required. |
|---|
RIVER-STEAMER CERTIFICATE.
Master .. | 21 | 1 year .. .. .. | Deck hand .. | None.
RESTRICTED-LIMITS SAILING-VESSEL OR SHIP PROPELLED BY ANY MECHANICAL POWER OTHER THAN STEAM IN EXTENDED RIVER LIMITS.
Master .. | 21 | 3 years (1 of which in a somewhat similar class of sailing-vessel) | Deck hand .. | None.
CARGO-VESSEL UNDER 25 TONS REGISTER, OR OF A FISHING-VESSEL.
Master .. | 21 | 4 years (1 in same class of vessel) .. | Deck hand .. | None.
SAILING-SHIPS FLYING IN HARBOURS OR RIVERS.
Master .. | 21 | 1 year .. .. .. | Deck hand .. | None.
APPENDIX K.
TEXT-BOOKS TO BE USED IN THE EXAMINATIONS.
“The New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables.” “Tables for Azimuths, Great-circle Sailing, and Reduction to the Meridian.” Published by the New Zealand Marine Department, Wellington, New Zealand.
For Naval Architecture.—“The Modern Practice of Shipbuilding in Iron and Steel,” by Samuel J. P. Thearle. Published by William Collins, Sons, and Co., Vols. I and II.
“Ship-construction and Calculations,” by George Nicol. Published by James Brown and Sons, 52–56 Darnley Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow.
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NZ Gazette 1923, No 52
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NZ Gazette 1923, No 52
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