✨ Engineer Certification Regulations
REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES.
- (a) Any person who proves to the satisfaction of the Board
of Examiners that a certificate of which he was the rightful holder
has been lost or destroyed may obtain a replacement of such certificate.
(b) All applications for replacement of lost or destroyed certificates
must be made on form Marine 378 as set forth in the Schedule
hereto.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE VARIOUS
CERTIFICATES.
EXTRA FIRST-CLASS STATIONARY ENGINEER (COMPETENCY).
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This certificate entitles the holder to drive and have charge
of any stationary steam-engine (other than a winding-engine) and of
any stationary boiler. -
An applicant for examination for the extra first-class stationary
engineer's certificate must—
(a) Be at least twenty-one years of age:
(b) Hold the first-class engine-driver's (or equivalent) certificate :
(c) Forward with his application a fee of £1:
(d) Furnish a testimonial as required by Regulation 15 (c):
(e) Produce satisfactory proof of having worked as an apprentice
engineer for at least five years in a workshop or workshops
where engines are manufactured or repaired, or where work
of a similar nature is performed :
Scope of Examination.
(f) Be proficient in the measurement of superficies and solids, and
the extraction of square and cube roots :
(g) Be able to give a correct description of any class of stationary
engine, including turbines, and of all classes of stationary
boilers used on land, and be able to calculate the strength
of any part of such engine and boiler and understand their
construction :
(h) Be able to describe and be conversant with the construction of
electric motors, dynamos, freezing machinery, economizers,
feed-filters, feed-heaters, evaporators, also forced and induced
draught as applied to boilers :
(i) Be able to show clearly how defects in engines and boilers,
either from natural decay or corrosion, should be remedied :
(j) Possess a creditable knowledge of the prominent facts relating
to combustion, heat, and temperature problems :
(k) Be able to calculate indicator cards, and draw proper conclusions
from cards to be given to him by the Examiner, and answer
questions relative to the adjustment of slide valves and
eccentrics :
(l) Be able to work out lever, dead-weight, spring-balance, and
direct-spring safety-valves, and calculate the size of steel,
&c., in the latter case :
(m) Be able to work out questions relative to strength of copper,
cast-iron, or steel pipes, strength of shafting, and questions
generally that may arise regarding strength of parts of
machinery that he might be called upon to take charge of
in the event of his becoming an extra first-class engineer :
(n) Be able to make a hand-sketch of a working-drawing, without
a copy, of any part of an engine or boiler, and to mark in,
without a copy, all the necessary dimensions in figures so
that the sketch or drawing could be worked from.
FIRST-CLASS ENGINE-DRIVER (COMPETENCY).
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This certificate entitles the holder to drive and have charge
of any stationary steam-engine (other than winding-engines) and of
any boiler. -
An applicant for examination for the first-class engine-driver's
certificate must—
(a) Be at least twenty years of age :
(b) Forward with his application a fee of £1:
(c) Furnish a testimonial as required by Regulation 15 (c):
(d) Produce satisfactory proof of one of the following service
qualifications :—
(1) Having served for four years as an apprentice
engineer in a workshop or workshops where engines are
made or repaired, or where work of a similar nature is
performed :
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NZ Gazette 1931, No 64
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Regulations for Examinations for Certificates under the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources31 August 1931
Examinations, Certificates, Inspection of Machinery Act, Regulations, Fees, Applications, References, Testimonials, Service, Nationality, Age, Medical Certificates, Replacement, Qualifications, Stationary Engineer, Engine-Driver