SEPT. 3.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2507

WINDING-ENGINE DRIVER: ELECTRIC (COMPETENCY).

32. The electric winding-engine driver's certificate entitles the holder
    to drive and have charge of any electrically driven machinery used for
    winding purposes in a mine.

33. An applicant for examination for the electric winding-engine
    driver's certificate must--

(a) Be at least twenty-one years of age:
(b) Forward with his application a fee of £1:
(c) Furnish a testimonial as required by Regulation 15 (c):
(d) Furnish a medical certificate as required by Regulation 19:
(e) Produce satisfactory proof of the following service (except that,
if the applicant is the holder of the steam winding- or the
hydraulic winding-engine driver's certificate, this service will
not be required): That, for at least 160 hours, he has served
as assistant to a certificated electric winding-engine driver
in operating an electric winding-engine by means of which
persons are drawn up, down, or along any shaft, pit, or
inclined plane in a mine, or by means of which material is
raised or lowered when a shaft is being sunk in a mine:
(f) Undergo a practical test on electric winding-machinery and
satisfy an Inspector of Mines and a duly certificated electric
winding-engine driver approved by the said Inspector of
Mines that the candidate is competent to work the said
electric winding-machinery in raising and lowering men in a
mine.

34. The subjects for oral examination shall be as follows:--
    (a) Simple questions connected with electric motors used for
    winding purposes, and their connections.
    (b) The different appliances used to show the position of the cage
    in the shaft or the truck on the plane in which persons or
    materials are conveyed; also the meaning of the different
    signals used in mines or coal-mines.
    (c) The description and uses of the different brakes used for
    machinery of this class.
    (d) The precautions necessary when dealing with high-tension
    circuits, and the means to be adopted for the restoration of
    persons suffering from electric shock.

LOCOMOTIVE AND TRACTION ENGINES.

LOCOMOTIVE- AND TRACTION-ENGINE DRIVER (COMPETENCY).

35. The holder of the locomotive- and traction-engine driver's
    certificate may drive and have charge of any steam-engine propelled
    or moved from place to place by its own motive power or machinery.
    He is deemed also to be the holder of the second-class engine-driver's
    certificate.

36. An applicant for examination for the locomotive- and traction-
    engine driver's certificate must--

(a) Be at least twenty-one years of age:
(b) Forward with his application a fee of £1:
(c) Furnish a testimonial as required by Regulation 15 (c):
(d) Furnish a medical certificate as required by Regulation 19:
(e) Produce satisfactory proof of at least one of the following
service qualifications:--
(1) Having been for at least six months engaged at
firing or steering a steam locomotive- or steam traction-
engine.
(2) Having been for at least six months in charge of a
steam-engine and boiler.

Subjects for Examination.

37. The subjects for oral examination shall be as follows:--
    (a) The candidate must understand the rule of the road, and
    under what conditions traction-engines are allowed to
    travel on public roads and highways.
    (b) He must understand the meanings of all the different lights
    and signals used on railways and railway-crossings in New
    Zealand.
    (c) He must pass an oral examination, to the satisfaction of the
    examining officer, as to the details of the different parts of
    a steam locomotive- and a steam traction-engine, and give
    an explanation on the use of each part.