Section 9 in The Lifeboatmen's (Qualifications and Certificates) Rules, 1963
9. Nature of examination.
(1)The examination shall be aimed at testing the knowledge of candidates in the theory and practice of launching and handling of lifeboats and in their operation and shall consist of three parts, namely "(a)the equipment to be carried in lifeboats;(b)the operation of swinging out and lowering of boats;(c)the handling of the boat afloat.(2)The order of the examination and the probable questions that may be asked thereat are set out in Appendix "B".(3)During the examination, the operation of swinging the boat out from the chocked and griped position shall be repeated several times, the respective positions of the candidates under examination being varied each time.(4)Each candidate shall also be required to act as one of the lowers.
