Section 16 in The Merchant Shipping (Examination Of Engineers In The Merchant) Navy Rules, 1963
16. Further Sea Service.
- Candidates for the endorsement of a Second Class Certificate of Competency must have completed.(a)for the Motor Endorsement of a Steam Certificate, a further period of three months, provided that not less than six months' service in all shall have been service on the main propelling machinery of a motor ship;(b)for the Steam Endorsement of a Motor Certificate, a further period of six months, provided that not less than nine months' service in all shall have been service on the boilers and main propelling machinery of a steamship.This period of at least nine months must have included at least six months' service on the boilers and six months' service on the main propelling machinery but the service on the boilers and on the main propelling machinery may have been simultaneous.
