Section 22 in The Merchant Shipping (Examination Of Engineers In The Merchant) Navy Rules, 1963
22. Nature of Service.
- Service required under rules 20 and 21 must have been performed in foreign-going steamships of not less than 99 nominal horse-power and/or motor ships of not less than 560 brake horse-power as an engineer at sea on regular watch, i.e., on watch for not less than eight out of each 24 hours' service claimed. This service should have been performed as senior engineer in charge of the entire watch, but service as second in seniority on ships propelled by two or more sets of engines, or in large single-screw ships where there are three or more engineers on regular watch at the same time, will also be accepted at full time value. Service below this rank on such ships will count at half rate.Day work will not be accepted.The conditions under which service performed in ships other than foreign-going ships is allowed to count are set out in rules 28 to 35.
