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DOCKYARD APPRENTICES.
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5. Every Candidate entered must be in pood health
and of sound constitution, and be free, as far as can
be ascertained, from any disease or defeot that would
unfit him for the duties of an Artificer. Hi9 hearing
must be unimpaired; and the sight of both eyes must
be sufficiently good for the performance of any work
that may be required of him. He will be required to
bass a medical examination.
The Medical examination of the Successful Candi-
dates will be held as soon as possible after the result
bf the Educational examination is known.
Candidates will be medically examined at the Royal
Naval Rendezvous, 1 Whitehall Place, London, or at
\ naval port or establishment, or on one of His
Majesty's ships, which will be selected by the Admir-
alty as near as possible to their place of residence.
All Candidates who at the time of their Medical
examination cannot produce Certificates to the satis-
faction of the Examining Officers that they have been
re-vaccinated, must be re vaccinated before they can
be considered eligible for entry.
6. The Educational Examination will be held
by the Civil Service Commissioners in London,
Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee- and Glasgow, as
well as at the several Dockyards, and will take
place in the month of April in each year. The
exact date may be ascertained by application to the
Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington
Gardens, London, W., on or after the 1st January
In each year. A fee of 2s. 6d. will be required from
each Candidate attending the Examination.
7. The Subjects of Examination and the maximum
number of marks obtainable in each subject are as
follows :—
Maximum Marks.
Arithmetic 260
Mathematics 300
English 300
History and Geography 250
Science 300
Drawing 100
Total . . 1,500
The Syllabus of the Examination is as follows :—
Mathematics. — Properties of angles, triangles,
quadrilaterals, circles, loci— that is, the substance
of Euclid's first three books treated in the manner
of recent books on geometry. The calculation of
the areas of simple surfaces, and the volumes of
simple solids, such as the cylinder, sphere, wedge
and cone. The use of instruments, drawing to
scale, and drawing of loci from simple data. Stress
will be laid on skill and accuracy in the use of
Instruments. Algebra up to and including graphs
and quadratic equations with one unknown
quantity.
English includes Handwriting, Spelling, Composi-
tion and Literature. The test in Literature will
consist of questions upon a book or books pre-
scribed from time to time by the Civil Service
Commissioners* The questions will require merely
intelligent reading and not detailed study of the
book. Handwriting and Spelling will be taken into
account in the assignment of marks in English and
other subjects, but for Handwriting a separate test
will also be set.
History and Geography.— English History, from
1066 to 1902 ; Geography with special reference to the
British Empire. A knowledge of minute detail will
not be looked for. Particular questions may involve
both History and Geography.
The book prescribed for the Examination of 1919
is " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn " or " The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer " (Mark Twain).
N.B.— The alternative book, " The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer," prescribed for the 1919 Examination,
haB been introduced to meet the shortage which is
found to exist in the supply of a cheap edition of
I Huckleberry Finn." It is necessary to study only
one of these books, the choice of the - book being left
to the candidate.
Science. — The test will consist of elementary
questions upon:— Practical methods of measuring
length, area and volume. Quantity of matter in a
body. Comparison of bodies by weighing. The use-
of the common balance and spring balance. Idea
of time. Experiments with pendulums. Measuring;
time : the clock. Ideas of force from common ex-
perience. Composition and resolution of forces in
one plane. Ideas of work and energy. Principle of
work as applied to simple machines: levers, blocks,
and tackle, &c. Mechanical advantage. Deter-
mination of density. Prossure of the air: the
barometer. Effect of heat: the thermometer.
8imple chemical and physical properties of common
substances, such as— air, water, chalk, lime, coal,,
salt. Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen.
Drawing.— Freehand Drawing.
8. Candidates must obtain such an aggregate of
marks in the examination as a whole as may indicate
in the Judgment of the Civil Service Commissioners
a competent amount of general proficiency.
9. Candidates will be informed by letter from the
Civil Service Commission of the result of their-
Examination.
Those Candidates up to the required number who
obtain the greatest number of marks in the subjects,
named in paragraph 7 will be eligible for appointment-
as Apprentices, and they will be allowed to select
their trades according to their position on the-
Examination List.
10. Apprentices will beboundby indentures to serve
forflve years, andno Candidate will be entered unless
some relative or friend is able and willing to under-
take the duty of the second party to the indenture
for the support, &c, of the Apprentice during his
apprenticeship. No lodging or maintenance for
Dockyard Apprentices is provided by the Admiralty,
except as stated in paragraph 13.
11. Provided their character and conduct are satis-
factory, and that they have made such progress in
their trades and in the educational subjects pre-
scribed for Dockyard Apprentices as to render them
efficient workmen. Apprentices will be entered as
journeymen on the expiration of the probationary
period following the completion of the period of ap-
prenticeship, and after any time lost by absenting
has been made up ; and subject to their services
being satisfactory they will in ordinary circumstances
be retained for a period of two years, and eventually
be merged with the general body of hired workmen
in the respective trades.
12. The pay of Apprentices serving in the Dock-
yards is as follows ■—
s. d.
First year 60a week
Second year 8 „
Third year 10
Fourth year 14 o ,
Fifth year 20 „
On completion of the five years' apprenticeship,.
Apprentices will be entered as Probationers on a
probationary rate of 30s. a week, and advancement
to the full mechanics' rating and rate of wages will
be at the discretion of the Local Officers according
to the circumstances in each case.
13. BoardWages will be allowed to Apprentices only
in special cases of distress, and when the distress is
due to the fathers of such Apprentices having been
killed in the Naval Service, or in other service under
the A dmiralty or having died or been rendered unable
to contribute sufficiently towards the support of their-
families through exposure or injuries received while
on duty ; when granted, board wages will make the
total weekly pay up to 10s. a week.
The details of the School Training of Apprentices
and other particulars are given in the Regulations
which may be obtained on application to the Secre-
tary to the Admiralty, or to the Superintendent of
one of His Majesty's Dockyards (see par. 1).