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Flinders Naval Depot, has informed the Commanding Officer of the
ship in writing that the ship cannot be completed to complement in
regard to Acting Leading Stokers. Otherwise, advancements to Acting
Leading Stoker are to be made by the Commanding Officer, Flinders
Naval Depot, after obtaining Naval Board approval. Vacancies
caused by drafting are not to be filled except by authority of the
Commanding Officer, Flinders Naval Depot.
(ii) As a temporary measure, Stokers 1st Class may be rated Acting
Leading Stoker after one year's service as such, but the standard is
not to be lowered.
(iii) Any Acting Leading Stoker who held the rating on the 12th
February, 1919, and has served as such continuously since that date,
is to be confirmed forthwith, provided his character is satisfactory,
and he is recommended by the Engineer Officer.
(iv) At the end of each quarter, a return of Acting Leading Stokers
who are recommended for the Mechanical Training Course should
be forwarded to the Commanding Officer, Flinders Naval Depot. As
such ratings, if they fail in the preliminary educational examination
held at the beginning of the Course, or if they fail to qualify at the end
of the Course, will revert to.Stoker 1st Class, a man's name may, at his
own request, be omitted from the return of men recommended for the
Mechanical Training Course, but, if there should be at any time an
insufficient number of recommended ratings available for the Course,
the Commanding Officer, Flinders Naval Depot, has authority to call
in for the Course any Acting Leading Stoker. Any Acting Leading
Stoker who has held the acting rating for two years is to be discharged
to Flinders Naval Depot to go through the Mechanical Training Course.
(v) The Mechanical Training Course is to be of 13 weeks' duration.
At the commencement of the Course, ratings who have not passed the
Educational Test, Part I., are. to be given a simple educational test,
and, if unsuccessful, they are to be reverted to the rating of Stoker
1st Class, and drafted back to their ships. Engineer Officers should
encourage promising Stokers 1st Class to sit for, and pass the Educational
Test, Part I., observing that the passing of this Test (although
no% obligatory), and the obtaining of the required Auxiliary Watch
Certificate, constitute the best preparation for the Course. At the
end of the fourth week, the men are to be examined, and divided in
order of merit, as follows :—
50 per cent. Fitters and Turners.
30 per cent. Boilermakers.
10 per cent. Coppersmiths.
10 per cent. Moulders.
Only those selected as Fitters and Turners are eligible for provisional
selection as Mechanician Candidates. At the conclusion of the Course,
the men are to be examined, and as a result may-—
(a) be provisionally selected as Mechanician Candidates, and
rated A/S.P.O. (See para. (6), sub. para, (ii) above) ;
(b) qualify for Stoker Petty Officer ; or
(c) qualify for Leading Stoker, but fail for Stoker Petty Officer.
Men who qualify as Stoker Petty Officer [will gain seniority
as follows:—
6 months for over 95 per cent, at final examination,
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4 months for 85 per cent, to 95 per cent, at final examination,
2 months for 70 per cent, to 84 per cent, at final examination
(but they will not be paid retrospectively), and if this makes
their seniority as Acting Leading Stoker more than one year,
they will be confirmed as Leading Stoker from the date they
attained one year's seniority as Acting Leading Stoker,
provided that their inclusion in the Class was delayed, through
no fault of their own, after the date on which they had served
nine month? as Acting Leading Stoker.
Men who qualify for the confirmed rating of Leading
Stoker, but fail for Stoker Petty Officer, will not gain seniority
as Acting Leading Stoker, but will be eligible for confirmation
upon attaining one year's seniority as such. They will not be
eligible for further advancement to Stoker Petty Officer, but
they may, however, be recommended again for the Mechanical
Training Course after a further year's service, and if they
fail to qualify for Stoker Petty Officer, after inclusion for
the second time in the Mechanical Training Class, they will
lose the prospects of ever becoming Stoker Petty Officers.
(d) Promotion Roster for advancement to Stoker Petty Officer :
The names of confirmed Leading Stokers will not be entered on the
Depot Roster for promotion to Stoker Petty Officer until they have
been included in Return A.S. 507.
The system of marking to be used in determining the position of a
man's name on the Promotion Roster will be that approved for general
use for all Promotion Rosters, but, in the case of Leading Stokers,
marks given for " Service in present rating " are only to be applied
to the time served as confirmed Leading Stoker.
2. Articles 200 and 201 Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-1920 are hereby
cancelled.
(P. 346/1/40.)
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(This Order will be reprinted for posting on Notice Boards.)
AUTHORITIES TO INCUR EXPENDITURE.
As from 1st July, 1922, supervision of the Vote for expenditure at Swan
Island (Division 88/2/IB) is being transferred to the Captain Superintendent
of Training, Flinders Naval Depot, who will be responsible for recording
expenditure thereunder in accordance with the instructions contained in
Navy Order No. 150 of 1922.
The following amendment is to be made to the above-mentioned Navy
Order:—
Paragraph 4 is amended by inserting the following additional item
in clause (e) opposite " Commanding Officer, Flinders Naval Depot " :—
(b) Swan Island.
(A. 13/1/49.)