Qualifications of applicant for certified plant mechanic.
Section 19
SEC. 19. Qualifications of applicant for certified plant mechanic. — Any person applying for examination and for a certificate of registration as certified plant mechanic shall, prior to admission to examination, which may be oral only as to the Board may decide, establish to the satisfaction of the Board: (a) That he is at least eighteen years of age. (b) That he is of good reputation and moral character. (c) That he has graduated from a vocational school, or trade school approved by the Board as of satisfactory standing, after completing an approved course of not less than three years in stationary or power plant engineering or any mechanical plant operation, and that he has a specific record of an additional one year or more of active practice in mechanical plant operation of such character as indicated in an affidavit by a registered professional mechanical engineer and to the satisfaction of the Board, that the applicant is competent to undertake the operation, tending and maintenance of mechanical works, projects or plants of less than two hundred horsepower; or (d) That he has a working knowledge of and can read, write and speak English, Spanish or any of the recognized Philippine dialects, and has a specific record of four years or more of active practice in mechanical plant operation of such character as indicated in an affidavit by a registered professional mechanical engineer and to the satisfaction of the Board, that the applicant is competent to undertake the operation, tending and maintenance of mechanical works, projects, or plants of less than two horsepower.