Parties interested in joining the Surveyor of Ships grade can apply for Assistant Surveyor of Ships or Surveyor of Ships post.

Assistant Surveyor of Ships (Three streams: Engineer and Ship, Nautical and Ship)

• Main duties at assistant professional level
  
  All streams
  

  Undertaking statutory and other related duties under the Merchant Shipping Ordinances pertaining to maritime safety, pollution prevention, security, seafarers welfare and management including casualty investigations and audits on Hong Kong registered ships and their companies.
  

  
  (A) Engineer and Ship Stream
  

  (a) Undertaking duties as a marine engineer consultant or manager for the Government on the construction of new vessels and
  

       maintenance of the Government Fleet;
  

  (b) Assisting in the conduct of examination for marine engineer officers' certificates of competency; and
  

  (c) Undertaking statutory and other related duties under the Boiler and Pressure Vessels Ordinance.
  

  
  (B) Nautical Stream
  

  (a) Assisting in the conduct of examination for deck officers' certificates of competency; and
  

  (b) Undertaking duties as a nautical consultant for the Government.
  

  
  (C) Ship Stream
  

  Undertaking duties as a naval architect for the Government on the construction of new vessels and maintenance of the Government Fleet.
  
  

• Entry Requirements
  
  All Streams
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  (a) Met the language proficiency requirements of "Level 2" or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent; and
  

  (b) A pass result in Basic Law and National Security Law Test.
  

  
  (A) Engineer and Ship Stream
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  (a) A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent; and
  

  (b) A Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 3 or above issued by or a certificate acceptable to the Director of Marine.
  

  
  (B) Nautical Stream
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  (a) A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline relating to the maritime field from a university in Hong Kong or equivalent, acceptable to the Director of Marine ; and

  (b) A Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3 or above issued by or a certificate acceptable to the Director of Marine.
  

  
  (C) Ship Stream
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  A Bachelor's degree in naval architecture or related technology from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent.
  

  
  
• Pay scale
  
  Engineer and Ship Stream
  

  Master Pay Scale Point 19 to Point 27

  
  Nautical Stream
  

  Master Pay Scale Point 19 to Point 27

  
  Ship Stream
  

  Master Pay Scale Point 16 to Point 27

  
  

Surveyor of Ships (Three streams: Engineer and Ship, Nautical and Ship)

• Main duties at professional level
  
  All streams
  

  Undertaking statutory and other related duties under the Merchant Shipping Ordinances pertaining to maritime safety, pollution prevention, security, seafarers welfare and management including casualty investigations and audits of Hong Kong registered ships and their companies.
  

  
  (A) Engineer and Ship Stream
  

  (a) Undertaking duties as a marine engineer consultant or manager for the Government on the construction of new vessels and
  

       maintenance of the Government Fleet;
  

  (b) Conducting examinations for all classes of marine engineer officers' certificates of competency; and
  

  (c) Undertaking statutory and other related duties under the Boiler and Pressure Vessels Ordinance.
  

  
  (B) Nautical Stream
  

  (a) Conducting examinations for all classes of deck officers' certificates of competency; and
  

  (b) Undertaking duties as a nautical consultant for the Government.
  

  
  (C) Ship Stream
  

  Undertaking duties as a naval architect for the Government on the construction of new vessels and maintenance of the Government Fleet.
  
  

• Entry Requirements
  
  All Streams
  

  (a) Met the language proficiency requirements of "Level 2" or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the HKDSEE or HKCEE, or equivalent; and
  

  (b) A pass result in Basic Law and National Security Law Test.
  

  
  (A) Engineer and Ship Stream
  

    (a) (i) A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent, or a corporate membership of an engineer institution acceptable to the Director of Marine;
  

         (ii) A Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 1 issued by or a certificate acceptable to the Director of Marine; and
  

         (iii) Two years' experience as second engineer or above on sea-going ships or at equivalent responsible level in the marine engineering related industry; or

    (b)(i) A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering/Marine Engineering from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent;
  

         (ii) A corporate membership of an engineer institution acceptable to the Director of Marine;
  

         (iii) A Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 issued by or a certificate acceptable to the Director of Marine; and
  

         (iv) Four years' experience as second engineer or above on sea-going ships or at equivalent responsible level in the marine engineering related industry.
  

  
  (B) Nautical Stream
  

  (a) A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline relating to the maritime field from a university in Hong Kong or equivalent, acceptable to the Director of Marine;

  (b) A Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner) issued by or a certificate acceptable to the Director of Marine; and
  

  (c) Two years' experience as Chief Officer or above on sea-going ships or at equivalent responsible level in the nautical related industry.
  

  
  (C) Ship Stream
  

  (a) A Bachelor's degree in naval architecture or related technology from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent;
  

  (b) A corporate membership of a naval architect institution acceptable to the Director of Marine; and
  

  (c) Two years' relevant experience after obtaining the corporate membership.

  
  
  
• Pay scale
  
  

  Master Pay Scale Point 34 to Point 44

  
  

Recruitment

• Job vacancies
  
  

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• Selection Process
  
  

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