Seafarer's Service Regulations Article 82
Ratings in the general department shall be eligible for promotions pursuant to the following:1. The application of able sailors, quartermasters, or mechanic to transfer to the general department shall first have served as a deputy generalist and then shall only be promoted to the formal generalist after six months of seagoing experience and recorded onboard training, as well as shall have a certificate of competency issued by a competent authority for ratings that form part of the navigational and engineering watches.2. The promotion of a deputy generalist who has not been previously engaged as an able seaman, quartermaster, or mechanic to generalist shall have at least one year of seagoing service experience in that position and recorded training and shall also have a certificate of competency issued by a competent authority for ratings that form part of the navigational and engineering watches.3. The generalist head and deputy generalist head shall be chosen by the employer from among the ratings with generalist qualifications.
中文原文 船員服務規則第82條
通用部門之乙級船員晉升資格規定如下：
一、幹練水手、舵工或機匠申請調任通用部門職務者，應先擔任副通用員，並具備六個月之海勤資歷及船上訓練記錄，同時持有主管機關核發之助理級航行當值及輪機當值適任證書，始得晉升為通用員。
二、非幹練水手、舵工或機匠調任之副通用員晉升為通用員，除應具有一年本階海勤資歷及船上訓練紀錄外，並應同時持有主管機關核發之助理級航行當值及輪機當值適任證書。
三、通用長、副通用長由雇用人於具備通用員資格之乙級船員選任之。
一、幹練水手、舵工或機匠申請調任通用部門職務者，應先擔任副通用員，並具備六個月之海勤資歷及船上訓練記錄，同時持有主管機關核發之助理級航行當值及輪機當值適任證書，始得晉升為通用員。
二、非幹練水手、舵工或機匠調任之副通用員晉升為通用員，除應具有一年本階海勤資歷及船上訓練紀錄外，並應同時持有主管機關核發之助理級航行當值及輪機當值適任證書。
三、通用長、副通用長由雇用人於具備通用員資格之乙級船員選任之。