78. Grades of certificates of competency.- (1) Certificates of competency shall be granted in accordance with this Act for each of the following grades, namely:- master of a foreign-going ship; first mate of a foreign-going ship; second mate of a foreign-going ship.; master of a home-trade ship; mate of a home-trade ship; first class engineer; second class engineer; engine driver of a sea-going ship; skipper of a fishing vessel; second hand of a fishing vessel; engineer of a fishing vessel; engine driver of a fishing vessel. (2) A certificate of competency granted for the grade of first or second class engineer or engine driver shall state whether it entitles the holder to act as engineer or engine driver of ships fitted with steam engines or of ships fitted with any other type of engines and the holder shall not be entitled to act as engineer or engine driver of a ship fitted with a type of engine not stated in he certificate. (3) If it appears to the Central Government that certificates of competency for grades other than those referred to in sub-section (1) may, be granted, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the other grades in respect of which certificates of competency may be granted. (4) A certificate of competency for a foreign- going ship shall be deemed to be of a higher grade than the corresponding certificate for a home-trade ship, and shall entitle the lawful holder thereof to go to sea in the corresponding grade in such last-mentioned ship; but no certificate for a home-trade ship shall entitle the holder to go to sea as master or mate of a foreign-going ship. | 
