PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION REGULATIONS

PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 42.01

PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION

REGULATIONS

18th April, 1935

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 145 of 1935, as amended by: Legal Notices 49

of 1974 and 13 of 1977; Act XIII of 1983; and Legal Notice 407 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is the Public Weighers’

Examination Regulations.

(Regulation 2)

Amended by

L.N. 49 of 1974;

Subjects of examination

L.N. 13 of 1977.

Maximum

Minimum

LANGUAGES (Maltese and English)

Comprehension tests in Maltese and

English, translations from Maltese

into English and from English into

Maltese.

ARITHMETIC - The four rules,

reduction and conversion of

currencies and of Maltese, English

and metric weights and measures.

Simple fractions (vulgar and

decimal). Proportion, averages and

easy percentages. Areas and

volumes of rectangular surfaces and

solids.

MECHANICS - Mass, length, time

and their units (S.I.). Density of

solids and liquids. Vector quantities.

Representations of forces as

vectors; the parallelogram of forces;

triangle of forces; spring and direct

reading balances. Moment of a

force; couples; centre of mass; its

determination in simple cases;

Stability. The principles of simple

machines, e.g. level inclined plane,

simple pulley systems, screw. The

common balance and the steel-yard.

Uniform velocity and uniform

acceleration of a straight line.

Momentum - Force as a rate of

change of momentum.

(1) Applicants for a licence to act as a public weigher shall

be examined in the subjects as detailed in the Schedule and shall

undergo a practical test in the work of the public weighers.

(2)

No person shall be admitted to such examination unless -

(a) he is above eighteen years of age on the day of the

examination;

(b) he is of good conduct; and

(c) he produces satisfactory evidence that he has obtained

six months’ experience under an authorised public

weigher in the management of the steelyard and

balance.

(3) Applications accompanied by certificates referred to in sub-

regulation (2)(a), (b) and (c) should be addressed to the Director of

Eduction.

(4) An admission fee of fifty-eight cents (0.58) shall be paid by

every candidate before being admitted to the examination.

PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION