[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.15-7]

[Page 217-218]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart 12.15_Qualified Member of the Engine Department
 
Sec. 12.15-7  Service or training requirements.

    (a) An applicant for a certificate of service as qualified member of 
the engine department shall furnish the Coast Guard proof of 
qualification based on six months' service in a rating at least equal to 
that of wiper or coal passer.
    (b) Training programs approved by the Commanding Officer, National 
Maritime Center, may be substituted for the required service at sea in 
accordance with the following:
    (1) A graduate of a school ship may be rated as qualified member of 
the engine department upon satisfactory completion of the course of 
instruction. For this purpose, school ship is interpreted to mean an 
institution which offers a complete course of instruction, including a 
period of sea training, in the skills appropriate to the rating of

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qualified member of the engine department.
    (2) Training programs other than those classified as a school ship 
may be substituted for up to one-half of the required service at sea.
    (c) To qualify to receive an STCW endorsement for service as a 
``rating forming part of a watch in a manned engine-room or designated 
to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine-room'' on a seagoing 
vessel driven by main propulsion machinery 750 kW [1,000 hp] propulsion 
power or more, an applicant shall prove seagoing service that includes 
training and experience associated with engine-room watchkeeping and 
involves the performance of duties carried out under the direct 
supervision of a qualified engineer officer or a member of a qualified 
rating. The training must establish that the applicant has achieved the 
standard of competence prescribed in table A-III/4 of the STCW Code 
(incorporated by reference in Sec. 12.01-3), in accordance with the 
methods of demonstrating competence and the criteria for evaluating 
competence specified in that table.

[CGD 80-131, 45 FR 69241, Oct. 20, 1980, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 
50460, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 95-062, 62 FR 34538, June 26, 1997; CGD 95-
062, 62 FR 40140, July 25, 1997; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 
1998; USCG-1999-5610, 67 FR 66069, Oct. 30, 2002]