[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR10.211]

[Page 133-134]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 10_LICENSING OF MARITIME PERSONNEL--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_General Requirements for All Licenses and Certificates of 
                                Registry
 
Sec. 10.211  Creditable service and equivalents for licensing purposes.

    (a) Sea service may be documented for licensing purposes in various 
forms such as certificates of discharge, pilotage service and billing 
forms, and letters or other official documents from marine companies 
signed by appropriate officials or licensed masters. For service on 
vessels of under 200 gross tons, owners of vessels may attest to their 
own service; however, those who do not own a vessel must obtain letters 
or other evidence from licensed personnel or the owners of the vessels 
listed. The documentary evidence produced by the applicant must contain 
the amount and nature (e.g. chief mate. assistant engineer, etc.) of the 
applicant's experience, the vessel name, gross tonnage, shaft horsepower 
and official numbers, the routes upon which the experience was acquired, 
and approximate dates of service.
    (b) Port engineer, shipyard superintendent experience, instructor 
service, or similar related service may be creditable for a maximum of 
six months of service for raise of grade of an engineer or deck license, 
as appropriate, using the following:
    (1) Port engineer or shipyard superintendent experience is 
creditable on a three-for-one basis for a raise of grade.

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(Twelve months of experience equals four months of creditable service.)
    (2) Service as a bona fide instructor at a school of navigation or 
marine engineering is creditable on a two-for-one basis for a raise of 
grade. (Twelve months of experience equals six months of creditable 
service).
    (c) Service on mobile offshore drilling units is creditable for 
raise of grade of license. Evidence of one year's service as mate or 
equivalent while holding a license as third mate, or as engineering 
officer of the watch or equivalent while holding a license as third 
assistant engineer, is acceptable for a raise of grade to second mate or 
second assistant engineer, respectively; however, any subsequent raises 
of grade of unlimited, nonrestricted licenses must include a minimum of 
six months of service on conventional vessels.
    (d) Service on a Dual Mode Integrated Tug Barge (ITB) unit is 
creditable for original or raise of grade of any deck licenses. Service 
on a Dual Mode ITB with an aggregate tonnage of over 1600 gross tons is 
creditable on a two-for-one basis (two days experience equals one day of 
creditable service) for up to 50 percent of the total service on vessels 
over 1600 gross tons required for an unlimited license. The remaining 
required service on vessels of over 1600 gross tons must be obtained on 
conventional vessels or Push Mode ITBs.
    (e) Other experience in a marine related area, other than at sea, or 
sea service performed on unique vessels, will be evaluated by the OCMI 
and forwarded to the Commandant for a determination of equivalence to 
traditional service.

[CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38623, Oct. 16, 1987, as amended by CGD 81-059, 54 FR 
135, Jan. 4, 1989]