[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: 46CFR12.15-13]

[Page 223]
 
                           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. 12.15-13  Deck engine mechanic.

    (a) An applicant for a certificate as deck engine mechanic shall be 
a person holding a merchant mariner's document endorsed as junior 
engineer. The applicant shall be eligible for such certification upon 
furnishing one of the following:
    (1) Satisfactory documentary evidence of sea service of 6 months in 
the rating of junior engineer on steam vessels of 4,000 horsepower or 
over; or,
    (2) Documentary evidence from an operator of an automated vessel 
that he has completed satisfactorily at least 4 weeks indoctrination and 
training in the engine department of an automated steam vessel of 4,000 
horsepower or over; or,
    (3) Satisfactory completion of a course of training for deck engine 
mechanic acceptable to the Commanding Officer, National Maritime Center.
    (b) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, who is satisfied that 
an applicant for the rating of deck engine mechanic meets the 
requirements specified in this section, will endorse this rating on the 
current merchant mariner's document held by the applicant.
    (c) Any holder of a merchant mariner's document endorsed for any 
unlicensed rating in the engine department or QMED--any rating is 
qualified as a deck engine mechanic and that endorsement will not be 
entered on his document.

[CGFR 66-46, 31 FR 13649, Oct. 22, 1966, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 
50460, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51196, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-
1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998]