46 C.F.R. § 12.15-3 General requirements.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) A qualified member of the engine department is any person below the rating of licensed officer and above the rating of coal passer or wiper, who holds a certificate of service as such qualified member of the engine department issued by the Coast Guard or predecessor authority. (b) For purposes of administering this part the rating of assistant electrician is considered a rating not above that of coal passer or wiper, but equal thereto. (c) An applicant, to be eligible for certification as qualified member of the engine department, shall be able to speak and understand the English language as would be required in the rating of qualified member of the engine department and in an emergency aboard ship. (d) After July 31, 1998, an STCW endorsement valid for any period on or after February 1, 2002, will be issued or renewed only when the candidate for certification as a qualified member of the engine department also produces satisfactory evidence, on the basis of assessment of a practical demonstration of skills and abilities, of having achieved or maintained within the previous 5 years the minimum standards of competence for the following 4 areas of basic safety: (1) Personal survival techniques as set out in table A-VI/1-1 of the STCW Code (incorporated by reference in §12.01–3). (2) Fire prevention and fire-fighting as set out in table A-VI/1-2 of the STCW Code. (3) Elementary first aid as set out in table A-VI/1-3 of the STCW Code. (4) Personal safety and social responsibilities as set out in table A-VI/1-4 of the STCW Code. (e) After July 31, 1998 an STCW endorsement that is valid for any period on or after February 1, 2002, will be issued or renewed only when the candidate for certification as a qualified member of the engine department meets the standards of competence set out in STCW Regulation III/4 and Section A-III/4 of the STCW Code, if the candidate will be serving 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 ship driven by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW [1,000 hp] propulsion power or more. [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 95–062, 62 FR 34538, June 26, 1997; USCG-2000–7790, 65 FR 58458, Sept. 29, 2000; USCG-1999–5610, 67 FR 66069, Oct. 30, 2002]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 12—CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
Subpart 12.15—Qualified Member of the Engine Department
§ 12.15-3 General requirements.
