46 C.F.R. Subpart 12.15—Qualified Member of the Engine Department
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) Every person employed in a rating as qualified member of the engine department on any United States vessel requiring certificated qualified members of the engine department shall produce a certificate as qualified member of the engine department to the shipping commissioner, United States Collector or Deputy Collector of Customs, or master before signing articles of agreement. (b) No certificate as qualified member of the engine department is required of any person employed on any unrigged vessel, except seagoing barges. (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] (a) An applicant for a certificate of service as a qualified member of the engine department shall present a certificate of a medical officer of the United States Public Health Service, or other reputable physician attesting that his eyesight, hearing, and physical condition are such that he can perform the duties required of a qualified member of the engine department. (b) The medical examination for qualified member of the engine department is the same as for an original license as engineer, as set forth in §10.205 of this subchapter. If the applicant is in possession of an unexpired license, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may waive the requirement for a physical examination. (c) An applicant holding a certificate of service for a particular rating as qualified member of the engine department and desiring certification for another rating covered by this same form of certificate may qualify therefor without a physical examination unless the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, finds that the applicant obviously suffers from some physical or mental infirmity to a degree that would render him incompetent to perform the ordinary duties of a qualified member of the engine department. In this event the applicant shall be required to undergo an examination to determine his competency. [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-1998–4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998; USCG-2004–18884, 69 FR 58343, Sept. 30, 2004; USCG–2004–18884, 69 FR 68089, Nov. 23, 2004] (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 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 §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] (a) Each applicant for certification as a qualified member of the engine department in the rating of oiler, watertender, fireman, deck engineer, refrigeration engineer, junior engineer, electrician, or machinist shall be examined orally or by other means and only in the English language on the subjects listed in paragraph (b) of this section. The applicant's general knowledge of the subjects must be sufficient to satisfy the examiner that he is qualified to perform the duties of the rating for which he makes application. (b) List of subjects required: (c) Each applicant for certification as a qualified member of the engine department in the rating of pumpman shall, by oral or other examination, demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the subjects peculiar to that rating to satisfy the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, that he or she is qualified to perform the duties of that rating. (d) Applicants for certification as qualified members of the engine department in the rating of deck engine mechanic or engineman, who have proved eligibility for such endorsement under either §12.15–13 or §12.15–15, will not be required to take a written or oral examination for such ratings. [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 66–46, 31 FR 13649, Oct. 22, 1966; CGD 71–161R, 37 FR 28263, Dec. 21, 1972; CGD 74–75, 42 FR 24741, May 16, 1977; CGD 94–029, 61 FR 47064, Sept. 6, 1996] The holder of a merchant mariner's document endorsed with one or more qualified member of the engine department ratings may serve in any unqualified rating in the engine department without obtaining an additional endorsement. This does not mean that an endorsement of one qualified member of the engine department rating authorizes the holder to serve in all qualified member of the engine department ratings. Each qualified member of the engine department rating for which a holder of a merchant mariner's document is qualified must be endorsed separately. When, however, the applicant qualifies for all ratings covered by a certificate as a qualified member of the engine department, the certification may read QMED—any rating. The ratings are as follows:
(a) Refrigerating engineer. (b) Oiler. (c) Deck engineer. (d) Fireman/Watertender. (e) Junior engineer. (f) Electrician. (g) Machinist. (h) Pumpman. (i) Deck engine mechanic. (j) Engineman. [CGFR 65–50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 66–46, 31 FR 13649, Oct. 22, 1966; CGD 74–45, 42 FR 24741, May 16, 1977] (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] (a) An applicant for a certificate as engineman shall be a person holding a merchant mariner's document endorsed as fireman/watertender and oiler, or 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 any one or combination of junior engineer, fireman/watertender or oiler on steam vessels of 4,000 horsepower or over; or, (2) Documentary evidence from an operator of a partially automated steam vessel that he has completed satisfactorily at least 2 weeks indoctrination and training in the engine department of a partially automated steam vessel of 4,000 horsepower or over; or (3) Satisfactory completion of a course of training for engineman 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 engineman 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, QMED—any rating or deck engine mechanic is qualified as an engineman and that endorsement will not be entered on his document. [CGFR 66–46, 31 FR 13650, 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]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 12—CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
Subpart 12.15—Qualified Member of the Engine Department
§ 12.15-1 Certification required.
§ 12.15-3 General requirements.
§ 12.15-5 Physical requirements.
§ 12.15-7 Service or training requirements.
§ 12.15-9 Examination requirements.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refrigerating Fireman/ Junior Deck Subjects Machinist engineer Watertender Oiler Electrician engineer engineer----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Application, maintenance, and X X X X X X X use of hand tools and measuring instruments....................2. Uses of babbitt, copper, X X X X X X X brass, steel, and other metals.3. Methods of measuring pipe, X X X X X X X pipe fittings, sheet metal, machine bolts and nuts, packing, etc...................4. Operation and maintenance of X ............. X X X X X mechanical remote control equipment......................5. Precautions to be taken for X X X X X X X the prevention of fire and the proper use of firefighting equipment......................6. Principles of mechanical ......... X ........... X ........... X ........ refrigeration; and functions, operation, and maintenance of various machines and parts of the systems....................7. Knowledge of piping systems ......... X ........... ...... ........... X ........ as used in ammonia, freon, and CO2, including testing for leaks, operation of bypasses, and making up of joints........8. Safety precautions to be X X X X X X X observed in the operation of various refrigerating systems, including storage of refrigerants, and the use of gas masks and firefighting equipment......................9. Combustion of fuels, proper ......... ............. X X ........... X ........ temperature, pressures, and atomization....................10. Operation of the fuel oil ......... ............. X X ........... X X system on oil burning boilers, including the transfer and storage of fuel oil............11. Hazards involved and the X X X X X X ........ precautions taken against accumulation of oil in furnaces, bilges, floorplates, and tank tops; flarebacks, leaks in fuel oil heaters, clogged strainers and burner tips...........................12. Precautions necessary when ......... ............. X X ........... X ........ filling empty boilers, starting up the fuel oil burning system, and raising steam from a cold boiler.........................13. The function, operation, and X X X X X X ........ maintenance of the various engineroom auxiliaries.........14. Proper operation of the X X X X X X X various types of lubricating systems........................15. Safety precautions to be X X X X X X X observed in connection with the operation of engineroom auxiliaries, electrical machinery, and switchboard equipment......................16. The function, operation, and X X X X ........... X X maintenance of the bilge, ballast, fire, freshwater, sanitary, and lubricating systems........................17. Proper care of spare machine X X X X X X X parts and idle equipment.......18. The procedure in preparing a ......... ............. X X ........... X ........ turbine, reciprocating, or Diesel engine for standby; also the procedure in securing......19. Operation and maintenance of ......... ............. X X ........... X ........ the equipment necessary for the supply of water to boilers, the dangers of high and low water and remedial action............20. Operation, location, and X ............. X X ........... X ........ maintenance of the various boiler fittings and accessories21. The practical application ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X and solution of basic electrical calculations (Ohm's law, power formula, etc.)......22. Electrical wiring circuits ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X of the various two-wire and three-wire D.C. systems and the various single-phase and polyphase A.C. systems.........23. Application and ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X characteristics of parallel and series circuits................24. Application and maintenance ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X of electrical meters and instruments....................25. The maintenance and ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X installation of lighting and power wiring involving testing for, locating and correcting grounds, short circuits and open circuits, and making splices........................26. The operation and ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X maintenance of the various types of generators and motors, both A.C. and D.C..............27. Operation, installation, and ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X maintenance of the various types of electrical controls and safety devices.............28. Testing and maintenance of ......... ............. ........... ...... X X ........ special electrical equipment, such as telegraphs, telephones, alarm systems, fire-detecting systems, and rudder angle indicators.....................29. Rules and Regulations and ......... ............. ........... ...... X X X requirements for installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical wiring and equipment installed aboard ships.........29a. Pollution laws and X X X X X X ........ regulations, procedures for discharge containment and cleanup, and methods for disposal of sludge and waste from cargo and fueling operations.....................30. Such further examination of X X X X X X X a nonmathematical character as the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may consider necessary to establish the applicant's proficiency........----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
§ 12.15-11 General provisions respecting merchant mariner's documents endorsed as qualified member of the engine department.
§ 12.15-13 Deck engine mechanic.
§ 12.15-15 Engineman.
