46 C.F.R. § 12.25-30 Student observers.
Title 46 - Shipping
Students in technical schools who are enrolled in courses in marine management and ship operations who present a letter or other documentary evidence that they are so enrolled shall be issued a merchant mariner's document as student observers—any department and may be signed on ships as such. Students holding these documents or certificates will not take the place of any of the crew, or fill any of the regular ratings.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 12—CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
Subpart 12.25—Certificates of Service for Ratings Other Than Able Seaman or Qualified Member of the Engine Department
§ 12.25-30 Student observers.
