| 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. 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. 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.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. |
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Ordinary Seaman • AB Spec OSV • AB Spec w/Lifeboat • AB Limited • AB Unlimited Oiler/Wiper • Engine Utility Man • Unlicensed Junior Engineer • Refrigeration Engineer Mate 100/200 Near Coastal • Mate 500/1600 Near Coastal • Mate 500/1600 Ocean Chief Limited • Chief Unlimited • DDE • DDE 1000 • DDE 4000 • DDE Unlimited |
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