1625-0040 46cfr10.211

Coast Guard, DHS

§ 10.211

[USCG-1999–6224, 66 FR 20935, Apr. 26, 2001]

(a) Sea service may be documented
for licensing purposes in various forms
such as certificates of discharge, pilotage service and billing forms, and letters or other official documents from
marine companies signed by appropriate officials or licensed masters. For
service on vessels of under 200 gross
tons, owners of vessels may attest to
their own service; however, those who
do not own a vessel must obtain letters
or other evidence from licensed personnel or the owners of the vessels listed. The documentary evidence produced by the applicant must contain

the amount and nature (e.g. chief
mate. assistant engineer, etc.) of the
applicant’s experience, the vessel
name, gross tonnage, shaft horsepower
and official numbers, the routes upon
which the experience was acquired, and
approximate dates of service.
(b) Port engineer, shipyard superintendent experience, instructor service, or similar related service may be
creditable for a maximum of six
months of service for raise of grade of
an engineer or deck license, as appropriate, using the following:
(1) Port engineer or shipyard superintendent experience is creditable on a
three-for-one basis for a raise of grade.

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§ 10.211 Creditable service and equivalents for licensing purposes.

§ 10.213

46 CFR Ch. I (10–1–07 Edition)

(Twelve months of experience equals
four months of creditable service.)
(2) Service as a bona fide instructor
at a school of navigation or marine engineering is creditable on a two-for-one
basis for a raise of grade. (Twelve
months of experience equals six
months of creditable service).
(c) Service on mobile offshore drilling units is creditable for raise of grade
of license. Evidence of one year’s service as mate or equivalent while holding
a license as third mate, or as engineering officer of the watch or equivalent
while holding a license as third assistant engineer, is acceptable for a raise
of grade to second mate or second assistant engineer, respectively; however,
any subsequent raises of grade of unlimited, nonrestricted licenses must include a minimum of six months of service on conventional vessels.
(d) Service on a Dual Mode Integrated Tug Barge (ITB) unit is creditable for original or raise of grade of
any deck licenses. Service on a Dual
Mode ITB with an aggregate tonnage of
over 1600 gross tons is creditable on a
two-for-one basis (two days experience
equals one day of creditable service)
for up to 50 percent of the total service
on vessels over 1600 gross tons required
for an unlimited license. The remaining required service on vessels of over
1600 gross tons must be obtained on
conventional vessels or Push Mode
ITBs.
(e) Other experience in a marine related area, other than at sea, or sea
service performed on unique vessels,
will be evaluated by the OCMI and forwarded to the Commandant for a determination of equivalence to traditional
service.

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[CGD 81–059, 52 FR 38623, Oct. 16, 1987, as
amended by CGD 81–059, 54 FR 135, Jan. 4,
1989]

§ 10.213 Sea service as a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States
and on vessels owned by the United
States as qualifying experience.
(a) Sea service as a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States will
be accepted as qualifying experience
for an original, raise of grade, or increase in scope of all licenses. In most
cases, military sea service will have
been performed upon ocean waters;

however, inland service, as may be the
case on smaller vessels, will be credited
in the same manner as conventional
evaluations. The applicant must submit an official transcript of sea service
as verification of the service claimed
when the application is submitted. The
applicant must also provide the Officer
in Charge, Marine Inspection other
necessary information as to tonnage,
routes, horsepower, percentage of time
underway, and assigned duties upon
the vessels which he or she served.
Such service will be evaluated by the
OCMI and forwarded to the Commandant for a determination of its
equivalence to sea service acquired on
merchant vessels and the appropriate
grade, class, and limit of license for
which the applicant is eligible. Normally, 60 percent of the total time on
board is considered equivalent underway service; however, the periods of operation of each vessel may be evaluated separately. In order to be eligible
for a master’s or chief engineer’s unlimited license, the applicant must
have acquired military service in the
capacity of commanding officer or engineer officer, respectively.
(b) Service in deck ratings on military vessels such as seaman apprentice,
seaman, boatswain’s mate, quartermaster, or radarman are considered
deck service for licensing purposes.
Service in other ratings may be considered if the applicant establishes that
his
or
her
duties
required
a
watchstanding presence on or about
the bridge of a vessel. Service in engineer ratings on military vessels such as
fireman
apprentice,
fireman,
engineman, machinists, mate, machinery technician or boiler tender are considered engineer service for licensing
purposes. There are also other ratings
such as electrician, hull technician, or
damage controlman which may be
credited when the applicant establishes
that his or her duties required
watchstanding duties in an operating
engine room.
(c) In addition to underway service,
members of the Armed Forces may obtain creditable service for periods of
assignment to vessels at times other
than underway, such as in port, at anchor, or in training. Normally, a 25%
factor is applied to these time periods.

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