Interesting take from our brethren to the North. http://www.dieselduck.info/blog/2018/01/transport-canada-and-engineering-coc-a-fine-mess/ Did older licensing regimes of “western” or advanced maritime nations produce better engineers (officers in general) than the “stamping out” of the latest two …

[image] ombugge: how can you say that he/she is NOT qualified? Because as we see all too frequently, there can be an enormous difference between “qualified” and certificated.

Are we assuming that US Academies produce better qualified seafarers than any other Maritime Education institutions? When someone come out from a US Academy they have received 4 years of schooling, but not all of that is directly maritime related. If they pass an exam that is STCW compliant they ar…

The question becomes: while STCW sets the accepted MINIMUM international standard for training, do we prefer to have a higher standard? A higher standard just for us? Or a higher standard for 1st world countries, and let the 3rd world stay at STCW levels? Or a higher standard for all STCW countrie…

[image] ombugge: Are we assuming that US Academies produce better qualified seafarers than any other Maritime Education institutions? Yes, if you read my post you will see that I explicitly said that assumption was being made. :a system that (presumably) produces officers that meet higher …

Some of the better officers I have sailed with have come through the hawsepipe. Others have served as apprentices in worldwide tramp companies such as Bank Line (Andrew Weir and Sons). Nautical Acadamies in Poland, Gymnasiums in Germany and the Netherlands have also produced first class deck officer…

I should add I think a SOLAS rescue boat is a travesty. Normally lowered in close proximity to the propeller and propelled by a 15hp outboard it is the very last thing that I would risk the crews life in. It is far better to manoeuvre the ship to effect the rescue. The rescue boat has its uses, tra…

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Every country is free to set a standard ABOVE the STCW minimum and some do.

Some may differ with that assumption.

[image] ombugge: Every country is free to set a standard ABOVE the STCW minimum and some do. In some cases, the U.S. does that. See the discussion here . That guy meets the STCW requirements for “Second Engineer Officer” but not the U.S. requirements to get that STCW endorsement. Until STCW20…

STCW just imperfect or actively bad

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STCW just imperfect or actively bad

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