[QUOTE=pwrmariner;22601]
OH yeah take this scenario; A tug boat engineer DDE 4000, cannot have his co-worker who is also a DDE 4000 sign his Qmed Oiler assessments cause the license is not high enough. So if that person desired to become a Ship engineer, he could not do so cause he/she could not even sail on the vessel as a wiper to get the engineer assessments. Cause he/she would not have RFPEW assessments to get the assessments…help[/QUOTE]
I’m not quite understanding the confusion here. I just read NVIC 14-02. Paragraph 5d states that the RFPEW applies to wipers standing regular engine room watches, or those that may be assigned to to stand watches as a regular member of the watch.
I’ve not seen a ship where wipers (DEU, GVA, etc.) stand watches. They are dayworkers, and hence not assigned as a “regular member of the watch”. There shouldn’t be an issue working as a day-working wiper to complete the assessments. In fact, on most modern ships, the entire engine department are non-watchstanders.