ARPA endorsment

I just received my second mate unlimited license, for some reason, they printed a whole new MMC instead of sending me the sticker as I’ve seen for other mariners. My new license has radar observer unlimited, but doesn’t say ARPA. Is it necessary to have on the credential, or it assumed I have it now?

[QUOTE=Still;138437]I just received my second mate unlimited license, for some reason, they printed a whole new MMC instead of sending me the sticker as I’ve seen for other mariners. My new license has radar observer unlimited, but doesn’t say ARPA. Is it necessary to have on the credential, or it assumed I have it now?[/QUOTE]

ARPA is what the USCG calls a “negative endorsement”

if you don’t have ARPA, you license will say something like not valid on ARPA equipped vessels

But if you have ARPA, it won’t be mentioned at all on your license, except maybe as an STCW code number

Yeah that sounds right, I appreciate it. It make sense, that’s exactly what it says for ECDIS, since I don’t have ECDIS yet.