[I][quote=YoungEngineer;23226]…As for the 3 A/E signing off some of my assessments it was due to him being straight out of the maritime college with a STCW / OICEW endorsment which gave him a international endorsment of 2 A/E…[/quote][/I]
The term “3rd/2nd/1st assistant engineer” is only used in the U.S. Internationally, they use simply “engineer” e.g. the U.S. First Assistant Engineer is called “Second Engineer” everywhere else (note the title of Section A-III/2 of the STCW Code).