For example
Radar Observer Unlimited leads to Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
First Aid and CPR leads to Medical First Aid Provider then leads to Medical Care at Sea/Person In Charge
Vpdsd leads to vso
Do they print the lower level capacity or just the highest earned? I am going off of MPT school as that is were i am doing most of my training.
Vague question.
âNegative endorsementsâ, such as ARPA and ECDIS, do not get printed in your MMC.
Other endorsements, âpositive endorsements,â such as radar or VSO, are printed in your MMC
Some endorsements are considered less included or superseded by superior endorsements, e.g., if you have unlimited master, they wonât print 3rd mate in your MMC.
However, if you have VSO, the will also print the lesser included endorsements, like VPDSD, in your MMC.
Itâs the government, it not supposed to make sense.
Radar Observer is a national endorsement, it appears on a different page from your STCW endorsements. It needs to be up to date when the MMC is issued or it wonât appear in the MMC.
ARPA is not an endorsement, if you donât have it, you will get a limitation on your OICNW and/or Master STCW endorsement âNot valid on vessels equipped with ARPA.â If you do have ARPA, there will be no limitation, and the term, âARPAâ will not appear anywhere in your MMC. ECDIS is the same. In contrast, GMDSS is an endorsement and goes in the STCW part of the MMC.
First Aid and CPR is not an endorsement and will not appear in an MMC. It is a requirement to get a national officer endorsement (license) and part of STCW basic training. STCW Basic Training is endorsed in the MMC.
Medical First Aid Provider is an STCW endorsement and appears in the STCW part of the MMC.
Medical Care PIC is also an STCW endorsement, and appears in the STCW page of the MMC. If you have medical care PIC, they will also include, or will keep, the Medical First Aid provider endorsement.
VSO and VPDSD are also the same, if you have VSO, VPDSD should also be included and in the MMC.