If I hold a 1600t mates license do I need to complete any more testing/courses to receive the mate osv? I read a previous thread from a few years back that said I would just need to apply and I would receive it since the 1600t meets all the qualifications of the mate osv, wondering if this was still…

Most likely you will need GMDSS and EDCIS. But I don’t know exactly what you’re on. Also comes the DP fiasco Hopefully your going on as a training mate and they promised all the training.

I hold mate osv and the way i got it was i hold 1600 grt OSV master and per the marine safety manual vol 3 (if i recall correctly) a 1600 grt master OSV can get mate osv with no further testing. I am unaware if this loophole still exists. Having gmdss, arpa or ecdis has nothing to do with this (i d…

Thanks for the response, I do currently have the other endorsements listed (gmdss, Ecdis) except for DP. However I have received a job offer for DP training mate and was hoping to get the osv mate ticket to allow me to operate larger vessels.

What did the Mate OSV checklist say?

Looks like you can easily be approved for mate osv but you will have to test. I think that grandfathering i mentioned ended in 2017. Maybe jdcavo will weigh in.

You need to test. If the endorsement is listed in 46 CFR 11.903 (a) and there is not an exception listed in 46 CFR 11.903(c ), you need to test.

Seems kind of silly that I can upgrade to the 3rd mate unlimited from the 1600t with no further examination, but to upgrade to the mate osv from the 1600t I would have to test again.

[image] Spicysteve: I can upgrade to the 3rd mate unlimited from the 1600t with no further examination, Why would you upgrade to a trade restricted license if you can get the unrestricted one with no further examination?

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Spicysteve July 19, 2021, 11:55pm 8

Did the policy change? After reading this thread (Mate OSV) I was convinced I would not have to test.

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