I just wanted to know if the person who signs off on these assessments don on board needs to be a designated examiner. Everything I have read says they just need to hold a license equal too or larger than what you are upgrading too. This is for all those STCW assessments that used to be only done …

Designated Examiners are only for the towing vessel TOAR.

Completing the assessments at sea has always been an option. The only requirement for someone to sign them off is that they have to be in an equal higher grade. The Coast Guard requires the assessors to read a statement concerning the responsibilities of being an assessor and the person signing of…

[QUOTE=Azimuth;67511]The only requirement for someone to sign them off is that they have to be in an equal higher grade. [/QUOTE] The assessments of competency may be conducted aboard a seagoing vessel by a mariner who is serving on the vessel upon which the assessments are completed. [ol] …

Yeah, I was pretty sure of that, and I knew the DE was mandatory for the TOAR since I had to do that, but thanks for the info and the confirmation. I had printed out the entire assessments and policy letter and just wanted to make sure my understanding of it was clear. So in practice the 200ton Ma…

Does a master 200grt have STCW II/2 on the license? If so then I imagine they can sign you off, but I don’t know for sure that they do.

No they do not, thanks for that. I do have access to a 1600 master who will work with me to sign off. Definitely appreciate the help.

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