# Qmed/DDE/Dredges/Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [January 23, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931 "2020-01-23T01:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/1 "2020-01-23T01:51:47Z")
I searched the forum and i think i found some what of an answer but going to ask any ways. I was talking to a AB that just made it into the engine room on the \*Weeks Marine EW Ellefsen. He wants to get his Qmed then leave but was unsure if he is even getting time. I told him to my understanding It just has to be a walk in engine room. Am i correct on this? I got that answer from the NMC. I know Dredges are a different ballgame. Also, after reading some old topics Is that true you can get a DDE 4000 from just working on a tug or supply boat. _edit this was meant for the engineer forum sorry_ ---
**Author:** ![Ctony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ctony/32/189_2.png) [@Ctony](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ctony)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/2 "2020-01-23T02:08:04Z")
> [@Menizzi](#): > > Also, after reading some old topics Is that true you can get a DDE 4000 from just working on a tug or supply boat. All dde tickets are 500 grt licenses…so yes. Its totally legit for someone to use seatime as an unlicensed engineer on crewboats, utility or tugboats to get a DDE. I know some folks who hold a 1st assistant engineer license and never stepped foot on a ship, also. ---
**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/3 "2020-01-23T02:10:28Z")
_ **I know some folks who hold a 1st assistant engineer license and never stepped foot on a ship, also.** _ Thats scary ---
**Author:** ![Ctony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ctony/32/189_2.png) [@Ctony](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ctony)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/4 "2020-01-23T02:13:47Z")
> [@Menizzi](#): > > Thats scary I think this is scarier. A 2nd mate two yrs out of the academy with minimal experience getting approved to test for a 1600 grt master. Then, getting their toar pencil-whipped and voila we have a tugboat captain. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/5 "2020-01-23T04:40:11Z")
> [@Menizzi](#): > > He wants to get his Qmed then leave Way to throw the dude under the bus! ---
**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/6 "2020-01-24T01:36:43Z")
Shit I tell it how it is I’m not going to lie. I also don’t have a filter on my mouth and it gets me in a whole lot of trouble lol ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/7 "2020-01-24T01:38:08Z")
I get that but office people read these forums and you gave enough information to easily identify him. ---
**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/8 "2020-01-24T02:18:10Z")
OK, That i did not know. I did not mean to do that and now i understand why I am getting burned. I won’t go into any more details. ---
**Author:** ![IMAGENEYES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@IMAGENEYES](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/IMAGENEYES)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/9 "2020-01-24T16:43:19Z")
Loose Lips Sink Ships. Get the Qmed if you can now ---
**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/10 "2020-01-26T00:20:08Z")
I am trying to find that answer every one seems to be dodging it. Do you get sea time in the engine room on the dredge. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/11 "2020-01-26T01:13:19Z")
> [@Menizzi](#): > > Do you get sea time in the engine room on the dredge. Does the dredge have its own propulsion or is the “engine room” just for generators? ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/qmed-dde-dredges-time/53931/12 "2020-01-26T17:04:53Z")
It’s depends, but yes, you will probably get engineroom, or deck time on a dredge, even if it’s not self-propelled. Of course a dredge that does not have propellers is often “underway” moving itself around by walking on the spuds, pulling on the anchors, or “paddling” with the bucket.