[QUOTE=z-drive;127790]They adress the “chief” mate issue in the discussion somewhere. They more or less agreed that if you are the only mate, then your experience is to be counted as “chief” mate. It’s in the thousand or two paged item published a few days before the final rule. Could be wrong but I recall reading something like that.
Just because you may be considered a chief mate it doesn’t mean you are a chief mate with the correct tonnage for an upgrade to unlimited master.[/QUOTE]
Only a matter of time before that happens… oil patch will ultimately get every law, rule, NIVIC, USCG memo changed to suit current and future needs. Pretty soon tying a bowline will make you unlimited master and changing the filter on the galley ice machine will make you unlimited chief.
How about the designated master start having to fill out real uscg charges that you have to get online. Take the office out of the equation and vouch for the billet served and the accountability of being master.
[QUOTE=Jemplayer;127788]So those of us with 500grt non trade restricted with a 3000 itc OSV license can still get a a 1600/3000 license by just taking the management class and sea time if we got out license before March 24?
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From what I’ve read, it sounds like you will be granfathered in under current rules, possibly until 2017. But the USCG will be coming out with NVICs to explain what they have written!
You still on the beach, or back building sea time? Hope it is the latter.
[QUOTE=Johnny Canal;127817]Only a matter of time before that happens… oil patch will ultimately get every law, rule, NIVIC, USCG memo changed to suit current and future needs. Pretty soon tying a bowline will make you unlimited master and changing the filter on the galley ice machine will make you unlimited chief.
How about the designated master start having to fill out real uscg charges that you have to get online. Take the office out of the equation and vouch for the billet served and the accountability of being master.
Any takers?[/QUOTE]
Brand new testing rules are in for GOM engineers. No more taking those 3 to 4 module exams for those 500t DDEs that magically grow to 3000 itc just by adding the chief osv endorsement. No more even having an evaluator assigned to look at sea service before receiving an approval to test letter. New rules… All they need to do is take their DDE. And their HUET card into their local REC tell them you are ready for your upgrade evaluation, a REC representative will escort you into the testing area where he will retrieve something from a box, he will show you both items, one in each hand, and he will say the following, “In one hand I have a stone, in the other a turtle, which one is the turtle?” If you can clear this hurdle you will be issued a fresh chief unlimited with all 3 propulsion modes.