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Engineering Officers & Ratings Courses

Marine engineering work on board ships include safe operations and monitoring of numerous systems, like:

mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and control equipment
sophisticated engine management systems
maintenance and monitoring of the machinery space

Chapter 3 of the STCW Code for Standards Regarding Engine Department (Certification) address the requirements for engineering officers and ratings. STCW III/1 – 7 address the requirements as follows:

Officers in Charge of an Engineering Watch in a manned engine-room or as designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine-room
Chief Engineer officers and Second Engineer officers on ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW propulsion power or more.
Chief Engineer officers and Second Engineer officers on ships powered by main propulsion machinery of between 750 kW and 3,000 kW propulsion power
Ratings Forming Part of an Engineering Watch in a manned engine-room or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine-room
Able Seafarer Engine in a manned engine-room or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine-room.
Electro-Technical Officers
Electro-Technical Rating

The responsibilities are broadly broken up into two categories:

Management Level:

Chief Engineer, and
Second Engineer (First Assistant Engineer)

Operations Level:

DDE (Designated Duty Engineer) or the Engineer Officer of the Watch (EOW- 4^th engineer and 3^rd Engineer)
Electro-technical, and
Ratings who are part of an Engineering Watch and who must understand orders of the certified engineering officers relevant to watchkeeping duties, carry out a watch routine compliant with the duties of an engine room watch, and more.

Management Level Courses

Table A-III/2 of the STCW Code govern the responsibilities, tasks and duties of management level. Candidates for certification as chief engineer officer and second engineer officer of seagoing ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW power or more are required to demonstrate ability to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of STCW Table A-III/2.