Licensed mariner
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A licensed mariner is a person who holds a license issued by one or more countries to hold senior positions aboard ships, boats, and similar vessels. A known industry slang term for a Mariners license is ticket, as in "What grade is your ticket?" The United States Coast Guard grants licenses to members of the United States Merchant Marine in five categories, deck officers,[1] engineers,[2] staff officers,[3] radio officers,[4] and pilots.[1] In the United States the Coast Guard has replaced paper licenses with the Merchant Mariners Credential which is a combination of the the former Merchant Marine Officers license and Merchant Mariners Document in a small book that looks similar to a passport.
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[edit] Deck officers
There are a wide variety of licenses for deck officers, with restrictions of geography and tonnage. Licenses without such restrictions are called unlimited as in Third Mate, Unlimited. The grades of unlimited licenses are:
- Master's License for masters and lower grades.
- Chief Mate's License for chief mates and lower grades.
- Second Mate's License qualifies the holder as second mate or third mate.
- Third Mate's License qualifies the holder as third mate.
Mariner licenses range from large to small vessels. Smaller charter boat operators may have a charter boat license.
[edit] Engineers
Licenses are issued in the grades of:
- Chief Engineer,
- First Assistant Engineer,
- Second Assistant Engineer,
- Third Assistant Engineer,
- Chief Engineer (limited),
- Assistant Engineer (limited),
- Designated duty engineer,
- Chief Engineer uninspected fishing industry vessels, and,
- Assistant Engineer uninspected fishing industry vessels.
[edit] Staff officers
Staff officers are issued a Certificate of Registry in the following grades:
- Chief purser,
- Purser,
- Senior assistant purser,
- Junior assistant purser,
- Medical doctor, and
- Professional nurse.
[edit] Radio officers
- Radio officer
[edit] Pilots
Pilot licenses vary with tonnage and geography. Types of pilot's licenses are:
- General routes (routes not restricted to rivers, canals and small lakes),
- River routes, and
- Canal and small lakes routes
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Title 46, Part 10, Subpart D, Section 10.403". U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=41c9b108c0434b177e3fd65336f37853&rgn=div8&view=text&node=46:1.0.1.2.10.4.7.3&idno=46. Retrieved on March 16 2007.
- ^ "Title 46, Part 10, Subpart E, Section 10.501". U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=41c9b108c0434b177e3fd65336f37853&rgn=div8&view=text&node=46:1.0.1.2.10.5.7.1&idno=46. Retrieved on March 16 2007.
- ^ "Title 46, Part 10, Subpart H, Section 10.801". U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=41c9b108c0434b177e3fd65336f37853&rgn=div6&view=text&node=46:1.0.1.2.10.8&idno=46. Retrieved on March 16 2007.
- ^ "Title 46, Part 10, Subpart F, Section 10.601". U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=41c9b108c0434b177e3fd65336f37853&rgn=div6&view=text&node=46:1.0.1.2.10.6&idno=46. Retrieved on March 16 2007.
[edit] See also
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