bown water to blue water

[towboatchief]

the big move need help , getting an chief osv , took my bst and boatman (psc) next taking my medcare when i get off this trip , do i need a rating forming part of an engineering watch, i have a dde unlimited any hp . been on brown water for 20 years chief for 18 years of them now i would like to run with the big dogs . thanks guys

[KPEngineer]

Yes, get an RFPEW and QMED - any rating. I'm pretty sure it's just a paperwork thing since you have the DDE AHP but you will want the credentials that are most applicable to deep sea.

[towboatchief]

I get the Qmed any rating, do I get the rfpew because of the ddr unlimited if not is there a place to get training? ? Thanks

[KPEngineer]

Basically RFPEW the STCW version of QMED. NMC Policy Letter 14-02 http://www.uscg.mil/nmc//marpers/pag/14-02.pdf will give you all the gory details of what you need to do to get it. Google will give you tons of hits of places that offer training.

[towboatchief]

Thanks so much, I have some reading to do now

[towboatchief]

Hi again, all the school I talked to about the rfpew have the paper work but not the training.

[harddown&hookedup]

Ronnie????