Ship Engineers
Operating and troubleshooting the LCAC propulsion, lift, and control plant transfers directly to monitoring vessel machinery, identifying malfunctions, and controlling propulsion equipment.
How to prepare: Request USCG evaluation of your military sea service using an official sea-service transcript or assignment history plus vessel tonnage, routes, propulsion power, time underway, and assigned duties; a DD-214 is not acceptable sea-service evidence. Pursue the MMC and engineer endorsement appropriate to the target vessel and route and the evaluated service: officer endorsement requires qualifying experience, medical fitness, approved training, professional competence and testing, drug screening, and applicable age and citizenship qualifications; most jobs also require a TWIC, and engineering roles typically require several years of sea time.
What the civilian work involves
- Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway, and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff.
- Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified.
- Start engines to propel ships, and regulate engines and power transmissions to control speeds of ships, according to directions from captains or bridge computers.