Ship Engineers
Maintaining Improved Navy Lighterage System warping tugs or causeway ferries provides vessel-maintenance experience relevant to shipboard engineering work.
How to prepare: Request an official sea-service transcript and assemble vessel specifications and assigned duties for Coast Guard evaluation against the intended engine endorsement. Officer endorsement eligibility depends on qualifying experience, approved training, professional competence, age, citizenship, medical fitness, and drug testing.
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.