Course Description

The 40-Hour Engineering Familiarization course is intended for both deck and engineering ratings that have little or no experience in the engine room who serve on board a vessel as part of the regular complement and covers the mandatory minimum training requirements for engineering. The training includes basic safety and pollution prevention precautions and procedures, layouts of different types of engine rooms, types of hazards and handling equipment, general operational sequence and engine room terminology. This course is also named the “Deckeneer Course.” This course familiarizes new hires and deckhands with the engine room environment and the ability to safely monitor such spaces while conducting machinery space rounds. Major topic areas are as follows: Towing and offshore supply industry and vessel familiarization, as well as the duties of the duty engineer. Auxiliary plants, miscellaneous systems, and auxiliary machinery Diesel propulsion plants and machinery Engine room safety Machinery space rounds Sea project indoctrination

Class Requirements

Training Certificate of Completion

This Engineering Familiarization course is designed to teach new skills to the entry-level mariner or to enhance skills of those mariners with minimal sea-going experience with the objective of increasing awareness and promoting safety in their surroundings. Topics covered: Working in the maritime industry; Responsibilities; Engineering Watchstanding duties; Engineering Emergency situations; Marine pollution; machinery; maintenance to include hand tool usage, safety, pollution prevention precautions and procedures, layouts of different types of engine rooms, types of hazards and handling equipment, general operational sequence and engine room terminology.