Qualified Member of the Engine Department
- Qualified Member of the Engine Department
A Qualified Member of the Engineering Department also known as an Unlicensed Junior Engineer or QMED is a senior unlicensed crewmember in the engine room of a ship. The QMED performs a variety of tasks connected with the maintenance and repair of engine room, fireroom, machine shop, ice-machine room, and steering-engine room equipment. The QMED inspects equipment such as pumps, turbines, distilling plants, and condensers, and prepares record of condition. The QMED lubricates and maintains machinery and equipment such as generators, steering systems, lifeboats, and sewage disposal systems, and also cleans and restores tools and equipment.
United States
In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a QMED a person has to have a Merchant Mariner's Document issued by the United States Coast Guard with a QMED certification. Because of international conventions and agreements, all QMEDs who sail internationally are similarly documented by their respective countries.
Applicants for QMED are required to pass a QMED General Knowledge Examination and at least one of the following rating exams:
#Fireman/Watertender
#Oiler
#Deck Engineer
#Junior Engineer
#Refrigeration Engineer
#Electrician
#Pumpman
Once the exam is passed, it is valid for one year.
ee also
*Engine room
*Engineering department
External links
* [http://www.uscg.mil/stcw/index.htm United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation web site]
* [http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/wage/p47280.htm QMED at DOL ]
* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/apmc/cglic.htm QMED Requirements at MSC ]
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