It's crunch time for enrolling in STCW engineers' gap-closing classes

摘要

Engineering personnel who sail internationally have less than a year to complete their gap-closing courses, and enrolling isn't getting any easier. The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Manila amendments require that senior officers' credentials - chief and first engineers - show that they have taken Engine-Room Resource Management (ERM) by Dec. 31, 2016. Lower-level engineering crew need to take Management of Electrical and Electronic Control Equipment (MEECE) by the same date.