Proof of sea time
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:30 pm
Arghh!
I am trying to upgrade to my 2nd class engineer ticket. Im at the last stretch and have to do the motor & general engineering exam plus orals. I have more than enough sea time and have only ever worked within the country. I submitted my EXN-2 (or is it EXN-3, cant remember right now) with over 50 filled out engineer department sea
time testimonials signed my the master plus another form filled by management at my company stating how long I have been working there plus how many hours on the boats and my position. Now the examiner ( the vancouver office one) is asking me to send him copies of the ship’s log for every single day i am claiming sea time for. That means taking over 500 photos of pages scattered in dozens of books i don’t even know that I have access to.
I have never heard of this before and I am getting the impression he is deliberately putting sticks in my wheels, perhaps because of the new MPRs fast approaching?
Anyways, has anybody every heard of this requirement for proving sea time? What are my options here if I can’t get access to those logs?
I am trying to upgrade to my 2nd class engineer ticket. Im at the last stretch and have to do the motor & general engineering exam plus orals. I have more than enough sea time and have only ever worked within the country. I submitted my EXN-2 (or is it EXN-3, cant remember right now) with over 50 filled out engineer department sea
time testimonials signed my the master plus another form filled by management at my company stating how long I have been working there plus how many hours on the boats and my position. Now the examiner ( the vancouver office one) is asking me to send him copies of the ship’s log for every single day i am claiming sea time for. That means taking over 500 photos of pages scattered in dozens of books i don’t even know that I have access to.
I have never heard of this before and I am getting the impression he is deliberately putting sticks in my wheels, perhaps because of the new MPRs fast approaching?
Anyways, has anybody every heard of this requirement for proving sea time? What are my options here if I can’t get access to those logs?