🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR requirements for boiler safety valves on inspected vessels • Who the Coast Guard recognizes as properly authorized/qualified to adjust or repair critical safety devices • Difference between shipboard ‘competence’ and regulatory approval

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Does 46 CFR usually allow ship’s engineering staff to alter critical safety devices while they are installed, or does it push that work to a specific outside party? • When a component directly prevents overpressure explosions, does the Coast Guard focus more on rank, general competence, or a special type of approval? • Which option best reflects a formal approval process rather than an informal judgment of skill or emergency need?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check 46 CFR Part 50–63 (marine engineering) to see who is named as allowed to repair/adjust safety valves. • Verify whether the regulation uses words like ‘approved’ or ‘manufacturer’ or instead mentions shipboard officers by title. • Make sure the choice you pick matches a party that would have documented authorization and testing capability, not just experience.