🔍 Key Concepts

• Differences between licensed engineering officers and deck officers • The overall responsibilities of the chief engineer versus assistants and watch officers • How vessel tonnage (>1600 GRT) affects the organization of engineering responsibilities

💭 Think About

• Which position is in overall charge of the entire engineering department, not just a single watch or specific tasks? • Who has primary responsibility for staffing (manning) and maintenance planning in the engine department on a large vessel? • Among the choices, which role normally handles day-to-day watchstanding versus department-level management?

✅ Before You Answer

• Eliminate any choice that is clearly a deck department role, not engineering • Distinguish between a position that stands a watch and one that manages the whole engine department • Ask: On a vessel over 1600 GRT, who would the company and master look to for the condition of machinery and engine room personnel assignments?