USCG-DDE-L2.1

Periodically unmanned machinery spaces

USCG-DDE-M2 · The Sole Engineer · USCG-DDE-M2-A Being the only person below

There is a word in the definition of operational level at 46 CFR 10.107 that most candidates read straight past: the DDE serves *"for **periodically unmanned** machinery spaces."* Nobody is standing in the engine room. The plant runs on instrumentation, and the instrumentation runs to you.

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