USCG-OICEW-L2.1
What the OICEW is
USCG-OICEW-M2 · OICEW — STCW III/1 · USCG-OICEW-M2-A The first STCW engineering endorsement
The Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch — **OICEW**, STCW III/1 — is the first STCW engineering endorsement. Everything above it is built on it. The Second Engineer Officer sections at 11.327 and 11.333 both begin by counting **months of service as OICEW**. If you want an STCW engineering career, this is where it starts.
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