Designated Duty Engineer Prep (DDE-LICENSE-PREP)

Individual Course / Tug & Barge Program

Length 15 Days Approval N/A Location MITAGS - Onsite Training Method Lecture/Demo/Practice Simulation N/A Equipment MITAGS Computer Lab Pre-requisite See below Individual Course Yes Part of Program No Price of Program $2,040.00

Course Description

The goal of this 15-day, 105-hour course of instruction is designed to provide training to personnel in the engine department with instruction and proficiency in motor and/or steam engineering. An attendee successfully completing the Designated Duty Engineer (DDE) program will be able to demonstrate general knowledge of the subjects, which must be sufficient to satisfy the examiner that he is qualified to perform the duties of the rating for which he/she makes application.

Prerequisites-DDE endorsements are issued in 3 levels of horsepower dependent upon the total service, and completion of the appropriate exam modules. They include:

• DDE Unlimited HP: 1080 days with 540 days as a QMED, QMED DDE
• 4,000 HP: 720 days with 360 days as a QMED, QMED DDE
• 1,000 HP: 360 days with 180 days as a QMED

What You Will Learn

• Hand tools
• Measuring instruments
• Firefighting
• Piping systems
• Safety precautions
• Combustible fuels
• Boilers
• Electrical safety and theor
• Engine room auxiliaries
• Damage control
• Pollution laws and regulations
• Ship construction
• Principles of refrigeration
• Hydraulics
• Filters and strainers
• Motor plants
• Pneumatics
• Pumps, steering gear
• Deck machinery and air compressors

Students who completed a 70-hour U.S. Coast Guard Approved Designated Duty Engineer Course, offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute ofTechnology and Graduate Studies, and has been instructed inthe use of hand tools and measuring instruments, firefighting, piping systems, safety precautions, combustible fuels, boilers, electrical safety and theory, engine room auxiliaries, damage control, pollution laws and regulations, ship construction, principles of refrigeration, hydraulics, filters and strainers, motor plants, pneumatics, pumps, steering gear, deck machinery and air compressors.