CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER B—MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN (parts 10 to 16) > PART 12—REQUIREMENTS FOR RATING ENDORSEMENTS > SUBPART 12.25—Certificates of Service for Ratings Other Than Able Seaman or Qualified Member of the Engine Department (§12.25-1 to §12.25-45) > 12.25-40—Apprentice mate.

12.25-40—Apprentice mate.

A person enrolled in an apprentice mate training program approved by the Commanding Officer, National Maritime Center who presents a letter or other documentary evidence that he is so enrolled may be issued an endorsement as apprentice mate and may be signed on ships as apprentice mate. The endorsement apprentice mate may be in addition to other endorsements. However, this endorsement as apprentice mate does not authorize the holder to fill any of the regular ratings.
[CGD 74-226, 40 FR 33976, Aug. 13, 1975, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50460, Sept. 29, 1995; USCG-1998-4442, 63 FR 52189, Sept. 30, 1998; USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11258, Mar. 16, 2009]