Pathway to becoming an REO

[Glenn VK4DU]

Thanks – very interesting.

So what if someone wants to go to sea as an REO and they don't have a telegraph licence - i.e. a newbie?

Do they have to sit the exams? Morse at 25 WPM, auto alarm diagrams, et al?

Or is there another pathway?

73
Glenn


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Getting an FCC Telegraph Licensee along with GMDSS licensee along with a USCG Radio Officer licensee allows you to be assigned to a ship and progress toward getting an Electro Technical Officers License, yes it’s an outdated license, but it’s been maintained as an entry level path.   It allows people with related skills and training outside the maritime industry to enter the profession.   In addition to the traditional communications skills and maintenance, computer network management, and engine instrumentation / automation have been added to the job description.  Texas Maritime has a 4 year program for the profession, but has not yet had a graduating class.

Rgds:

[Jeremy Allen]

Hi Glenn,

 

My union has a training program for newbie REO’s (not radio officers in the traditional sense), and it doesn’t include any sort of Morse Code training.  Since all of our union’s RO jobs are on naval auxiliary vessel, the training requirements span both the commercial and military requirements.

 

Before I get too long winded, here are the basics:

 

1. Radio training
1. GMDSS operator
2. GMDSS maintainer with radar endorsement
3. General Radiotelephone operator permit
4. STCW GMDSS
2. Electrical/electronics training
1. High voltage safety
2. Programmable logic controllers
3. Military training
1. Level 1 anti terrorism and chemical/biological/radiological defense
2. Security watchstander basic and advanced
3. Damage control
4. Helicopter fire fighting
5. Local Area Network manager class
6. Next Generation Wideband operator class
7. Electronic Key management class

 

The people entering this program are generally newly-minted 3^rd engineers from a maritime school so will also be so licensed from in that department.  They will have already had the basic safety training and advanced firefighting courses.

 

To go up the ladder to Electro Technical Officer (an international endorsement) they need a year of sea time and the following:

1. Medical care provider
2. Onboard Computer networking and security
3. Radio electronics
4. Integrated navigational equipment
5. Ship propulsion and Aux machinery
6. Instrumentation and control systems
7. High Voltage power systems
8. A fairly extensive Task assessment protocol

 

You can certainly take your FCC radiotelegraph operator’s license exams (1 additional theory and 2 code tests) to get your Radio Officer’s (national) endorsement, but without the rest of the REO requirements above, you aren’t going to be qualified to fill any of the available billets.

 

73

Jeremy

 

 

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[Glenn VK4DU]

Very interesting, thanks.

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[Dr Jim Kennedy]

I think today you need the GMDSS FCC license today not an R/T license.

 

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