MT-ENG-L3.1

The assistant-engineer exemption: two of three

MT-ENG-M3 · Assistant engineers, dual roles and UMS · MT-ENG-M3-A The AE exemption test, who may serve as AE, and when one officer may cover deck and engine.

On a Short Range yacht under 500 GT, the ^ note makes a **full-AEC assistant engineer** the default. Two of three technical conditions remove the requirement.

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