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A 'Qualified Member of the Engineering Department' also known as an 'Unlicensed Junior Engineer' or 'QMED' is a senior unlicensed crewmember in the engine room of a ship.
In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a QMED a person has to have a Merchant Mariner's Document issued by the United States Coast Guard with a QMED certification. Because of international conventions and agreements, all QMEDs who sail internationally are similarly documented by their respective countries.
The QMED performs a variety of tasks connected with the maintenance and repair of engine room, fireroom, machine shop, ice-machine room, and steering-engine room equipment. The QMED inspects equipment such as pumps, turbines, distilling plants, and condensers, and prepares record of condition. The QMED lubricates and maintains machinery and equipment such as generators, steering systems, lifeboats, and sewage disposal systems, and also cleans and restores tools and equipment.

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★ Engine room

★ Engineering department

External link

★ United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation web site

★ QMED at DOL