Here in the dutch subs all the crew must have a basic knowledge of all the equipment on board and need to be able to operate it so also the cook know how to run the engines.
but then again we only have 4 relatively small diesel electrics in operation with a lot less crew and in case of an emergency its nice to know that everyone can do what it takes.
P.S any updates? 
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