Andrew-Paisley

Class 1 Chief Engr. Unlimited
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Result: Pass
1. Write Down all the certificates? particularly looking for Insurance certificates for wreck removal, bunker oil pollution and cargo oil pollution (BOPIC, OPIC)
2. What does DGDOC cover? SOLAS chapter II-2, Regulation 19,
3. DGDOC additional requirements and in which survey it is covered? (Safety Equipment Survey)
4. What is anniversary date? What is major nonconformity with regards to surveys?
5. Renewal surveys for all above certificates is +/-3 months? I told except DOC. Examiner told all certificates should be renewed prior to expiry. MCA will not tolerate asking for extra 3 months when you have the certificate in hand from past 5 years. If your certificate expires you have to stop the ship.
6. What does FSS code cover? Detailed explanation on this. Particularly looking for fire integrity standards and means of escape.
7. What does LSA code cover? And which SOLAS chapter it covers? Just bullet points here.
8. As a Chief Engineer what will do you if there is a pollution of oil on deck? And what are your actions if the oil gone overboard also? Looking for SOPEP related explanation here.
9. As a chief engineer how will you make sure watertight integrity of your vessel kept under control if there is a damage to the hull at sea? Explained everything which covers load line survey checks in which examiner was looking for specially bilge pumping arrangements and trying out alarms and ballast pumps are in good condition to take out water from the ballast tank if damaged.
10. Electrical Discrimination. Detailed Explanation Here. Starting from generator, Circuit Breaker, Busbar, Feeder Panel, Transformer, each starter panels until motor thermistors what are the safety devices fitted and how they protect the circuit?
11. How a motor can get burnt or overheat or overload? All consequences.
12. What are Steering gear motor requirements?
13. Explain short circuit and why short circuit protection required for control circuit of steering motor?
14. What do you know about FMEA? (Failure mode and effect analysis)
15. As a chief engineer if your M/E Jacket water pump fails and also pressure transmitter or pressure switch fails and you have no indication of water entering to cool your jackets or not. What are your actions and what indications you have to make it alright? Looking for what all other parameters alter when this happens.
16. Lube oil analysis. What tests these analysis cover? Detailed explanation here. Especially looking for metal content.
17. If you find salt water contamination in lube oil what are your actions?
18. What bearing materials can you find in the lube oil? What does white metal contain?