Ian-Shields

3 August 2020
Examiner Ian Bell online exam
Charlie (GMA Candidate ) Fail. Examiner was fair I felt, I wasn’t completely stuck on any question but I definitely didn’t have the depth of answer being looked for, I put that down to nerves mostly.
1. Taking over a new ship, new company, sailing in 2 hours. Chief is called away for family emergency. What do you want to see?
2. What is a condition of class?
3. Can a anyone raise a non-conformity?
4. What is critical equipment?
5. What is in planned maintenance system?
6. Itinerary has trained you are sailing Buenos Aires to Rotterdam Captain wants to know if we have enough fuel, how will you find out?
7. What are rules for Sulphur of Fuel Marpol Annex 6.
8. What is given on Fuel oil analysis?
9. What makes you think BDN is correct?
10. Why interested in Vanadium content? How does it cause corrosion?
11. What are fines?
12. Fuel Analysis says Sulphur is too high, Not what is on BDN, what do you do?
13. Problem with fines in fuel, what do you do? Was looking for run in series. Checking filters.
14. How would lube oil analysis show fuel in Lube oil?
15. Shared a diagram of turning gear motor start system asked to identify all parts.
16. Whats special about the fuses on motor? DOL 6 x full load current.
17. Overcurrent protection, what other faults could it protect against?
18. Why earthed?
19. About to leave and 2nd reports water coming from T/charger drains, what are you going to do?
20. How you know where water is from? Drain behind turbo is blocked? What will you test water for? Nitrates.
21. It economiser what will you do, you must leave port now.
22. How to repair?
23. What load will you run engine at?
24. Captain says you have been using too much fuel, what will you do?
25. Does anyone really use slip calculation these days?
26. Whats causing the increased fuel consumption?
27. What shows when ship needs hull inspection?
28. How often ship must have DD?
29. What is maximum time cargo ship can go between DD?
30. In dry dock, aft end inspection, what will you do?
31. What you will do if water inside propeller?
32. What will you look for on CPP?
33. There is a crack in a propeller blade, how will you fix?
34. What will crack test on tail shaft?
35. What can cruise ships do to prevent the risk of spread of Covid-19 regarding air conditioning?
36. Fridge plant is not performing, what will you do?
37. Leak is fixed, what now?
38. You have left dry dock, fire in emergency generator room. What will you do?
39. Emergency generator and emergency switchboard are destroyed? What will you do?