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Gurpreet Singh Bajwa
Master’s Unlimited
Online Exam Oral Report
Examiner: David Carlisle
Result: Passed

I login 10 minutes prior given time assuming Myself a Captain Already and Capt. David Carlisle joined Microsoft Teams exactly at given time.
Just when greetings begins and there was quite a commotion due to Dogs brawl on Street to which we exchange few pleasantries. He asked me to show my Passport on Camera and then he asked me that what all ships I have been on. I replied that I had been on Crude Oil Tankers only since my Cadetship. He make me clear that I am appearing for Master Unlimited and therefore answer accordingly and Make me Captain of a Bulk Carrier.
1. Joining ship for the 1st time on your last ship as Master. Tell me everything how will you take over?
2. What is S.E.A / contents of it?
3. What all things go in Onboard Compliant Procedure?
4. What is safe means of Access & what all things will you check ?
5. Where will you log yourself – OLB?
6. Now you have taken over and outgoing Master said vessel is due for Loadline & SAFCON survey. How will you prepare?
7. What all things to be checked in Windlass & Mooring winches as per SAFCON?
8. What advice will you give to your mate for loading steel coils & Iron Ore as he is new to the rank?
9. Shipper declaration 6months old can you load iron ore?
10. Your mate’s receipts been claused with corroded & damaged steel coils, but Shipper turns with clean BOL. Do you have a authority to clause the BOL
11. Now vessel is ready to sail out. Tell me about Pre- Departure Checks?
12. No pilot available. You are port side alongside between two ships, onshore wind, no current. Tell what all risk involved & how will you castoff?
13. Carry out a Short round turn?
14. Carry out Snub round turn. What all risk involved in it when you are carrying out in limited space port?
15. How will you rescue Man overboard in rough weather?
16. Second officer calls you up in night that he is getting a Water ingress alarm on WIS panel from forward bosun store. Actions?
17. How marpol Annex 6 affects your ship & what all certificates you get?
18. Chief Cook Bulling Catering Boy, Action?
19. Due to heavy sea’s one of the port side compartment flooded Action?
20. What is Angle of Loll & List?
21. What is the reason vessel keep flopping at one angle?
22. Actions during fire in Galley?
23. What all hazards involved in galley for fire?
24. Classes of fire?
25. You carrying out weekly checks in Accommodation, how will you go about it?
26. Tell me about MLC 2006. Requirement for crew cabin?
27. What all certificates will you check for 2nd Mate, while signing him on?
28. Your vessel in Narrow Channel. Tell me everything about Rule 9.
29. What is Salvage/LOF/Towage?
30. Tropical revolving storm /Signs/Avoiding actions?
30. Vessel in restricted visibility actions?
31. Tell me about rule 19?
32. One radar plot on port quarter….
And that’s it. He congratulate me and appreciate the fact that he had not to prompt me for answers as I was giving detailed answers with examples (Irrespective of norms that only give specific answer what Examiner ask for).
Then Asked me about my future plan, talked about COVID-19 situation. Wished me Luck.
Capt. David Carlisle is very practical examiner, if he ask any question go about everything you know about topic instead just giving pin point or by the book answer, include examples from your own experiences and your company procedures after narrating MCA answer this way there will be hardly any follow up questions. This shows that you are not just being Robotic Human instead acting as a Captain Like mindset.
Thanks to Waheguru and My family for their support and patient, who eagerly waited for this day…… Thanks to my friends Sanat and Anil, We did extensive practice on Zoom which provide great help for virtual exam.