Matthew-Thompson

M. AMEDRO ORAL QUESTIONS CHIEF UNDER 3000KW (GMA Candidate)
Time =1hr,
Examiner Matthew Thompson, Asif Hanif in room assessing South Shields.
1. Asked about current ship previous experience.
2. Certificates on board? What is the frequency of survey for load line cert? What items would be checked in a Cargo ship safety equipment survey?
3. What are your responsibilities as Chief Eng and what is code do we use to safely manage ships?
4. What part of ISM code applies to engineers the most?
5. Bunkering procedure from requesting fuel to final paperwork?
6. What is a bunker delivery note and what info is on it?
7. What do you do if you are not happy with the fuel you have recieved?
8. Sulphur limits?
9. What documentation do you need to have onboard for your engines?
10. What is in a Nox technical file?
11. What annex does sewage come under in Marpol?
12. How does an Aerobic sewage treatment plant work?
13. If the blower stops working what probelms would that cause?
14. 3rd eng report Mechanical Knocking noise coming from main Engine your actions as Chief?
15. Who would you inform?
16. Bottom end checks what would you check?
17.Crankpin diameter vertical and horizontal measurements do not match what does that mean?
18. How could that be fixed?
19. What could happen if too much is machined off the Crankpin?
20 Water cooled Air compressor safety devices?
21. Air bottle safety devices?
22. How could oil get into the air bottle? Why could this happen?
23. Why don’t we want large quantities of oil in a start air system?
24. Start air system safeties safety?
25. Steering gear checks?
26. Master reports steering sluggish actions possible causes?
27. Times for rudder to move port to stbd?
28.What safety’s and alarms on steering gear and steering gear motors?
29. What smoke detectors do you have in the engineroom?
30. How do you test a flame detector?
31. What fixed Fire fighting systems are there on board ships?
32. Actions upon discovery of ER fire
33. Fire out of control, actions?
34. Tell me your actions prior to release of CO2 and how you would release your CO2 system?
That’s enough you have passed 👍🏻