jason pateman – dover

Hull Office: Jason Pateman
Candidate: Andrew McMinn
Time: 1hour 40min (Pass)
1. When taking over as Master why is the tonnage certificate important?
2. What other certificates relate to tonnage?
3. What convention certificates would you expect to find on a cruise ship?
4. What other certificates would you find?
5. Explain the MAROL certificates, each annex and how your ship complies.
6. How do you comply with Annex 6? What certificates are related to this annex?
7. Explain as master how you comply with MLC.
8. List all of the points relevant to MLC (all of them in detail and exactly what is meant by each
point).
9. Who owns the vessel and where does it say this? Where else would it say who owns the vessel?
10. Who is the owner?
11. Who is the owner with relation to the SEA?
12. How do you as Master ensure that MLC is complied with?
13. What is the company’s responsibility under MLC?
14. Explain the different certificates with MLC and what do they mean?
15. What is STCW? What certificates do you need for this?
16. What certificates does a Polish 2nd Eng need to have when joining your vessel?
17. Where do you check what certificates, he would need relevant to your vessel?
18. What is ISM and how does the master comply with this?
19. Explain in your own words ISM.
20. What are the chapters.
21. What is the first section in the ISM code and how does this relate you as master.
22. There were many questions on ISM, the various parts and what each part means and how it is
relevant.
23. What Health and Safety at work act?
24. Why is it important?
25. Explain why it is important and how it relates to you as Master. There were a lot of questions on
this act, what it means and why it is important.
26. Name the different parts of the act.
27. Your Second Officer calls you to the bridge at 2330 as the gyro has failed…. actions!
28. Who would you contact and why?
29. What dispensations do you need?
30. Do you need to call Class?
31. What is a condition of class and what certificates are affected by it?
32. What is a RO?
33. What certificates do they issue?
34. What does it say on the top of the certificates that Class issue?
35. What is the difference between a RO and a Classification Society?
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37. What does SOLAS say about Classification Societies?
38. What is the ACS?
39. What would be your night orders after the event of Gyro failure?
40. How often do you renew your PSSC?
41. Explain what is the PSSC and who issues it?
42. What forms are related to this certificate, talk through these forms.
43. Talk through in detail how you renew this certificate?
44. What will be done at five years and how will this be different from the annuals?
45. How often will the hull be inspected?
46. How is the hull inspected?
47. Talk through everything to do with life boats.
48. What tests are done yearly and five yearly?
49. What is the difference between static and dynamic test?
50. Talk through each test.
51. Who does these tests?
52. Who needs to be present and why?
53. Talk through the MGN regarding this.
54. Red and white light off starboard bow. A white light lower than these and more to starboard.
Your third mate calls you to the bridge as is unsure what it is. How would you handle this
situation?
55. What would your advice be to him?
56. What rules apply to this situation?
57. CBD vessel on port bow. Your second mate calls you to the bridge unsure of what to do. What
would be your actions and why?
58. What rules cover CBD vessels?
59. Can you do anything else?
60. Why?
61. What does impede mean?
62. What rules cover impeding?
63. What is the first thing you should ask the officer when you arrive on the bridge in this situation?
64. Talk through all of 8f.
65. What do the rules say about risk of collision.
66. Why is determining if risk of collision exists important when complying with rule 8f.
67. What rules apply in restricted visibility.
68. Your second officer calls you to the bridge because of restricted visibility what would you expect
of him?
69. What does rule 19 say?
70. What would be your actions if your helmsman reports hearing a fog signal?