PYAE SONE Vs Capt. Zia Ul Haq

Exam : Masters Unlimited
Surveyor : Capt. Zia Ul Haq
Candidate: KYAW PYAE SONE
Duration : 1 hour 15 minutes
Attempt – First Attempt
Result : PASS
Experience – Chemical tanker

I joined the meeting 15 minutes early, and he joined the meeting at 0855BST. He asked me where I was from and the told me that he can hear my voice clearly and asked me if I could hear him. I replied “Yes”
He started with the general housekeeping, asked me for scanning the room including under the desk and he read the MCA exams policy. he asked if I’m aware of the new exam recording requirements and that although I will not have a copy of the recording, it could be used in case of a dispute. he said that throughout the exam I would be on a UK flagged vessel.

All questions are in sequence, best I can remember

Started with simply tell me about your last ship and your vessels experiences-
Said that I have sailed on chemical tankers from my cadetship till the date, gave him a detail of my last vessel and trading pattern.

1. So you join a new company, who would you expect to meet and why, what you require / expect from company
2. They done the meeting as per what regulation?
3. What certificate to check when you get onboard?
4. ISM Function
5. How would you check oil record book?
6. How could you confirm that the MLC is being followed?
7. MLC certificate and its validation?
8. Explain the details about DMLC-1 & 2 (with 14 key point)
9. Other than MLC2006,DLMC-1&2 what other certificate require to have onboard?
10. 2O newly promoted joining with you together, what certificate will you check him?
11. CO not sure about the next cargo can be loaded or not what is your action? (COF,IMDG code chapter 17 & 18)
12. What precaution will you take to load the cargo? Where can you find that information? (chapter 17 column-o and MSDS)
13. How much can you load the cargo (load line, DSG, expansion of cargo in hot climate)
14. 2O not sure about ECDIS can use of primary means of navigation where it stated? (SEC, Form-E)
15. You are engaged in Cargo Operation on chemical tanker and there is job to be carried in You PMS as it related to FPK tank how you are going to start.
16. Then Third mate came to you and reported both persons entered in FPK tank not reported action.
17. Then local doctor reported both persons are not able to survive action.
18. How frequently will you carry out Enclosed space drill?
19. You have to leave the berth with shortage of two-person action?
20. In what circumstance can you leave the berth?
21. Draw TRS in Northern Hemisphere put your vessel in dangerous semicircle.
22. After TRS is cleared and Bosun make round on deck and found out one mooring rope is missing action?
23. 2O went to monkey island and check the condition and found out that Hard Iron magnets are scattered all over the monkey. He don’t know how to put back. Action?
24. 2O called you at midnight steering gear not working he already changed both steering gear and NFU still no respond. Action?
25. You are on a single screw R/H fixed pitch no bow thruster no tugs. How would you come alongside
Berth on the port side and wind and current on the stbd side (I manoeuvre like Baltic Moore and use anchor but without the wire)

ROR

1. FV ahead in narrow channel ( I was just emphasizing on the top mark and mistake that with west cardinal mark and he told me to look again. The fishing boat in the picture was really small. Please keep a sharp look out for this one.)
2. FV on port bow crossing and CBD on starboard bow nearly reciprocal course open sea.
3. Towing vessel with length of tow more than 200m crossing port to stbd
4. Ferry crossing in TSS from Port to Stbd, where you are in the lane following the TSS.
5. PDV slower than you with same course ahead of you in Narrow Channel.

Light identification only no action

1. NUC stbd side
2. FV stbd side with out lying gear more than 150m
3. PDV possibly more than 50m seen from port side
4. Towing vessel possibly more than 50m length of tow more than 200m

42. RV, on the radar your vessel is doing course 180. Draw it on the plotting sheet and show it back to him and explain and action. Use the arrow on the bottom to plot W.

Capt. Zia Ul Haq then stopped sharing the screen, said that he was happy to pass me. He immediately sent my NOE and told me to look at my email. When I received his mail he asked me when will I be joining as Captain and wish me luck for my future and then he log off.

This was a very fair exam and I did not feel at any point the examiner was trying to catch me out.
I would say he was very calm and co-operative during whole the exam, I didn’t feel like that the examiner is trying to catch me. The whole exam he was just listening everything I said and if I stuck in some point, he just told me its enough and move on to the next question.