Anonymous vs Kaiser Ali

Exam: Chief Mate Unlimited
Surveyor: Kaiser Ali
Date: 5th September 2023
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Result: Pass

1. What is GT? What is deadweight?
2. How is ISM incorporated into international law? (SOLAS Chapter 9)
3. As Chief Mate, how does the SMS help you with your job on a day-to-day basis?
4. ISM certificates and validity
5. What is your understanding of Risk Assessments and Permits to Work?
6. Which vessels require a Safety Officer?
7. What is the role of the Safety Officer?
8. What are the things that you would focus on during a Safety Area Inspection?
9. What is the importance of having a rescue plan with an enclosed space entry?
10. How often are enclosed space entry drills?
11. How would you prepare for a lifeboat 5 yearly test?
12. You are on a container ship, what orders would you give to the OOW on cargo watch?
13. At sea, you experience an unknown list. What would be your actions? (check if its an angle of list or loll)
14. How would you correct an angle of loll?
15. You are entering dry dock, how would you reduce the P force? (reduce the trim)
16. What is your understanding of MLC?
17. What certificates come under MLC? (MLC, DMLC 1&2, liability insurance)
18. What is the definition of a Young Person and what are their rest hour requirements?
19. What is a Continuous Synopsis Record and what are the forms?
20. What is a DoS and when would you exchange it?
21. Who sets the security level on the vessel?
22. What are the different types of PSC inspection?
23. What is the NIC and what are the inspection frequencies?
24. You are Master, the OOW calls you and says they saw a red flare. He emphasised there was no distress message. What would be your action? (Mayday relay)

Buoyage:
1. Identify preferred channel to starboard, region A and light
2. Identify preferred channel to starboard, region B and light
3. Identify EWMB and light
4. Heading 180, there is a west cardinal on your port side and an east cardinal on your starboard side. What are your actions?
5. Buoy line – 4 buoys, with the direction of buoyage, heading 90 degrees (left to right on the screen). Included a preferred channel marker.

Lights and shapes: – wanted to know vessel type, length, status, day shape and fog signal.

1. CBD underway and probably making way > 50m, seen from port side.
2. RAM Underway and making way > 50m
3. Trawler underway and making way <50m, shooting nets (wanted to know alphabetical flag)
4. FV underway and making with gear extending 150m
5. Vessel aground >100 m (fog signal)

Rules/situations:

1. What is the definition of restricted visibility?
2. How would you determine safe speed in restricted visibility?
3. Which rules apply in restricted visibility?
4. What should you avoid doing in restricted visibility?
5. In restricted visibility you hear a fog signal forward of the beam, what are your actions?
6. What is scanty information?
7. Who can use a TSS separation zone?
8. You have a RAM on your port side moving port to starboard, ROC exists, actions?
9. What if you’re in the same situation but the RAM is a CBD instead?

Very fair examiner, he moved me on when he felt like he had sufficient information, even if I was half way through an answer. If I started going in the wrong direction during an answer, or forgot to mention something, he steered me in the right direction and gave me hints – he did not just say “anything else?” and wait for me to dig myself into a hole. The exam went very quickly and he made me feel at ease.