[esailor Team]

28/01/2025 (60min)
Examiner: Ben Lamping (via Microsoft Teams) Result: Pass
Checked documents and read out exam rules then a quick chat about my sea time.
• Ship certificates related to offshore vessel
• MLC
• C/E responsibilities onboard
• Joining a familiar vessel what to discuss with outgoing C/E
• What’s included in familiarisation
• Watertight doors, operation, regulations, PMs
• What firefighting equipment is onboard
• Emergency fire pump, no history – how to ascertain its condition
• What may happen to pump when sat stationary for long periods of time with external vibration
• What is included in the SMS
• Why is SMS needed
• How to tell when a surveys due, different types of survey
• Types of maintenance surveys
• Run through of CSM
• How to tell what’s due to be surveyed, CSM schedule
• What would be included in a report to company about the main engine
• How to evaluate main engine performance
• Lube oil analysis – what’s tested and what may cause concern
• Cards – all types and what they can tell
• Brought up photo of a power card showing late injection, causes and effects
• How to fault find, fuel pump timing, injector etc.
• Led to adjustment of fuel pump timing, where to record this
• What is a NOX technical file
• Sox regs, ECA areas
• Are ships allowed to carry higher sulphur fuel
• Sox reduction methods, approvals etc
• 4/E calls cabin and informs you there is possibly a scavenge fire
• Actions to determine if a fire exists
• Actions in event of a confirmed fire
• Post fire actions, how to go about getting the engine operational again
• Scavenge inspection
• Full confined space entry
• TBT, RA specifically hazards relating to scavenge inspection, RPE etc.
• Exhaust valve found damaged, your actions
• Taking unit out of operation to finish voyage, focused more on the management side of this, load reduction, suspension of UMS
• Now in port, due to take bunkers how is this planned
• One tank remains ½ full prior to bunkering how to deal with this
• Office are pushing to mix fuel how can you prove to them you wouldn’t do this
• Brought up a compatibility test on screen and explained
• Bunker spill, your actions
• Nothing lost overboard, as CE what would you do next with regards to reporting
• Refrigeration – cook comes up and informs you fridge is too hot, your actions
• Fault-finding a high compressor discharge pressure
• Led to reasons for air ingress to system
• How to remove air from the system
• High voltage advantages
• Isolation of HV alternator
• HV PPE
• What’s the reason for circuit main earth
• Drydock prep from 6 months out

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