[esailor Team]

Chief mate (Unlimited) & Master (> 3000 gt)
Examiner: Capt. Fazal Wadood
Date: Jan 2023
1 hour 45 mins
ONLINE – PASS

Went through the usual procedure of examination. Afterwards, he inquired about my experience and last vessel. And placed me on a UK ship vessel loading in Qatar and discharge port will be in North Sea as C/O.
1. Joining as C/O starting, taking over from beginning including company briefing?
2. At joining port Safety equipment survey is in progress and outgoing C/O signed off after handing over. How will you carry out operational test of liferaft davit?
3. Preparation for Load Line Survey?
4. Difference between Survey and Audit?
5. How will you carry out load test of crane? Procedure and Presence of person?
6. Information you will provide to 2nd officer (He wanted garbage special area in voyage)
7. Marpol Annex V special area?
8. Preparation and document to be consulted for HRA guidance?
9. After discharge Master tells you to inspect the cargo tanks and ballast tank. Procedure to be followed?
10. Tank Entry preparations?
11. Draw Flammability diagram and explain?
12. During the process which type of gas equipment’s you will use?
13. Now C/O of bulk carrier. Documentation requires for grain loading.
14. Preparation for loading Grain? Hold preparation?
15. On Cargo Ship which document you will consult for cargo securing?
16. What does CSM contain?
17. How will you verify that your loadicator is working fine?
18. What is Dirty Bill of Lading?
19. Vessel in HRA, Steering Failure Alarm. Immediate action?
20. Vessel proceeding to Dry dock. Info exchange between Vsl and DD.
21. Checks to be carried out just before and during DD.
22. Entering Dock, what is critical period and critical instant?
23. What is P force?
Master of less than 3000 GT.
24. Docs you will check on UK ship vessel for a 2nd off joining from European country.
25. Vsl @ Southampton ISM, ISPS audit and MLC inspection.
26. Certificates issued for each and their validity including the flexibility of the survey period.
27. Shared the picture of Magnetic Compass and asked to name parts of magnetic compass.
28. Purpose of Flinders Bar?
29. How will you carry out check on Magnetic Compass.
30. Shared the synoptic chart and wanted me to identify the TRS areas.
31. How is TRS formed?

Bouyage
1. Port Hand Lateral Mark
2. Stbd Hand Lateral Mark
3. Preferred Channel to port
4. Isolated Danger Mark
5. Safe water Mark
6. Emergency Wreck Marking Bouy
7. Heading 090 – North cardinal Mark
8. Heading 180 – West cardinal Mark

Colregs Night Scenario
1. CBD from port side
2. Single white light
3. FV Astern (Both Scenarios wanted)
4. Tug & Tow Crossing port Bow
5. Vessel aground
6. Sailing vessel right ahead
Colregs Day Scenario
1. PDV from port side
2. PDV head on
3. FV port side
4. I am on CDB and NUC from port side

Restricted Visibility.
1. Single Blip on port side. What information you will get from AO line
2. OAW on port side and stbd beam
3. What does rule 19 says when you hear fog signal forward of the beam.

Capt. Fazal Wadood is very fair surveyor, makes you very comfortable and only looking out for the key points.
Thank you everyone and all the best.

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