[esailor Team]

Experience: Oil Tanker
Date: September 2023
Duration: 1hour 10 Minutes
Surveyor: Captain. Nayyer Hussain Naqvi
I logged in 20 minutes before the exam and he joined about 10mins to 0900 He asked me which exams your appearing right now, then asked about my ship type. He told me that as this exam for chief mates unlimited and for master under 3000 GRT, so in between the orals he will put me as a master for which I will be notify. He said for now you a Chief Officer of a Bulk carrier
1. You have joined as chief officer and captain has introduced you to the outgoing Chief officer, tell me what documents you will take over form outgoing chief Officer while taking over in the CCR.
2. How will you prepare your vessel for loading grain. (hold preparation and documents to get from shipper) and What are the Certificates such ship should have onboard.
3. Cargo figures are not matching, how you will proceed.
4. What documents you will exchange with shipper in such scenario.
5. Mater inform you that the vessel schedule for next voyage from Singapore to Antwerp what will be your concern as chief officer for proposed passage.
6. During voyage cadet is on watch with you, explain to him the limitations of ECDIS.
7. During voyage received heavy weather warning, what will be your concern as chief officer, how will you prepare the vessel.
8. During voyage how will you maintain your ships crane
9. Master is having a Routine of coming to the bridge at 0730 every morning while on voyage.. A chief officer on bridge you got suspicious and send Duty AB to check his whereabouts and he informed you that he found him dead in his Cabin… How are you going to go about it.
10. What will be your concern after you got promoted as master and how will you prepare the ship for SAFCON Survey.
11. During the voyage you had a blackout what will be your immediate action
12. Company wants you to proceed for Dry dock, but you will be Towed to the drydock as you don’t have engines. How you will prepare your vessel for dry dock
13. How will you prepare your vessel For the Towing operation
14. What will be your concern while entering in dry dock
15. What equipment do you expect the shore to provide for you while in the drydock (Garbage Skid, Hydrants for firefighting)
16. Vessel docked now company wants you to prepare for MLC inspection, how you will prepare your vessel for MLC inspection.
17. Vessel repaired at dry dock now prepare vessel for flooding. What will be your concern as chief officer?
18. What is the difference between PSC and Flag State inspections.
IALA Buoyage
You proceeding to port and see these buoys Identify Buoy, colour, shape, light, Rhythm and action.
1. Port hand lateral Mark
2. Preferred channel to Starboard
3. Emergency weak marking buoy
4. North cardinal mark, vessel heading 090 T
5. West cardinal mark, Vessel heading 000 T
ROR Situations
Shows the situations on screen and ROC exists. Take actions accordingly.
1. PDV on port side crossing from port to Starboard
2. PDV on starboard side crossing from starboard to port.
3. Fishing vessel on your port side crossing from port to starboard.
4. You are on CBD vessel and NUC is crossing from port to starboard
ROR Situation cards (Smarty Board)
Identify the vessel, aspect, day signals, fog signals.
1. CBD 50m or more in length seen from Stbd side.
2. NUC, underway but stopped
3. Vessel aground 50m or more in length seen from starboard side.
Radar plotting
1.One vessel on stabd quarter, Roc exists, action. Showed a radar screen
Special thanks to GMA`s Capt Viniyl, Capt Nagi, capt Harman and all the guys in the preparatory group.

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