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Chief mate/master unlimited
Date: 06 Sep 23
Type of vessel: Oil / Chem tanker
Surveyor: Column Leggit
Result : Pass
Surveyor introduce me himself and asked my introduction, Type of vessel I sailed on, How much sea time as a
second mate, SQA result and what all modular courses I completed.
Following question were asked during oral exam.
1. Types of chemical tanker and definition.
2. Category of Annex 2 cargo.
3. How will you join your last vessel as a chief officer in detail?
4. What all certificate your last vessel carried.
5. Prepare the vessel for safety equipment survey.
6. Prepare the vessel for MLC audit.
7. You are carrying annex I cargo, how you will carry out the tank cleaning.
8. How you will clean the manifold and cargo line and how will you make sure the line is clean — I answered him as
per my practical experience.
9. Which manual you will refer for tank cleaning on chemical tanker —- P&A manual
First I didn’t understand question so I told him that in my company we had shell tank cleaning matrix which we
used to follow then he again asked the question in different way.
10. Preparation for tank entry in detail. Enclosed entry procedures.
11. Flammability diagram explanation.
12. Departure preparation as a chief mate. Sox limit in ECA area.
13. Role of MAIB.
14. How you will carry out drill onboard the ship.
15. What is PSC and it’s role.
16. What all entries to be made in official log book.
17. Duties of chief officer.
18. Name classification society approved by the MCA.
20. Vessel is in port and fire in engine room, action as a chief mate.
19.Given diagram showing required anchorage position in top right corner, an anchored vessel below it, and my
ship in bottom left corner. Tide acting from top and wind blowing from right. How would you approach the
anchorage?
20. ROR card
Vessel at anchor seen from stbd side
Mine clearance vessel under way and making way
Sailing vessel seen from port side
Fishing vessel making way and with outlying gear extending more than 150 mtr same card
Vessel cbd under way and making way seen from stbd side
Trawler less than 50 mtr shooting nets
Trawler less than 50 mtr hauling nets
21. Which all vessel change their lights when making way
22. Buoys and light characteristics
Isolated danger mark
ERMB light and action, the rhythm of light indicates which morse code.
He has asked me morse code D, G, H
I couldn’t answer D
23. Radar plotting own vessel is doing 035 X 10 knots
Other vessel bearing and range
080 X 10 miles
080 X 9 miles
080 X 8 miles
CPA, TCPA, CO, Speed, Aspect if own vessel stop at 12 minutes.
24. What you will do in restricted visibility. Rule 19 D explain.
Finally he said you are pass, very nice examiner. Thanks to my classmate Maninder, Rasaq, Parminder, joshi and
Shawn who have helped me a lot during my oral preparation.

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