[esailor Team]

Exam: Chief Mate Unlimited
Surveyor: Kaiser Ali
Date: 15th Aug 2023
Duration: 02 hours 05 minutes
Result: Pass
Background :-Oil / Chem
1. What do you understand by the terms GT, NT, DWT.
2. Why is ISM mandatory on ships?
3. Under what legislation is ISM in UK law? Merchant Shipping Reg 2014(SI 1512)
4. How was it applied on your last vessel?
5. Certificates related to ISM and validity?
6. How often does the master review the SMS?
7. Observe list while on voyage, how to check angle of list of angle of lol. What is the
importance of knowing exactly?
8. It’s an angle of Loll, what are your actions? (Again remember to check gm is positive before
filling the high side tank)
9. What are the intact stability requirements? Can u proceed to sea lesser than this
requirement?
10. What are the damage stability requirements for your last vessel(Tanker)? (Doesn’t expect a
perfect answer as long as you know where to find generic damage stab guideline – Marpol
Reg 28.3)
11. What is RA? (expecting full details)
12. Tell me the weekly, monthly, annual, 5yearly inspections of the LB (Full Procedures, Don’t
forget to quickly recap on RA again)
13. Safety officer legislative Requirement on Uk Ships? 5or more crew (SI 2962)
14. Safety Officers role onboard?
15. Safety officer 3 monthly check, what he would look for?
16. During SEQ what he is going to check in E/R?
17. What is a fire main isolation valve, what are they for and which certificate covers them?
18. Fire main isolation valves how to test?
19. How many cranes you had on board last ship? Its SWL? How much Proof load?
20. What is CSR? What is form 1,2,3?
21. When CSR is amended and to whom do you send it.
22. As per UK LAW, What’s the process to adopt any convention in UK?
23. Tell me what you know about MLC.
24. Certification under MLC. (purpose, applicable ships, Certification (He wanted to Hear after
2017 Financial sec for seafarers……a copy to be onboard)
25. Under MLC inspection what I would expect the surveyor to check?
26. What is SEA, Young person, Rest and work hours.
27. Two crew members fighting in mess, what your actions / course of actions.
28. MARPOL Annex 1 certification.
29. Annex 5 compliance, how to check?
30. How you manage food waste onboard? (Discussion with catering dep, anticipate generation and order garbage barges in time, if refrigerator supplied as per GMP then utilize them, Garbage disposal placards, special environmental inductions, SMS procedures…)
31. What is ISSC? (Make sure you hear him right as he is looking for Int Ship Sec Certificate. Many candidates have misheard him thinking he is asking about sewage pollution as its right after MARPOL questions. If in request him to repeat the question.)
32. What is ISPS?
33. Who is SSO?(who was your last vessels sso master or officer)
34. What is SSO Role onboard
35. What is Dos?
36. What info exchanged in DoS?
37. You are a Master Now Can you change the security level?
38. Who has the authority to set the security levels for UK vessels?
39. The frequency of rescue boat drills?
40. 2/0 called you up sighting a red flare? (All procedures + MFP-Distress Relay/Mayday Relay)
41. Starting loading, what’s in your standing orders for the OOW?
42. PSC Criteria for inspection, NIR (When I mention Regarding Ship Risk profile using Paris MoU Annex 7(table 1) he asked if I have that table onboard, I was not sure! I said if not I will look in the internet, he asked me where else I would find it? I had no answer, I told him cannot recall the M notice)
43. What type of inspection are carried under it?
44. Frequency of inspection under Paris MOU?
45. Your vessel is already inside DD, how do you ensure daily work is being carried out safely? (About Port safety officer’s / chemist involvement is important)
46. What document could help you?
47. Helmsman reports Vessel steering is not very responsive, what do you suspect? How do you confirm vessel is experiencing squat? What action to take? (check with him the water Depth before Jumping into Squat!!, If greater depts. Steering malfunction)
48. Anchoring procedures? (He stopped me halfway and move to ROR)
ROR
49. Understanding of Safe Speed.
50. What’s scanty information? Scanty radar info.
51. What is RV?
52. Which rules apply in RV?
53. What you cannot do in RV?
54. Explain part e in your own words and what would you do when your lookout report you the same observation (All procedures + increase fog signal frequency, when I stop my vessel change my fog signal, observe other vessel if she has also stopped …..)
55. 5-6 Lights (For FV he wants to hear flags if any are applicable)
56. Sound signals + fog signals or aground and anchor (._. For anchor, U and L for aground)
57. Buoyage line was not there as expected! Just buoys will be shown in screen asking for characteristics and light signal.
58. 3 Buoys in a line asking one by one
59. West Cardinal mark on my port bow and East cardinal buoy on my stbd bow (Heading 180) – I confirm having safe waters ahead but still look for other buoys to get better situation awareness as there are two dangers on either side)
Though it looks like a lot many Questions; he was expecting straightforward answers to the context only! As I was not perfectly sure about what he was expecting I kept talking then My answers were taken more time than he expected. He said don’t go for examples + elaborations as we are running out of time, he would ask me if he need further info.
Then little chit chat about future plans, SL Government situations and Congratulations!
Big thank for Capt.Vinil Gupta , Capt.Nagi , Farman (From GMA) , Capt.Bhavin for Orals group , Paul from Whitehorse Maritime.
All The best !!

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