[esailor Team]

29th March 2023
1430
Vs. Trevor Hughes (Examiner) and Robert Jackson (Invigilator)
Result: Pass
Exam time: 1 hr and 40 minutes
Entered the call around 15 minutes early and had a brief house keeping session with Mr Hughes. He advised me that Mr Jackson would be sitting in this exam but would have no input and I should just focus on him. I showed him my room and he asked to close all software.
1. Asked me about my last vessel
He said for this exam I would be a Master of a Container Ship in Hong Kong.
2. What are the functional requirements of the ISM code?
3. What is your leadership style?
4. How would you implement the ISM code?
5. How would you explain orders clearly?
6. How do you motivate crew to follow the ISM code?
7. How would you prepare for an ISM internal audit?
8. What is the validity of an ISM certificate?
9. What are Masters obligations of the ISM code?
10. How does the Master advise the company about the ISM Code?
11. What is the ISPS code ?
12. What is the Masters responsibility under the ISPS code?
13. What are the certificates involved in the ISM Code?
14. What are their validity?
15. What are the documents involved in the ISM code?
16. What is a declaration of Security?
17. When do you issue a declaration of security?
18. How do you know a crew member is trained in ISPS. Who is responsible for this?
19. What crew members should have designated security duties?
20. What is an SSAS.?
21. How often do you test an SSAS?
22. What are the certificates under MLC?
23. What are Masters obligations under MLC?
24. How would you deal with a crew complaint under MLC?
25. What is the Master looking for under MLC?
26. What is the Master doing with the rounds?
27. Crew members cabin doesn’t have a flushing toilet, actions?
28. Where is this recorded in the OLB?
29. What are the sections of an OLB?
30. What would you put in an OLB regarding Masters handover?
31. What would you put in an OLB regarding Safety Officers?
32. Who can be a safety officer, how are they elected?
33. What else is to do you know about safety related roles onboard?
34. How would you sign on a new third officer?
35. How would you check his certificates are real?
36. Would you sail if his certificates were fake? He’s flown a long way, what are your actions now?
37. What security certificates should an officer have?
38. What would you tell him as master?
39. You’re heading into ice? Actions?
40. Advice for the chief mate regarding crew management?
41. Who would you advise?
42. 2nd mate calls you to say he accidently sent a distress whilst doing the daily tests, actions?
43. 3rd mate calls you to say he’s received a distress, actions?
44. What would expect the 3rd mate to have done?
45. What are your obligations under SOLAS?
46. Where would you record it if you couldn’t attend a distress, who would you advise?
47. Moved onto rescuing people from the water
48. You get there and there’s a lot of people, more than you can manage,
49. How would you prepare for this?
50. Who would you advise?
a. Wanted to know about contacting the coast station for extra support.
51. You’re alongside and loading cargo and there’s water in the hold, actions?
52. It was coming from a manhole not replaced? Actions?
53. What are Master’s obligations for reporting Pollution?
54. The third mate is now missing and the ship wants to sail, actions?
55. Showed me a chart with positions drawn on, would I be happy with this?
56. What would be my actions regarding this?
a. I talked about a learning lesson if it was a newly promoted 3rd and how we need to comply with standing orders.
b. I said if it was an experienced officer it would be classed as negligence
c. I gave him an informal warning?
57. Tell me about disciplinary proceedings?
58. Could this be gross misconduct?
59. Then we moved onto colregs?
60. An overtaking PDV… how would his aspect change
a. He is now crossing ahead
b. You are in your cabin and hear 5 short blasts actions?
i. would you take the conn?
1. I said if the officer is visibly shaken or nervous I would take it but I would prefer to be stepped back so I had a better overview of the situation.
ii. How would you get situational awareness?
iii. What would you have expected the officer to have done?
iv. How would you take the conn?
v. What are you actions, vessel is 0.5 nm
vi. How would you make the turn?
1. Hand steering
2. I said no time for a trial manoeuvre, wheel hard over and try to pass his stern, rule 17 part B applies.
61. RAIM at anchor? I mistakenly said about a RAIM viewed from astern.
a. He asked how I would have expected my 3rd officer to set up his radar
b. Difference between ground and sea stabilised
c. Radar is sea stabilised and vector is barely moving. I said strong current which could soon affect me.
d. He said could the vessel be stopped, I said yes could be at anchor?
e. Where could I get more info?
i. I said AIS but would use with caution.
f. Now what? I said pass his stern, which side is his stern?
62. PDV pushing another vessel
a. Do you know length of the pushed vessel?
b. Actions?
63. Vessel aground
a. Actions?
b. I sounded the crew alert to muster crew, he argued that is that normal for routine traffic. I said that this wasn’t a normal situation and once my vessel is confirmed safe I should offer assistance to the vessel and potentially advise the coast station.
64. Vessel engaged in trawling
a. What flag would it fly? (it was hauling nets)
65. Buoyage
a. West cardinal in front of you heading east
b. Line of buoyage
66. What rules apply in restricted vis?
67. 3 restricted vis plots – one with just O – A – I asked to complete the plot
a. I slowed down for one until I stopped, asked me for my new fog signal.
b. One was just relative trails – asked me what vessels are doing what.
68. Narrow channel
a. Sailing vessel crossing
69. TSS questions
a. FV crossing – I argued that I would sound 5 short blasts as rule 10 fishing vessel does not impede the passage of a vessel – he did not like that at all. I did not feel great.
b. Sailing vessel crossing
70. Then he said final question – it will be a calculation to work out ETA from Southampton to Miami, 4725 nm at 12 knots, what time will you arrive at Pilot boarding in Miami (UTC – 4)
71. Whilst I calculated he said to leave the call and rejoin and he would let me in when he had decided his verdict.
a. 10 minutes later he let me in.
b. We went over the fishing vessel in the TSS and he asked me for what a fishing vessel can do under rule 10.
After that he said congratulations, you have met the criteria and have passed this exam. You have some points to brush up on but well done. Is there anything youd like to say to me. I thanked him and logged off.
Thank you to Vinil and his team and the guys and girls in the GMA Feb 23 batch.

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