[esailor Team]

Chiefs Orals 29/11/2016
List of certificates you’d find on board
What’s the MLC certificate about?
What are the hours of rest?
What 2 other documents uphold the MLC and mean an MLC compliance cert can be issued (he
went on about MLC for some time)
If a crew member has an MLC related grievance how is it addressed and who do you go to?
Why does port state control come aboard and what are they looking for?
If they’re wrong in their assessment of your ship/equipment what can you do about it?
What is a loadline survey looking for.
What actions in an engine room can have an impact on stability.
Explain the metacentre
Explain free surface
Explain loll.
What engines are you on?
How does your variable valve timing work?
How do you make sure you’re compliant with the SEEMP in your monitoring of machinery? How
do you measure your engine’s efficiency?
You have an IAPP certificate. How often renewed?
What do you do to prove you’re compliant and what is a surveyor looking for at a renewal?
What information is on a bunker delivery note; why is that important (ref; the IAPP cert).
What’s in the technical file. What does that tell you?
What information is on a lube oil analysis from the lab?
Why would there be a high iron content in it?
In a crankcase inspection how would you notice evidence of fretting and in what components
What does fretting corrosion look like
Are you on high voltage
Going into drydock what services would you expect from the yard.
They can’t supply a high enough frequency or voltage. Is that a problem.
Why would the motors get hot.
What is impedance.
What is a risk
What is a hazard
What would be on a permit to work for an enclosed space.
What is an enclosed space.
How do you test the atmosphere
What is a gas test looking for
If a gas is not on your multi-gas detector (eg ammonia) how would you test for it?
What is safe level for Oxygen content.
What is safe level for flammable
What are the rules concerning lifting gear?
What’s the difference between ‘safe working load’ and ‘working load limit’. (didn’t know; it’s the
same thing, just new terminology “you might not have heard of it yet”).
What tests are done on LSAs, how often and to what weight is a lifeboat load tested. Where
does this come from.

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