[esailor Team]

S. Carroll – Master Unlimited – RoRo Pax
27th July 2020
Kate McDonald – Online – MFP

Online exam via Teams. It was a bit unsettling awaiting the examiner join the meeting. Once Kate joined she ran through the protocol and asked me to pan around the room.

Exam started with her asking what ship types im on?
– Pax RoRo Ferries. I gave her details on my Last ship, company and my job role as ch mate.

Joining a cargo ship as Master – What would you expect getting out of taxi?
– I gave my answer as per GMA notes and made a point of mentioning the safety and security familiarisation.
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What SOLAS certificates would you check on joining?
– As per GMA notes.

What MARPOL certificates would you have onboard?
– IOPP, IAPP…….. She had to guide me by asking what are the Annexes of Marpol. She lead me to ISPP cert. (she later discussed this point during the debrief)

How would you check that ship is meeting MARPOL requirements?
– Sample logbooks. Placards, discharge criteria, bunker and garbage notes etc.

What is the survey/renewal window of certs?
– As per GMA notes.
– She asked so many! A/I/P 3mo/5mo she wanted to hear it all.

What MLC certificates would you check?
– As per GMA notes.
– Made a point of mentioning the 2015 Amendment

What certs would you check in relation to MLC of a crew member joining?
– As per GMA notes.
– Mentioned SEA – Whats in a SEA?
– What other certs in realtion to MLC? I had to think = ENG 1

What is MLC all about?
– 16 points As per GMA notes.

Your on a walk around and see Bosun working at height without a harness – actions?
– Stop the job. Speak to crewmember verbal warning.
– Talk with Chmate and Onboard management team
– This lead me onto talking about ISM.
How does ISM affect you – as Master?
– PMCVR – Masters over ridding authority Gave an example.

Give another example of Masters over ridding authority?
– As per GMA notes.
– LB Drill postponed.

OLB entries?
– As per GMA notes.

What is a MNC?
– As per GMA notes.
– Gave example of emerg een not working. CAP, function test, downgrade to NC.

What is the role of MAIB? What do they do? What is ARF?
– As per GMA notes.

Voyage on cargo ship from Japan to Singapore, considerations as master?
– As per GMA notes.
– Onboard management meeting C/O, C/E, cook, deck officers = BRM
– Mentioned voyage planning, charter agreement wx considerations.

What is a typhoon?
– TRS

Signs of TRS – What is DCC & Nav? – Actions?
– As per GMA notes & Mariners handbook.

Continue on voyage – preps for heavy wx
– As per GMA notes

What is an open moor and what is a standing moor?
– As per GMA notes.

Anchor is fowled and vessel has turned 360 causing a mess – actions?
– Use eng to kick stern around aswell as the effect of tide/wx
– As company to authorise use of tugs
– If anchor handler that would make life easy but if just a harbour tug then use them to push stern around 360

Your back on passage and 3/O calls you and informs that he has rx a distress on MF – Actions?
– SPARRC – Mayday – MRCC – OSC etc. As per GMA notes.

What frequencies will you be listening to?
– 2182/2187.5khz & vhf 16/70??

How will you know what channel to call MRCC on?
– ALRS

You are told you are 10 miles from distress. Actions?
– Continue SPARRC – prepare for survivors, Guidance from IAMSAR vol 3 and C/L

You get on scene and no sign. What will you be looking for?
– SART, debris, oil slick, LR, LB, LJ, pyros

How would you establish track spacing?
– IAMSAR vol 3 – shops manoeuvring characteristic.

When wouldn’t you proceed to Mayday?
– As per GMA notes.

Continue with voyage – Prep for Fog, what instruction would you gove 3/O?
– Clear instructions will be in my standing orders
– Night orders
– Call Master if in doubt

What Distance is restricted vis?
– I don’t know what she was asking but I told her 2 miles. Maybe 4/5 for the 3/O as his experience would be less.

Whats in standing orders?
– As per GMA notes

RV Plot – See attached:
– Complete plot. Vsl on stbd bow and vsl overtaking from astern.
– Explain actions of all others
– Explain your action – Bold AC Stbd.

What does rule 19 say?
– Gave answer as per COLREGS

ROR – Slides:
– TSS – explain actions of others and your final action
– Narrow channel
– Open Sea – RAM dredging, clear to pass on one side & NUC
– Overtaking

Explain what NUC is?
– Gave answer as per COLREGS

Explain the rule about head on?
– Gave answer as per COLREGS – Rule 14, 2xPDV.

Lights & Shape slides: ID/Day/Fog/Aspect/Action only when asked
– NUC
– PDV at anchor
– PDV
– SV less 20m
– RAM dredging
– Aground
– Pilot vessel
– Tug & tow greater than 200m
– Tug & Tow Ram
– FV
– Trawler
– And a few others….

How long is a long blast?
– Gave answer as per COLREGS – 4/6 seconds

Buoyage Slides: Name/top mark/light/ Action only when asked
– Various in/out
– Various intercardinal headings
– ISO danger – Action. Said I would A/C stbd to leave my stbd side clear.
– She then gave me safe water mark
– Gave me the ISO danger again and asked if I would do anything different? I said that I will leave stbd side clear as it is a danger of limited extent. (she told me in feed back that I should have taken all way off and done a RA and why would my passage plan have me passing so close)— MFP?
– What is Isophase & Occulting? I couldn’t remember Occ —MFP

End of exam.

Debrief:
She asked me how I think I done. I said I thought I generally answered well – except I knew it was all over with the ISO/OCC error.
She told me I examined very well and she wanted to pass me. She said I gave a lot of detail and had strong general knowledge. She said she was willing to forgive me forgetting the ISPP cert when talking about MARPOL.
She went on to talk about why she would have to fail me for not knowing definition of ISO/OCC and taking wrong action for Iso danger – I argued with her on this point but couldn’t deny that I couldn’t give a textbook answer for Iso/OCC.

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