Masters Orals Report
Capt Iqbal
Jack McManus – pax vessels
Online Exam
1 hour 10mins
Certs/ Survey
1. Tell me about your last ship etc
2. Joining as Master, tell me the process
3. Statutory Certs
4. ISM SMC- renewal validity etc
5. PSSC- scope of survey
6. What is ACS
Crew Handling
1. What certs would you need to join a pax ship
2. Talk me through CEC joining crew member.
Passage
1. Soton to NYC, considerations
2. Voyage Planning
3. Heavy Weather precautions
4. 2OFF suggests 2 routes, which would you accept
5. Lose a GPS antenna overboard- actions?
Weather
1. Encounter a TRS in NH, Dangerous Quadrant- Actions
Compass
1. What’s Rentitive Error, how to correct – after exam he mentioned in this scenario not to aneel immediately but to attempt an alteration of course first.
Anchoring
1. Port advise to anchor in a deep water anchorage, what are your considerations?
Arrival
1. Night Orders prior to pilot embarkation
2. Steering sluggish in a channel, actions
LSA
1. Maintence of MES/ wet deployment frequency
MARPOL
1. Tell me about oil pollution- mentioned annex 1 and he moved on.
Rules-
Maybe five situations, nothing fancy. 2 smarty board questions, 1 radar plot.
Excellent examiner, put me at ease. Every question if you had a good opening line or two he’d move on to the next.
Good luck, and many thanks to my class mates and lecturers
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