[esailor Team]

14 Aug 2017
Duration: 1 hour
Result: pass

The examiner said that he would ask the questions based on MGN 69 not from the last vessel I sailed on

1) Asked me what type of vessels I have sailed in ( container)

2) asked if I have any knowledge on cargo securing manual and what are its contents, recent changes in this manual?

3) asked for all the statutory documents a vessel must carry, not including certificates ( official log book, oil record book, IMDG code book for IMDG vessels, GA plan, Fire plan, I said engine log book and he asked me if it is statutory I said yes and asked me where is it mentioned, I told him ISM states documentation and also IMO’s list of documents and certificates States engine Record Book where all the parameters are recorded, but he wasn’t convinced)

4) Contents of fire plan (Looking for fire isolation bulkheads in particular)

5) Alternative fixed FFA to halogen, technical name (not co2)

6) asked me if I have sailed in high fog system, told him only in hypermist system.asked how it operates (pr of pump) and maintenances carried out. He asked me about the nitrogen gas bottle fitted in a high fog system, I said I’m not familiar with that system.

7) ECA, he asked me what are the instruction I would give to my engine room staff if the vessel is calling a ECA port? ( I told him about the change over procedure using the fobas calculator)

8) He asked me what is the regulation/guideline for RORO carrier vessels calling ECA as there will not be sufficient time for change over? I said I am not aware of any such regulation as I have never sailed in those vessels

9) ballast water management system regulation and what kind of system I have sailed in and other methods of doing it. He also asked me what is the limit of the microorganisms permitted in the ballast water, the method of testing the effectiveness of the BWM system and on what basis the vessels are exempted from the regulation ( I said I am only aware that the vessels sailing in national waters are exempted but he was asking for other means for exemption)

10) How the Power Management System works

11) he asked me if someone wants to work nearby or on a high voltage system how would I ensure their safety and what would I do? ( He was looking for use of live line tester in particular)

12) Tell me about the Planned maintenance system

13) Bulk carrier structure and safeties as per Solas? Cargo hold ingress alarm, forepeak bilges eductor, hatch coamings and hatch cover strengthening, cross deck plate strength (BC fwd structure in particular)

14) Drydock what are the checks that I would carry out on a vessel that is in the dry dock? on the list, when I said I will look for corrosion he asked which part of the hull will be more corroded and why? ( I told him that corrosion in the forward bow area from fatigue corrosion due to panting and pounding in that area)

15) Main Engine not starting in fuel but turning in air, what could be the reason (I said maybe the fuel has not reached its ignition temperature because the engine is not preheated)

16) AE running but no Voltage in V meter, nothing wrong with the V meter, reason? (I said maybe there could be a fault with the AVR, then he asked why, reason? I said maybe the AVR setting is wrong, he said the AVR regulates the V only after it is generated. So I said maybe there is something wrong with the excitation system, he asked me what could be wrong? I said maybe the residual magnetism is lost. he asked me how do you rectify it? I said with a strong magnet or by supplying a DC voltage to the excitation system, he seemed happy with the answer and he said lot of candidates are answering AVR which is not correct)

17) SEEMP And EEDI

18) Briefly explain how to identify and fix a leaking boiler tube?

19) what is Condition of Class? And what is Memoranda?

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