[esailor Team]

David McLean GMA Candidate
2nd Engineer Unlimited
19/04/22, 09:00
Examiner: Mr. Maddison

1. General introduction, ID check, had my discharge book open on his screen so knew the ships I’d sailed on.
2. Tell me about the general lay out of your ship; engine type, propulsion type etc. (4-stroke diesel electric, 2 propulsion electric motors, fixed pitch propellers, auxiliary boilers)
3. How would you monitor performance on your engines. (Spoke about performance not just being measured in terms of individual cylinder performance but also SFOC, SLOC, spare part usage and engine down time, then spoke about peak pressure testing and continual monitoring in our newer vessels)
4. What kind of problems may be indicated in this data (injection problems, fuel quality problems, general)
5. What kind of fuel do you burn (MGO)
6. Take me through a typical bunker process (started with pre bunker plan and checklist, having a conversation with the chief and chief officer, contacting the supplier to ensure correct grade is available, paperwork, BDN, MSDS, hose pressure test certificate, tank sounding, max. flow rate discussed, SOPEP etc)
7. Do you take samples? How many do you take? Do you send any away for analysis?
8. What would you be looking for on your bunker analysis from shoreside (spoke about difference between distillate and residual fuels, ISO 8217, sulphur, ash, flash point, cetane no., water etc)
9. What regulations cover bunkering (MARPOL annex VI)
10. What else is covered in Annex VI (NOx and SOx)
11. Tell me about NOx and SOx (said SOx isn’t really a problem for us as we bunker MGO, started to press me on NOx so spoke about tier compliance and means of reducing NOx)
12. If a surveyor comes onboard how would you show that you are compliant with NOx regulations (NOx technical file – obviously what he was looking for above)
13. Staying on samples but away from fuel, do you send LO samples ashore?(yes, every 3 months, part of the vessels PMS and condition based monitoring, good results can be used to accredit machinery without the need to open up at class discretion)
14. Would you be looking for anything in particular on the analysis (water, viscosity, iron, tin, lead, TBN)
15. Do your vessels have a OMD (yes)
16. Say you’re 2nd engineer and the OMD alarm activated, what are your actions (PMS system automatically starting another DG and offloading the affected machinery, spoke about difference between my vessel and a 2-stroke where it would be a slowdown, call the bridge and inform them of situation, ask to stop, get everyone away from the area, inform the chief, try to test operation remotely, if genuine alarm keep LO pump running and wait to cool down etc)
17. What would you do if the alarm was genuine and the engine has now stopped and cooled down (enclosed space entry procedure, inspection of crankcase, what we’d be looking for)
18. Take me through an enclosed space entry procedure (SMS, kind of tank being inspected, ventilation, roping off or manholes, lines of communication, air analysis, missed out rescue gear which lead to next question)
19. What would happen if someone collapsed in the tank (enclosed space rescue team, equipment in rescue bag, what they’d check for, ensuring they’re safe first before entering so not to have more casualties)
20. Say the person is out the tank now, what kind of first aid would you give them (said oxygen as it was likely to be an oxygen deficient environment but we have doctors onboard so they would be standing by)
21. You mentioned your vessel is HV, do you have ETO’s? (yes, about 12 😅)
22. Say one day you’re asked to assist in working on a piece of HV machinery what precautions would you take? (Spoke about pre planning and if it was a switchboard having a switching operation, then on to if it’s just a HV piece of machinery individual LOTO’s, residual voltage, correct PPE)
23. Does you vessel have an EDG? How often is it tested? Take me through a test. How do you test it onload (struggled with onload test procedure but he guided me towards the answer with tricking the system into thinking a blackout had occurred)
24. What does the EDG supply (general, steering gear, navigation lights etc)
25. You mentioned you had elevators, are they run off the emergency switchboard (yes but only to a fail safe to go to the lifeboat deck and open doors then stop working)
26. You mentioned you had Hi-Fog, how does the system work and what maintenance do you carry out (reserve capacity in tech water tanks, ability to switch over to sea water, auto activation if two detectors operate above an engine etc)
27. Said you had boilers, what maintenance would you carry out? (Boiler water tests, alarm tests etc)
28. What water tests do you carry out? (Listed tests, limits we look for and chemicals we use)
29. How do you test boiler alarms? (Usual)
30. Say a surveyor is onboard how would you test the safety valves (gave procedure)
31. Tell me about ISM. (SOLAS chapter IX, safety at sea and pollution prevention, DOC, SMC)
32. What would happen if an audit found a problem (non conformity etc)
33. Difference between non conformity and major non conformity.
34. Tell me about MLC. (Hours of rest, recreation facilities etc)
35. What are the current hours of rest regulations. What if I’m under 18?
36. What kind of structural protection against fire do you have (a class bulkheads etc)
37. What are the requirements for these bulkheads? Where would I find out what type a bulkhead was? Are all bulkheads a-class? What locations would have a-class?
38. What are vertical fire zones on passenger ships?

Questions all related to what I mentioned I had on my ship or something I’d said in a previous answer.

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