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MCA ORALS FEEDBACK
Exam: Master’s Unlimited
Examiner: Captain Macdonald
Candidate : Arjun Vohra
Date: 21st March 2022
Time: 1430 to 1610 (UK Time)
Duration: 01 Hrs 40 mins
Result: FAIL
Introduction: 360deg of the room, Name, Date of Birth, Rank Applied for. Other General
intructions.
Syllabus as per MIN – 653
Call got disconnected twice.
Answer as Master of UK Flagged.
Checked Passport, CDC.
Clarified if I could take notes to frame my answer. She said you can but have to destroy the
same after completion of the exam.
Starts with the Exam.
1) Joining the ship as a master. What all things you are going to check from the wharf?
2) You have climbed the gangway what things you will check and whom will you meet?
3) Cleared security at the what will happen next?
4) Meet the Master, before you start the handover you would need to do something
before?
5) What would need to happen so you can walk around the vessel all alone?
6) What would you expect the outgoing to take over from the out going Master?
7) For the next voyage you mentioned provisions. What else you need to make sure is
sufficient?
8) Who other than class issues certificates? We went around alot on this and she
wanted to hear certificates are also issued by MCA.
9) What certificates are we talking about here? was interested in MCA certificates.10)
10) Safety Equipment certificate Explain?
11) Safety Management Certificate Explain?
12)Documents required in addition to the MLC Certificate?
13) Certificates required under MLC for Officers and Crew?
14)Taken Over the Ship, walking around you find Bosun working on mast without safety
harness. What is your action?
15)You have mentioned Permit to work and what other document is required along with
that?
16) Risk assessment does not mention the use of a safety harness. What are you going
to do about that.
17)What other process is available to you as you mentioned root cause analysis?
18)What do you understand by Master’s Over-riding authority?
MCA ORALS FEEDBACK
19)What would you put in your standing order?
20)When to call the Master?
21)What part of calling the Master in relation to the Navigation equipment?
22)What do you understand by RV.
23)What instructions you will have to call Master specifically in RV?
24)When will you call a compass adjuster?
25)What about as a routine how often it should be swung, what does the guidance
mention about it?
26)Passage from Tokyo to Singapore. What instructions you will give to the 2nd officer.
27)What minimum under keel clearance and what would be the minimum distance from
land?
28) Any other information you will be check with him for the voyage?
29)What external factors? Weather
30)What are your concerns weather wise when you are doing a passage from tokyo to
singapore?
31)What is a Tropical revolving storm?
32)Weather associated with a tropical revolveing storm?
33)What areas do they generally form?
34)What are the signs of a Tropical revolving storm?
35)What are the different segment of a Tropical revolving storms. Which one is the
dangerous semi- circle and what happens to the wind in that area?
36)What preparations you will make for heavy weather?
37)What effects does heavy weather have on the ship’s structure?
38) With heavy weather apart from pounding what are the other forces exerting?
39)What other forces acting on the forward structutre?
40) You mentioned waves what is happening on the ship’s structure because of that?
41)Open sea clear WX 2nd officer call you mentioning we have received a VHF DSC
distress alert. What are you going to do.
42)You made contact with the vessel sinking 6 crew members onboard. It is a fishing
vessel 10 miles off your position?
43)As you are approaching the fishing vessel in distress. What preparations.
44)What advise you will give your lookouts to look for?
45)What types of different distress signals you can sight?
46)What preparation you will do with relation to your bridge equipment?
47) What instances you can decide that you do not have to proceeding for SAR?
48)What is the difference between the standing moor and running moor?
49)What actions in terms of approaching RV?
MCA ORALS FEEDBACK
COLREGS:
Radar Plot : Information u can get from below and then comlete the plot action.
Situations:
1) Pdv on starboard bow. Action
2) Own vessel overtaking. Action
3) Vessel NUC on Port Bow. Action
4) Dredger right ahead. Action
5) TSS : Own vessel following the Lane; Vessel on port (crossing in the other lane and
starboard(entering the TSS) bow. Action
Smarty board Lights: no action required rest everything.
1.Power driven vessel port side aspect.
2.NUC (2 red lights).
3.Vessel engaged in towing operations (RAM) aspect starboard.
4.Sailing vessel using combined lantern for side lights(headon).
5.Vessel at anchor aspect starboard.
6.Vessel aground aspect Port side.
Buoyage: Characteristics and passing which side.
1)Region A Port hand Lateral Buoy.
2)North Cadinal Buoy heading 090.
3)East Cardinal Buoy heading 180.
4)Safe Water mark.
5)Special Mark.
Finished
MCA ORALS FEEDBACK
Feed Back on mistakes:
1) Ques 23 : Clear instruction for calling master in restricted visibility. Refer MGN 369
again.
2) Ques 24 : Compass adjusting there is guidance which is to be done every 2 years.
3) Ques 14 : Raise Non Conformity for Bosun .
4) Ques 47 : Action as per RV got confused with near the area so Fog signal not
switched on.
5) Radar Plot : TCPA from the initial plot. With course and speed.
6) Situations : Alter course to starboard for TSS question in situations.
This above is to best of my knowledge what I can remember, might miss out on few
questions.
I would like to thank all my Colleagues and Glasgow Maritime Academy to help me to
prepare for the Orals, very certain will get through next time.

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