COC 2 (Deck) Oral Questions

MASTERLIST OF COC 2 ORAL QUESTIONS

Date is not known unless otherwise stated. Posted in reverse chronological order.

LATEST
August 30th
SMA building 7th floor
2pm-4pm
1) what is CSS code
2) mentioned the word advise do you have to comply with CSS code
3) how to load IMDG
4) where can you find these information, vol2 under what column? horizontal or vertically what column number
5) fire onboard container ship what to do
6) why does tanker ship have pump room
7) fire in pump room
8) fixed co2 ffa what maintenance are there wants all
9) Ventilation for CO2 room where is located inside
10) Dry dock survey what to check for
11) Anchor shackles do you check all and what measures do they check for
12) what to check for loadline survey
13) how do you check the hatchways for water tightness
14) show us some life raft photos what is wrong with them
15) show us radar spoking what is it and how does it happen
16) what is the minimum criteria for radar detection
17) the radar spinning do what
18) you mentioned pulses how often does it send out
19) how does this pulse signal work for the radar
20) you are a heavylift vessel how do you load
21) where is the critical point for your stability
22) how to know if your vessel is stable at critical point
23) what is the six points of stability criteria
24) what is angle of down flooding
25) give us paper draw vessel on port beam slowly approaching 4Nm, 3Nm then 2.5Nm your vessel underway what is the aspect
26) what is the reasoning behind this aspect
27) Tell me rule 10
28) give trawler vessel with green side lights. You are navigating in TSS you see this lights 2 point port what is your action
29) what is the sound signal for trawler in restricted visibility
30) you mentioned not more than 2mins so can I sound every 1 min

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Date: 17 Aug 2022 10am
Candidate: 1 pax
Examiner: Capt Nikhil
1. Ship sailing you on watch pump room fire.
Told him all the usual points and steps. Nature of fire if cargo or electrical. Emergency team do what support team do what roving team do what. Even mentioned that the fixed gas detectors in pump room will start ringing if O2 drops and that’s 1 way you can confirm if it’s a fire also. Precautions the fire fighters should take. Boundary cooling and all. Then he said ok that’s the general view but you as chief officer being Incharge of command team what will be in your mind.
Then I told him the safety of the crew and cargo he said ok what about it. Then I told him the atmosphere in pump room might be unsafe so brief the BA wearers and also remind them to go down safely as the stairs will be steep and tight with the suit on. Maintain communication throughout with them. Standby the back up BA wearers. Then if cargo leak try to determine if still leaking and a lot. Then consider pollution. He then asked if leak what you going to do. I said try to contain the oil and consider to stop the leak to cut off the source but fight the fire at same time also. Then he ask how you going to get rid of the oil. I say prepare a line up can be pumped back to slop tank. Then he say ok there’s still some things I not hearing as a chief mate let’s move on. This question itself almost half an hour.
2. You receive MOB 50Nm master tell you prepare search plan and show him. Your GMDSS got issue cannot establish communication.
Then I told him proceed to location set up a search plan of expanding square by establishing a datum then how to establish datum. He asked why expanding square. Explained then he said ok draw for me and show expanding square. Showed him then he ask how will you determine the S 2S 3S to be how many miles. I said 1.5 miles. He say why not 500mtrs. Then I explained ship length and view of visibility if 500mtrs will defeat the purpose of the search as you can see more than that but also take weather and sea state into account. Then he ask the search pattern why alter to port or stbd. I got jammed at that. Then he ask how much the alteration is it 90degree. I said ya then he ask why also got jammed at that I said coz it’s a square kind of search then he just laugh. Then say ok move on.
3. He say loading grain in river port Brazil discharge in Indonesia. Tell me 3 parts consisting of planning, precaution and during voyage what you will do.
Started by telling him about DOA and all and how to determine how much I can load. He dig further asking how to know how much specifically I mention density of water tropical and all and as per your load line and if draft restrictions. He say no restriction. So as per your load line. Then he ask how to know the zone and what exactly to consider for river loading. Can’t remember what I said then he say ok continue. Then mentioned stability part. Then he say you still not answering what to consider. Tell me as a chief officer what will be on your mind. Then I started again by saying density of water where you loading and then load up to the relevant load line mark and then continued. He just say ok only but can tell not satisfied.
4. Preparing for dry dock. 1 month to dry dock what you prepare as chief officer can relate to your tanker.
I told him prepare a repair list of things need to do and the spares needed. Then ensure all my tanks and void spaces to be gas free ready for man entry. Prepare a table of shipboard working arrangement also and delegate duties to the other officers so rest hours are complied with. Then prepare for your surveys that need to be done in DD. Then prepare for your pipelines pressure testing your pumps overhaul then I mentioned like my last ship it was going to install a BWTS. So preparation for that. Then I moved on to stability part. He stopped me there he said that 1 you do right before entering few days before I want to know more about 1 month before. Added more stuff like gas detectors calibration and all. Couldn’t think of anything else. Then he said I’m sure you know you confirm got study but you need to know how to answer.
Then he said we stop for now but I want you to improve on how you answer and your emergencies. Put yourself in that situation as a chief officer and answer. I asked him where I need to focus on. He said focus on Emergencies Cargo and ROR. Then he said from your 1st attempt you did answer well for some and for IALA also but ROR could have been better.
Then he told me that during emergency I wanted to hear the safety aspect and cargo aspect. How you will tell the man to enter pump room. Risk of explosion. Ventilate or not. Accommodation air intake safe for people inside not and all that. Then dry dock he said I wanted to hear when you tell me prepare like what to prepare. You mentioned surveys what survey. Then he said like safety equipment I know got many points but what’s the most impt like lifeboat 1.1x test and all. Safety Construction what is impt your water tight and weather tight doors if ok or not. Then he say you mentioned repair list but you need to tell me what you going to put in repair list. He say you going to fit BWTS ok will that be in the repair list or if you going to change anodes in the tank will that be in the repair list. Then he ended of by saying focus on what I told you I know you know your stuff but he need to know how to answer and tell me what I want to know exactly don’t need to explain about other irrelevant stuff. Total whole thing took about 3 hrs.

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12 Aug Capt Loo 1130-1200

Dry Docking/Loadline done together
Preparation as a CO and what is done
Talk about anchor – How to check, do you check every link or only % of each cable
Talk about tank – pivot to BWMC B4, D1, D2 very detailed but not until numbers, just viable organism 2 diff sizes and indicator microbes 3 main one that is harmful to humans, cholera E coli and intestine something diff cfu for each based on severity
Then back to tank he ask me continue so I assume cargo tank – pivot to COW and IG he say that time prathap not happy so explain again
Talk about reserve bouyancy – Weather tight holds and door, how is tested? Means to remove water on deck, scuppers
Talk about protection of crew on deck – Railings for rust and hold, supports
Talk about Rudder and Propeller – checks

IMDG – How to load, he keep nodding then done, Vol1 what’s important,chp 7/Vol2, DGL /Supplement, Ems And Mfag flow chart

SEQ survey – Started with boarding arrgmt/LSA/FFA/ almost forgot abt nav then when mention GPS he say that time khoo not happy with my GPS so why need to do correction so I just mentioned that because earth is irregular speriod GPS sets a mean sea level 0 elevation, so we need to set antenna height as GPS works on measuring the time difference between signal sent and rcvd plus triangulation of multiple satellite, oh multiple satellite so what’s HDOP, so end up question became on how GPS works LOL

I guess I was pretty smooth like just back to back no stop that’s why pass even tho 50% not relevant to actual question

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Second Attempt
Surveyor Khoo
Failed

1. What was the chemical that burned in Beirut . Did you see the news.?
Ans: Yes , Ammonium Nitrate .

2. Which class does it belong in IMDG . Why does it burn like that , what is the process?

3. Grain Loading . ? What is difference between reserve buoyancy and residual buoyancy ?
Too many cross questions..

4. Preparation for subzero temperatures. What is category A, B and C in polar code? What are the contents of Polar Code. ? What is Fast Ice and Ice Shelf ? Old ice thickness ? First year ice?

5. How does a ship turn?
Explain the process of thrust on the Rudder .
Response: He says “expect more from a management level officer”

6. Explain the stern frame, transom space ? with drawing ? How does the Rudder hang? Carrier bearing , Pintle etc etc .
Response: I gave all answers. he dint feel satisfied.

7.Safety construction Survey..
Went too deep. Side Shell opening etc..

Full argument.. I had to prove what I studied using IMO Res A.29 ( 1104). It’s a 200 page document .
He got pissed off.

8. Hunting lever and floating lever..

Response: He said they same thing. I said they r connected but different parts ..I drew the engineering diagram.
He did not get convinced.

9. What does MLC say about Alcohol limit. ?
Answered the BAC limit .. still not satisfied …

By this time I got pissed too.

Last response” you need to read some areas again. Sorry at this stage I cannot pass you.”

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Date: 29 July 2022
Candidate: 1 pax
Examiner: Capt Nikhil
1) emergency fire onboard container ship, your actions
2) SAR (IAMSAR) MOB known what kind of search should you do
3) MSC 1182 preparation for recovery of mob
4) renewal survey duration & equipment certificate what to check
5) 5 year lifeboat test
6) dry dock survey window and requirements
7) in water survey what do you check for (use uwild)
8) BWM discharge water if ballast water treatment system not working
9) MARPOL annex V food waste cargo residue garbage, everything
10) D1 and D2
11) IGC and IBC
12) Reg B4 for standard of D1
(IALA and ROR using model boats)
13) new danger mark
14) south cardinal
15) safe water mark
16) situation Rule 15 including Safe water mark how to pass including vessel
17) situation Rule 13 and Rule 8 including safe water mark and vessel
18) MLC Rest Hr
19) if AB not complying with Rest Hr how?

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Date: 19 Jul 2022 1400 hrs 2hr
Candidate: 3 pax
Examiners: Capt Loo, Khoo, Pratap, Nikil
Examiners took turns to ask questions on different topics.

Started off with Loo.

1) Tell me about CSS Code
2) How to know how much to load given SF
3) Heavy Lift (everything) Asked specifically, what would you give instructions to the bosun WRT tending to the mooring rope, what happens to the ship when you swing the heavy lift back onboard
4) When is it most unstable in heavy lift
Khoo came in:
5) Asked what is the term called when swinging the cargo from side to wherever (he mentioned about jerky movement)
6) Why stop the cargo from swinging (Asked why would a runner part when cargo keeps swinging, talked abt chafing on the roller and he stopped me, dunno right or wrong)
Back to Loo:
7) Preparation for Load Line survey
8) Preparation for Drydock (bef dur aft)
9) Fumigation (everything)
10) IMDG how to load
Pratap came in:
11) Asked who on tanker. Ravin n Fareez
12) Asked the 2 tanker guys about IG syst,
Scrubber(Asked the water spray is it ontop or below, why is demister required, Deck Seal, NRV
13) Asked to draw IG diagram
14) While drawing asked Aniq draft survey, purpose of draft survey
15) After showing the IG diagram, he asked PV valve, PV breaker settings
16) Then asked the 2 tanker guys draft survey also
Back to Loo:
17) Asked the 2 tanker guys abt Marpol Annex 1 what is extra for tanker (Talked abt the discharge of oil originating from cargo space, ORB Part 2 asked abt discharge for cargo ship other than tanker
Then (Machinery space)
18) Asked aniq abt Annex 1 also
19) Pump man reported pump room fire
20) How to check SCBA
21) Vessel grounded at night 2am
22) FFA in regards to maintenance
Khoo came in :
23) Asked about weekly galley FFA(fixed & portable)
24) Asked to show on camera how you will use the fire blanket
25) Asked about GPS height why input height of antenna in GPS
Back to Loo :
26) You receive Distress alert 50Nm. What you do (Upon reaching no sign of vsl in distress or evidence-I assume he wants to talk abt IAMSAR so Aniq did, talk abt drift search pattern etc)
27) What to check for MLC besides Rest Hrs
28) IALA.
29) General and Local Direction Of Buoyage
30) Emcy wreck buoy (everything)
31) South cardinal (everything)
32) ROR
33) Rule 2
34) Rule 7
35) Rule 8
36) Rule 19 and safe speed (In own words)

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Date: 30 Jun 2022
Candidates: ?
Examiners: Capt Loo

1) Actions fire in cargo hold
2) What to do before activating fixed CO2 system
3) Maintenance of CO2 system
4) SCBA checks
5) Told me to draw the curve of statical stability with negative GM. Show all the various points that as a chief officer is important. After done show on camera.
6) Explain how to find GM
7) Explain angle of deck immersion and vanishing stability
8) Show where angle of loll is on the curve. What is angle of loll
9) How to correct angle of loll
10) Show where angle of flooding is on the curve
11) Ballast Water Management D1 and D2 (Sequential, flow through and D2 discharge criteria)
12) MARPOL annex 1. What applies to your ship? (IOPP, ORB part 1, SOPEP, discharge criteria, sulphur content in FO)
13) How do you know how much to load when given the SF
14) CSS code purpose and for which ships
15) What is conventional direction of buoyage
16) Marking new dangers
17) South cardinal mark
18) Rule 1. What is organization? How to know TSS adopted by organization?
19) Rule 2, 8, 19 (Explain own words)
20) Rule 3. Define vessels engaged in fishing and RAM
21) Light and daylight signal for fishing, trawling, towing and RAM (Everything)

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29/06/2022 Capt Loo
Which ships do not carry CSS Code ?
leads to what does emergency response information
How is timber stowed under deck ?
Which plan to get your load density ?
Significance of angle of repose ?
Stability for carriage of grain ?
Grain securing methods (shifting and saucering)
SCBA checks
Dry docking what is it that you check
Loadline survey
What is IBC code
what is conventional direction
New danger buoy
West cardinal marks
Rule 2,6,19,8
What is the distance and the height of the uprights ?
High density cargo stability requirement
What is the design pressure when testing WT doors ?
Morse code length of new danger mark
Light freq of south cardinal mark

Capt Khoo
How many satellitefor GPS
What info can you get from display?
What is HOD- significance of Value, what does it represent? Can you select?
What is SA on GPS display
What is MODE on GPS display
Can you change to STW on GPS ?
What is IGC ? (he ask about IGC what code is it. don’t mention grain code lol. He wants you to say GC code as in liquified gas code)

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Date: 31 May 2022 1000 hrs 1hr 30min
Candidates: 2 pax
Examiners: Capt Loo, Khoo, Pratap
Examiners took turns to ask questions on different topics.

Captain Loo
1) What are the navigational warnings we receive on the ship?
2) Charterer send you email, give SF for next cargo to load. How to find out approximate maximum figure to load?
3) CSS Code, what is the purpose?
4) What kind of ship carry CSS code?
5) How do you use IMDG code when loading DG?
6) Heavy lift precautions
7) When can you exceed the SWL? How much can you exceed?

Captain Pratap
8) How do you monitor your ship stability while you are carrying heavy lift?
9) How do you know loadline survey is due?
10) What do you know about draft survey?
11) Precautions to be taken before entering dry dock.
12) What do you understand about free surface effect?
13) How do you eliminate free surface effect?
14) You are departing Hong Kong and you receive a weather report that the ship will encounter heavy weather, what are the precautions you will take?

Captain Khoo
15) How you prepare for cold weather?
16) Why is there icing on deck?
17) Where the water come from?
18) Forecast say calm weather, where the on deck ice come from?
19) What is the purpose of draft survey?
20) Loading takes 4 days, do you do draft survey every day?
21) How many times is draft survey done? Initial survey before loading?
22) Fire main line running on deck raining fore and aft, how to prevent the line from breaking when the vessel flexes (hog and sag)
23) Fixed fire installation, under which certificate this item is required?
24) How many fire hydrants required on deck?
25) What is the purpose of mate’s receipt?

Captain Loo
26) You are sleeping in the cabin, 2nd mate calls you say vessel has collided, what are your actions?
27) Tanker, pump man report smoke coming out of pump room, what are your actions?
28) How do you check SCBA?

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Date: ?
Candidates: ?
Examiners: ?

1) How many types of fixed Fire Fighting system?
2) CO2 how to activate? Principles? (Pilot bottle)
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3) IMDG how to load?
4) CSS code is for what?
5) What to do if cargo hold fire?
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6) How to hang off anchor?
7) What to prepare before hang off anchor?
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8) Intact stability
9) GZ curve of negative GM
10) What is the 57.3 deg?
11) When is the deck edge immersion
12) What is angle of loll? How the ship behave at that point?
13) What is flooding angle?
14) What is vanishing stability?
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15) Emergency wreck buoy?
16) If 2 cardinals or 2 lateral can?
17) What is conventional direction of buoys?
18) Rule 1, how to know which TSS is adopted by the organisation? (ref to ship routing)
19) Rule 1, what is “the organisation”?
20) Rule 2, what is important about this rule?
21) Rule 8, Action to avoid collision, what is most important?
22) Rule 19, what is it about? Explain in detail.
23) Towing lights and shapes
24) Fishing vessel extended nets

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Date: ?
Candidates: ?
Examiners: Capt Loo and Khoo

Capt Loo
Which ships do not carry CSS Code ?
leads to what does emergency response information
How is timber stowed under deck ?
Which plan to get your load density ?
Significance of angle of repose ?
Stability for carriage of grain ?
Grain securing methods (shifting and saucering)
SCBA checks
Dry docking what is it that you check
Loadline survey
What is IBC code
what is conventional direction
New danger buoy
West cardinal marks
Rule 2,6,19,8
What is the distance and the height of the uprights ?
High density cargo stability requirement
What is the design pressure when testing WT doors ?
Morse code length of new danger mark
Light freq of south cardinal mark

Capt Khoo
How many stateliness for GPS
What info can you get from display
What is HOD- significance of VAlue, what does it represent ? Can you select ?
What is SA on GPS display
What is MODE on GPS display
Can you change to STW on GPS ?
What is IGC ?

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Khoo
How many stateliness for GPS
What info can you get from display
What is HOD- significance of VAlue, what does it represent ? Can you select ?
What is SA on GPS display
What is MODE on GPS display
Can you change to STW on GPS ?
What is IGC ?

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Orals Date – 01-Mar’21
Time – 1400 hrs – 1600 hrs
Examinees: 2 pax
Examiners – Capt. Khoo, Loo, Nikhil, Zheng Yi

Css code, Different types of lashings you use. specifications of lashings for different cargoes.
Loading Heavy Lift – Precautions / stability criteria
Loading DG cargo – How will you make use of IMDG code for this loading. He didn’t want the contents of the code, need specific use of IMDG code for the loading & wat you refer.
Loading Cargo on chemical tanker – Specific reference to IMDG code & how will you use it for cargo operations.
Docking survey – What all items you will consider to survey in the Docking survey, Special reference to Hull inspection, Rudder, propeller inspection.
Charterer gives you SF of cargo & how will you calculate max. cargo to load??
Also what factors you will consider before giving the final cargo figure to charterers?
You are C/O on watch & observe smoke in the No.1 Cargo hold – Actions??? Explain the full drill procedures.
FFA maintenance – Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, 5- Yearly
Fixed Co2 Maintenance – Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, 5- Yearly
Take over as ℅ – tell me the most 3 important things you will take over from the outgoing
C/O – Told him many things, still not satisfied. Repeatedly telling just tell 3 important things.
Fumigation Precautions – Before / After / Voyage
Can fumigation be carried out without FIC onboard??
BWTS in-operational during cargo operations.. Actions??
Criteria D1 & D2 – Ballast water requirements.
Marpol Annex-5.
Hold washing with animal remains. Can discharge or cannot??
Deck washing with chemicals.. Can discharge or cannot??
ISPS code.
Main responsibilities & duties of SSO..
Painting scheme. Different paints for different areas with explanation & reference.
Tanker cargo tank paint specifications.
Oil / chemical tanker – Last cargo Jet fuel, fully discharged & vessel in ballast, Need to do hot work in Port side windlass. Precautions & Actions.
PV valve specifications & settings.
Cargo tank alarm settings.

Mostly all the questions were from Capt. Loo. When you start to answer, Khoo will interrupt & twist the questions & confuse you & when he’s sure that you are confused or you panic, he will pass to Loo.
Questions will be directed to one person & in between examiner will stop & continue the same with the other person.
Lots of cross questioning from Capt. Khoo.

Capt. Khoo & Loo said in the start of orals – Don’t beat around the bush or bullshit. We don’t want to hear contents of any code. With reference to the code, as a Chief officer how will you use it .

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Orals Exam: 7th May 2019, 1100AM,
Examiner: Nick
Candidate: Kcbx, 1st Attempt, Pass
1100 in, 1300 out.

1. How you take over as C/O for bulk carrier. (Warm-up)
2. When to use and when not to use loadicator? Damage condition*
3. How you load bulk cargo? IMSBC*
4. Contents inside IMSBC?
5. Explain SF. Where can you find SF? What is the SF of iron ore.
6. How you load grain? Trimming methods? What are your concerns.
7. You mentioned grain loading manual and DOA. Explain.
8. How to find your GHM?
9. What are the stresses your ship will experience during loading of bulk cargoes?
10. Concerns and preventive actions.
11. How you load IMDG on a car carrier? DOC* Location*
12. Tell me what you know about IMDG. Vol 1, 2 & Supplement.
13. Fire in a hold on car carrier. Actions? IMDG how you fight? EMS – Chemical Suit*
14. Straight away fight with water.. now ab complaining difficulty in breathing. Actions? He smiled and said next time check schedule first before fighting fire. No rush. Wear chemical suit and not firefighting outfit. Never mind people make mistakes. Let’s move on.
15. FSE what is it? Intact stability criteria?
16. How you reduce and increase the gm of your ship? Draw out IS for general ship.
17. When and what do you do during abandon ship? *EPIRB *SART *Documents etc *Broadcast format? Mayday
18. Fixed Co2 system. Low pressurised Co2 system. Maintenance schedule? *weekly, monthly, yearly, 2 yearly, 5 yearly and 10 yearly.
19. How and what to check for fixed Co2? maintenance? MSC 1318 *Example service format
20. Explain thoroughly how you do maintenance for your Co2 system onboard.
21. Explain thoroughly how you do maintenance for fixed Co2 fire extinguisher system.
22. How you prepare ship for dry docking.
23. Surveys carried out during DD? Very particular*
24. Annual survey for safety equipment. Give example. I used davit for rescue boat. *dynamic winch brake test
25. 5 yearly survey for safety equipment? *x1.1 the weight.
26. What to inspect during dry dock? *inspect places where I can’t when the ship is in service.
27. Stability concerns?
28. Information inside stability booklet? Whats the difference between damage stability booklet and the normal stability booklet?
29. Giving out job orders?
30. Difference between MLC and STCW. Who is it applicable too? *OS/Kids?
31. AB want to do over time for money. How?
32. Your role as per STCW?
33. MARPOL Annex 1 & 5. *Detailed
34. OWS & ODME difference?
35. BWMP?
36. SOPEP?
37. How to manage garbage onboard?
38. Proceeding to anchorage. How you decide position to drop anchor. How many cables you have onboard?
39. Why car carrier don’t like to drop anchor?
40. How to know anchor is dragging? *without being on the bridge.
41. What will be shown on your ECDIS?
42. Behaviour of cables when dragging? What are your actions? Mentioned energy on the windlass break. He asked if I had watched endgame recently and I said yes. Sidetrack a bit. He don’t like the word energy. I change to stress on cable and windlass with very long stay. Stiff cables. Actions?
43. Hanging off anchor. Draw and explain.
44. What is ISM? Objectives? How you know your ship is complying with ISM?
45. You mentioned DPA just now. What is his role and why need DPA? SOLAS 9, safe ops* Direct communication to decision makers*
46. Tell me about your PMS on your last ship? I mentioned it is a very expensive programme lol.. How you know? I worked in the office with the supers before. He laughed. Our system can give out job orders to the officers and he has to submit his report and I as a CO will review it before sending to MST for the final review as per manufacture and classification requirements.
47. Actions during grounding?
48. Heavy weather, explain all the dangerous phenomenon and preparations? MSC 1228
49. IAMSAR, explain purpose and content in it. Purpose?
50. Drills as per solas and frequency? *Enclose space rescue 2 monthly, explain.
51. ROR. Overtaking, Crossing, ROC, Action, RV. *Crash engine & Crash Astern. *Overtaking and then crossing situation. Tricky situation.
52. At 1pm he stood up and said, “ok lunch time. Congrats you pass.”

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 14/05/2019 Tuesday 1430 -1610hrs (Initially 1400)
Examiner : Nikhil
Result : Pass

Which ship you sailed on? LNG. He told I don’t know gas, I can see you have sailed on chemical tanker also, I said yes. Then he said okay you are a chemical tanker man.
Which ship you prefer? I said LNG, he said why? I said chemical is more hardwork, he said okay you escape hardwork, I’ll make this oral hardwork for you then?
Relaxed? Shall we start?
Yes.

1. Taking over as chiefmate ( whatever keywords you tell he will write on the paper. Eg for me I told loadicator, bwmp then he started noting down all these points)
2. What is a loadicator?
3. Loadicator kaput, draw GZ curve slowly went to Intact Stability Criteria
4. Survey everything. He even asked me difference between audit survey and inspection. I didn’t give properly, he told okay this is master level I won’t fail you for this. But you should know what word to use. Because for everything I told audit audit..
5. Drydock survey is it a survey or it comes under intermediate? How will you know your ship is due for drydock? I told quarterly listing, he told don’t tell me answer from Bible. I need your experience, even if it’s not correct. Then I decided not to use those answers
6. Which ships exempted from drydock. IWS
7. Asked me conditions for extension of drydock survey told him from ship con book. There are 3 points ship sailing in FW and etc etc.
8. What is ESP? Applicable to which ships?
9. How many surveys as per solas. Don’t say drydock survey, check solas ch1 reg 10.
10. Drills as per solas, I told chapter 3 reg 19. He likes when you gives quote from where.
11. I think these questions he was satisfied with, he marked the full page as ‘S’ satisfactory I think.
12. Then he asked hazards with bulk cargo, I was not happy with my answer. I gave 2-3 points. tML and combustible and hazardous, he asked some more. I said I have not sailed I won’t be able to say. I knew the answer is there in sanga Bible. Didn’t want to use Bible answer, better tell the truth.
13. Imsbc structure, didn’t even hear for 5 seconds.moved on.
14. IAMSAR
15. Steering gear requirements and test requirements. All that 28seconds thing.
16. He told enclosed space from pump room, I told everything, then he told. Okay bosun is not breathing, I told that ABC shit. Then he said on ship what you’ll do, I told refer book or call radio medical advice. He asked where is it located.i told Italy he asked from which alrs? I didn’t know the alrs volume no., he told okay alrs is fair enough.
17. Then he told fire in the same pump room. I told is there a fixed fire fighting in pump room? Coz I am not aware. He said no fixed. Then I told that normal shit. Muster blah blah boundary cooling blah blah.
18. Buoys he asked new danger, isolated danger, north cardinal
19. Course 000 north cardinal right ahead action
20. Course 090 north cardinal right ahead your action.

I think that’s about it, no ror. Probably because of e test marks. he has our marks, and all those e test results. I saw it In his file. Just be natural with him, very soft spoken and helping. 12 and 17 I thought I didn’t give the answer very nicely but maybe those he didn’t care much.

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 16/05/2019 Thursday 1415 -1645hrs
Examiner : Nikhil
Result : Pass

Which ship you sailed on? Bulk Carrier.
1. Taking over as chiefmate on a container vsl , 330 mtrs , ( whatever keywords you tell he will write on the paper)
2. After taking over , ship going from japan to los angeles , heavy weather and -10 deg temperature, what are ur concerns as a chief officer…..he told if u answer this correctly then I will skip navigation and heavy weather. (Container)
3. Loadicator – is it mandatory? .. how will check whether it is working or not?…den he goes into cross questions and all…he gives u hint also….
4. CSS code ?
5. Special survey? Why u have a window period?….cross question on that?
6. Renewal survey?
7. Drydock preparation? , only chief officer related items
8. BWMP?
9. LSA FFA maintenance? …. CO2 fixed fire…plz read it thoroughly….because he has so much to ask in that….Pls go thru the circulars…eg 1432.
10. Helipad on board?…equipments required for that?….which manual??
11. How will you come to kno wen u have to change mooring brake pads???…..gangway wires??…The records are not maintained onboard….
12. Lifeboat maintenance in drydock?….there is more to it apart from dynamic test….read it thoroughly
13. IAMSAR , any 2 search patter draw and explain…..why expanding square search has “S”…eg.. 1s , 2s , 3s…..Why in sector search only starboard alteration( I said stbd)…he asked me why not port…
14. while taking over I did not mention segregation of DG….so asked me to explain on paper.
15. Heavy lift …..how the stability will change?….he wants diagram…shift of G ?
16. Stability curve…asked me GM , GZ. (diagram)..,,….from where u get the figures and how u draw this?
17. angle of loll?….have to show in the same diagram…when having positive GM.
18. Actions to take when having angle of loll?…..cross questions….
19. Stability criteria of ur ship?….i told of bulk carrier?….then of tankers he asked?….then he is like why it is same ? Grain GM? Why grain GM 0.3m , Timber GM?…why 0.1m?(asked about reserve buoyancy)
20. Tendancy of the ship with less gm and more gm?
21. Lights : 2 white lights in vertical line….what are the lights for towing vessel , lights for CBD , light for vessel towing 500mtrs….3 white lights in vertical line and with side lights??….
22. ROR : head-on situation … which rule no.? , a vessel ahead of u…head-on stuation?…then he is like cannot go to starbd….he wants justification of your answer from the rules itself( eg ..by any rule like rule 8 or rule 2)

For every answer he was having cross question…..his question depends on what you answer…..he has ur marks also….he asked me why I got less marks in e test….i did not show him port folio…..things will be set up from the first question ….taking over as a chief mate …. And pls do different type ships….he did not ask me anything related to bulk carriers…only gm for grain…that’s it…

pankaj tripathi: PSA Building
21/05/2018 : 1455 hrs to 1720
examiner : Nikhil
Result: Pass

Which company sailed and type of vessel (I said tanker)
Taking over as chief officer (bulk carrier)
Docking (preparations)
Loading of imdg
Precautions during loading imdg
Iamsar with 2 patterns
Marpol – all annexes names
Oil Record book
Garbage placard
Garbage Management plan
Garbage discharge criteria (very particular)
ISM
SMS
Class duties and responsilbity
Surveys (all deeply, cross question as per your answers, cross questions are simple but tricky)
Imdg segregation diagram
Msds (why and regulation)
Sopep
ODME
OWS
LSA & FFA maintainance
Heavy Weather Precaution (stability concern)
Heavy lift Precaution (stability concern)
Intact Stability Diagram
ROR- overtaking (situations, tricky…. Just to understand and is simple)
Surveys carried out during DD (All as I mentioned him in dry dock that I will carry out and special and renewal survey….. Why is class certificate renewed and how is it carried out….. purpose)
Drills as per solas and frequency?
Details about enclosed space entry permit
Why is class certificate renewed
Flag state & psc in details
Contents of imsbc and which other code or manual is used for bulk carrier. ( I said grain code for grain carrier, he said some more)

Oral venue : psa
Time : 1100
Examiner : capt. Nikhil
Result : pass

1. How will you takeover as chief mate on chemical tanker?
( All points I backed up with relevant regulation. He said no extra question as I covered it while giving my answer)

2. Drills as per Solas.
( There are 4 drills chap3 reg 19 and chapt5 reg26 emergency steering drill. He asked if it is mentioned because he hasn’t seen it. It is there in fine print)

3. Main renewal survey. ( Answered from construction book,including the two flowchart.He asked were you got info. LR rule book and mulloth mentioned was quite happy with it.)

4. ROR head on but can’t alert to Starboard. ( Mentioned rule 2 and rule 8 for justifying port alteration)

5. Asked me to pick safe water buoy from the box. ( Buoy not in box)

6. Asked me about ism in Maersk gave a detailed report of what is happening onboard. ( Was not a question,just asking)

That’s it.

My assignments questions ;

1) Fire in Cargo hold (Charcoal)
2) Fire in Galley
3) Practical aspect for preparing ship for dry dock which is in 6 months away
4) Grounding

29 May 2019
1430h to 1700h
1st attempt : NIKI
Got assignment –

First he check thru all cdc record , including e test results and ask me why my radio communications got 55% only ? He asked me if I can’t talk ?

Then he told me I am on a Capsize bulk carrier, carrying charcoal, from CHINA TO MIAMI.

1)Take over for Chief Officer – skip all the office, just go to talking outgoing c/o , cargo ops going on. (He is noting down all the points u talking)
Ask which route to take ? West or East route? If same distance, which way u choose? Can you pass Panama Canal ? What is the Canal restrictions?
2)What is PMS ?
3)What is MLC? What is the difference between SCTW? Now he say one of your crew don’t want work, not motivated and bad behaviour to work. What will u do? Some points how u motivate them? Then he moved on to say they now not getting salary and rest hour cannot comply? What will u doing as CO? (HE DONT WANT WHAT HOURS, he want practical)
4)What is BWM convention? What is sediments? How to dispose? How u manage onboard to comply with convention? Now suddenly, your vessel D2, BWMT kaput, what are your actions if you need to discharge ?
5)What do you about MARPOL onboard? I went straight to ANNEX 5 and explained all the things. Now he ask if cargo residue collected on deck, and in big amount, how u handle ? He also say now 3rd officer is in charge, is there any requirement or convention approved that 3rd officer or must be chief offcer? (i told him I don’t know, I say I follow GMP) Next he ask how to dispose food waste?
6)Next he ask, bosun want to incinerate plastic, can ? If cannot, where say? Which part? ( he don’t want I say what my company do, because I say my ship is green ship certified) He not very happy I cannot say , although I say Annex 6 inside, but he ask where , which part and I STUN as he sighed.
7)Cargo hold FIRE, inside CHARCOAL, he don’t want the alarm blah blah, now he say you going to fight the fire, what precaution u will take as a CO. He want practical aspect. I SAID IMSBC APPENDIX 1, he say don’t want. He want seamanship specified Precaution and actions.
8)Galley fire now. Again he want seamanship specified Precaution and actions. He say no CO2 extinguisher on board. Now deep fryer fire, what u use to fight fire, water or what ? He now ask if CO2 extinguisher, for which voltage or factor then the administration say you need Co2 , he ask me if I know ?
9)Dry Dock preparations 6 months ahead, how u prepare your ship as a CO 6 months ahead. Repair list? How this one come, how u know u must repair this in dry dock or can repair else where? Where u check exactly, name 5 and tell me how u check. He don’t items in the survey le, he want to know where u focus now to check 6 months before DD, he don’t want what class recommeds. How u know shore or ship staff repair. What is deformation, how u know it is deformed ? He don’t want ship record, he ask which record u check to tell you the condition of your ship? He don’t want all the theoretical aspect, he say this one can read, he want practical.

He stopped here, very pissed with me say I am not practical enough. Ask me do assignment for DRY DOCK AND FIRE FIGHTING. And reminded me that he will ask me on Monday for GROUNDING AND ROR.

To add on , the questions he further cross questioned from my assignments are;

1)Mechanical Ventilation?
2)Watertight and Weathertight?
3)Gangway and accommodation testing for 5years?
4)Strum box?
5)Where is most stressed structural areas in a cargohold ?
6)ROR? Ram vessel light, what is the vertical separation between RED WHITE RED?
7)Towing , 700m tow length
8)Asked me what I know about all the annexes in COLREGs? I said the shooting nets and hauling nets he stopped le.
9)How you choose from your stores for the spare stern light bulb for your elecky?
10)The intensity of the light ?
11)Overtaking but later have to cross to the pilot station?

Then he just told me, let’s go now

03 Jun 2019
Thurein
1415-1600
2nd attempt : Niki
Passed

Preparation for dry docking
Renewal survey
Loadline survey
classification
psc and flag state
certificate issued by class
safety construction cert.
Draw and explain TRS (any one) and action( depend on wind direction), IMDG segregation, any two search pattern, stability criteria.

ROR ( no situatiin)
visibility arc of mast head light, side light and stern light.
towing mast head light
NUC light ( also ask distance between two lights), NUC light of towing vessel.
u r in TRS and u see vessel on your port side, who is stand on?

04/06/19
1055-1230
PSA Building
Capt Nikhil.
Pass

1. Preparations before loading in grain, precautions while loading and after departure.
2. IMDG fire in container cargo hold.Actions?
3. Master now grounded vessel..your actions?
4. Drydocking…before preparation…just before taking dock preparation and just before departing preparation.

Thats it … NO ROR.

Date -11.06.2019
Capt.Nikhil
Time -1130 to 1310 hrs

1)Gave 4 questionS to write and wentout for refreshment
a)what do u mean by segregation in container and precautions?
i made all the 4 diagrams and explained them (later cross questioned me every details)
b)fire in engine room and ur action (wrote but henever asked any questions from it)
c)all type of mooring u know
i made all 5 and explained step by step (later only had a look at it, no cross questions)
d)Clearing Foul Anchor
before i started making it he came and tookthe writting sheets and this question took a back seat.

2) which document or certificates tells you that ur ship can carry Dangerous good
i Said Doc but he said this answer is wrong ,find it
asked me cross question based on my written answers whatis intrinscically safe device?
how will u know it is intrinscially safe?
what equipment on vessel could be intrinscically safe?

3) stability criteria of tanker?
I reached upto Max GZ he stopped and no cross question

4) maintenance and inspection of FFA?
listened all points and cross questioned on fixed gas fire fighting system
when you do hydrostatic test of SCBA
Portable extinguishers periodialtest and maintenance

4) LSA maintenance and Inspection
content of MSC 1205
annual test of liferaft -extension and what elase has extension of 17 months( Inflatable Lifejacket)
5 yearly and annual test of lifeboat and rescueboat+ opeational test of release hooksof davit launch liferaft

5) Survey as per Solas
DD survey , what you know about it with iws and esp cross questions
MRS of safety equipment certificate – UR PREPRATION I told checksi will carry out as per form E
and checks that needs to be carried out
which certificate will tell u nxt due date of next DD

6)Some questions on Imdg Content with contents of supplement
cross question on tanker do u refer this book in case of emergency and if yes how
some other booku carry regarding DG on Tankers
Are this publication Mandatory
whwere you can get updated list of Imo Publication

7)Contents of Imsbc
some cross questions of stowage factor , high density and liquifying cargo

8)BWMP
MAX EXTENSION a vessel CAN GET
D1 ,D2 types
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF ur BWM cert both has D1 and D2 Ticked
BWMP Content
what at port your BWP becomes Faulty

9) role of class
condition of class
is it mandatory?
What do u mean by condition of class?( cross question)

10) ROR
HEAD ON -two red lights in vertical line with side lights(said NUC vessel seen headon) crossed question why is
it so u dnt see any mast lights( i gave example vessel can have steering failure)
Expain rule 27 ? i said i dnt remember which rule is 27
gave crossing situation RAM vessel andaction
Spacing of RAM lights
gave RAM V/L CROSSING from port side asked which type and action
i said at first RAM and will alter port but after looking at his face i came to know i have
uttered wrong action and corrected by saying i will reduce speed or take all my way of to let it pass
he asked on what basis u changed on answer which rule ?
after getting the answer he said u wasted 5 mins unnecessarily

18.06.2019
Examiner : Nikhil

1. Lifeboat maintenance
2. CO2 Maintenance
3. Fix foam sys maintenance (as I sailed on tankers)
4. Any other FFA on deck(foam applicator and extinguisher)
5. Tell me what u know about water mist system.
6. Intact Stability Criteria
(Cross questions)
7. Angle of loll
(Positve GM , can angle of loll occur?”)
8. How u get GZ for the righting arm curve?
9. Heavy lift (preparation and stability aspect.)
10. Fumigation in cargo hold. Preparation?not finish but Next port 5hrs only, can sail? Which condition can sail?
11. Mooring with anchors (he change the current and wind). Refer Danton
12. Fire in Pumproom.
13. DD preparation only.

(After No.5 he told me to write down no. 6 9 10 11 12 and 13. He is quite unhappy with my answers. For No. 12 and 13, He didn’t ask anymore. Just told me to prepare assigment and prepare other questions also. There are so many topics I still left.)

28 Jun 2019
Shariff
1515-1630
1st attempt : Niki
Sent back for assignment

He started off asking which company, what kind of vsl. He said vsl is a Capesize Bulkcarrier, at Japan going to San Francisco. Currently loading.

Tell me how would u take over as chief(you are in the ship office)

Asked about what equipment would u need to specifically familiarize on bridge. I said ECDIS n he wants to hear abt the contours.

Asked about ballast water management plan. What to do if ballast water system is down. What is your next course of action.(he looking for practical ans)

What do u check for loadicator and how to know if the test are correct. What will u do if the results are unsatisfactory. Would you continue to load.

He asked about load density, SF, volume n weight of cargo. What’s high density cargo.

Renewal n annual survey( he wants to know when extension is given n how long )

Docking survey, Safety Construction survey

Function of class

Draw any two search pattern

Do you know stability criteria, righting arm(GZ). Asked to draw out diagram. Ask why the tangent line(used for Initial GM) is drawn. What’s that point called when the tangent leaves the curved graph?

Grabage management plan. If chief cook called u n told u that he is going to throw garbage, what to do? Then bosun said he finished tank cleaning, alot if water in tank, can discharge?(superintendent ask why did u discharge at sea, where does it say that u can discharge it.) Now after discharging cargo, quite alot of cargo residue left in tank, charterers dont want the cargo cos it’s not good. What to do.

He wants practical answers n immediate actions. Not looking for answers from the book. And he wants to know ur supporting documents. And try not to bullshit if u dont know the answer. If dont know then tell him dont know n can find from where.

Varun Agarwal
Oral Exam :-
Date : 09/05/2019
Time : 0910-1055
Examiner – Capt. Loo
Attempt – Ist
Result – 4-5 topics for next time

Questions :-
SOPEP contents
CSS code
Maintenance of lifeboat davit
How to load IMDG
Hanging off port anchor
Hot work in C/Hold (risk assessment)
Preparation for docking survey
C/O actions after collision

IALA-
What is ‘conventional direction of buoyage’?
How do authorities warn about a new danger?
Identify West cardinal bouy
ROR-
What is your understanding on Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule19? Who is the ‘Organization ‘ in rule 10 TSS? Where do u find tss adopted by IMO?

Date: 14.05.2019
Time : 1400-1645

I am sharing some typical question which i never heard of

1) Technical word for altering course in heavy weather
2) Asked me peculiar locations of container ships which for me being a tanker guy was next to impossible to answer
3) critical moment how to calculate while lifting heavy cargo
4) if hatch cover damaged can u sail out? I said no until n unless class comes and gives me exemption till next port/ voyage i will not sail …he said we can sail out on one given circumstances., Find out
5) Different type of lashing to be used for securing and how can you calculate
I know its in csm but calculation – i dnt know
6) Diagram of Anchor and state which type of anchor it is
7)how can you isolate a flooding tank
8) sequence of bc loading
9) contents of sewage certificate
10) contents of DOC
11) location of damage stability booklet

18.06.2019
Examiner : Capt. Loo

1. LSA & Lifeboat maintenance
2. Garbage record book
3. Oil record book
4. Hot work deck
5. Collision and cross questions onStability
7. Stability curve
(Negative GM , can angle of loll & angle of flooding occur?”)
8. How to find Ur ship stable or not.?
9. Timber (preparation and stability aspect.)
10.grain code and lasing
11. Hanging anchors (he change the side of aspect. From stbd to port.
12. Fire in accommodation
13.IMDG preparation only.
14. Contents of sopep.
15. Smoke in Galley.

COC 2
Capt. Loo
ISC
1030-1245

1. How many parts of ORB
2. Contents of SOPEP
3. As C/O how to conduct hot work in cargo hold
4. Risk assessment matrix and how to use
5. How to load Grain
6. How to load IMDG
7. How to load heavy lift
8. What is Construction Survey
9. Draw intact stability curve and explain
10. Draw gz curve for negative gm
11. Angle of loll
12. Angle of flooding
13. What is in MLC
14. What to do in event you see smoke from cargo hold
15. FFA maintenance
16. CSS/CSM
17. What to do in event of collision
18. Hanging off anchor

Thursday 1030-1230 ISC
Capt Loo
Fail

Role of FSC FSC
How you use IMDG books for loading such cargo
Negative Stability curve with angle of Loll , detailed explanation of angle downflooding, deck edge immersion, angle vanishing stability, correcting angle of Loll
Construction survey
Cargo hold smoke
Collision
For emergency he want a practical explanation of the actions you would take, consider the colour of smoke, water absorption of cargo( stresses)
Knots rolling hitch, rope stopper, wire stopper(use chain), bosun chair lowering knot
Ror rule 1&2 general explanation with examples
Rule 4-10 explain
11-19 scenarios

Vivek
Oral Exam :-
Date : 10/05/2019
Time : 1400-1452
Examiner – Capt. Khoo
Questions :-
1)Draw Fwd and Aft station of your last ship with mooring arrangements?
2) What is snap back zone?how you will explain bosun?
3) What is Stability how you will avoid list?
4) What is Heavy lift? What is shift of G? Whre will be your stress and its maximum effect?
5)What is Stbd bow, centre lead, Fairlead, panama lead,Mooring bitt? How you slack rope and tight
on winch? What is length of Stropper?
6)Type of Rope you use on your own ship?
7)Dia of Manila, Nylon, Wire rope
8) Types of seaworthiness.
9) What is back lashing?
10) What is steming of tide? Choice of Anchor?
11) How will you avoid any accident in mooring station? Why you hold rope in upward way not in downward way when holding in warping drum?
12) what is windlass and warping drum explain in management level not in operational level??
13) what are the type of stress you have on board ship containers? What will effect more? What is torsional stress? HOGGING,SAGGING.
14) Surveys, and statutary certificates?
15) please be aware of your vessel flag? He was trying to ask me but later forgot.

14 june 2019
Khoo
Fail

What type of ship you sailed on as cadet?
Tell me more about passenger ships
Cross flooding arrangement
Type of WTD
Requirement of survival craft for pax ship
Conducting a drill on pax ship + Req
How come pax ship superstructure so big but stable? ( alu superstructure)
What is a passenger ship?(solas)
What is GT, formula?
whats the difference between GT & NT? What its used for?
How come bulk carrier and tanker freeboard different?( explain type A and B, cargo permeability blah blah)
DWT of last ship?
What are the things you need to know for
Loading bulk cargo? ( pre stowage plan)
Tells me shipper say load 40K DWT coal
( check dwt first, all ok after)
Last ship use ECDIS? What are requirements?
How you do position fixing? How often?What is LOP? Purpose of LOP?
DR? The DR got dot in between? D.R.???
Cock hat what is that? A cap? (Idk whats wrong with him, i just laugh)
You want to present to PSC your last voyage fixes, can? On my ecdis can
Vessel aground actions?
What is your route when onboard last ship? After, SG to Queensland, what are things to take note as C/O
Reach queensland, c/o need to anchor, explain procedure?
Why need to brake first before disengaging?? Idk this, explained bt say no
Hanging off anchor? All ok
Ok now u wanna go alongside, mooring procedure, how you would do on your last ship? Checks on a mooring rope?
reversal of ropes, he wants to know whats the procedure name ??
Chain register? Applies to?
Mooring rope how will you check? Based on what?
Steering gear system, explain in detail with sketch, how from bridge u give command of helm, to steering gear, how it operates( motor, lub oil, shaft)
( couldnt explain in detail because cant rmb diagram)
Draw last ship rudder, i draw becker rudder, what to check?( as per dry dock)
Precautions when entering blocks( upthrust and reduction of GM all ok)
Repair list? What you need to prepare?
( from fwd to aft)
Draw your ship crane, what tests you do on the crane?( limit switch, test as per manufacturer.. crane rocking test( clearance as per manufacturer)… wires… sheath blah blah) all ok
Wire how to know if unsafe? 10% of visible strands on length 8 diameter blah blah
All ok
What other things u need to do as C/O
BWM( in detail)
Annex V ( in detail)
Ok time is up, i cannot pass you. Proficiency means you must be able to deliver your message quickly and clearly, take too long to answer and have to probe further to get right answer.

Oral Exam :-
Date : 15/01/2019
Time : 1450-1600
Examiner – Capt.Sanga.
Attempt – Ist
Result – Do Assignment on BC/Grain Loading.

Questions :-
1. Take over as CO.
2. Prepare stowage plan ?
(I told about tankers.)
3.How to load Bulk carrier /
Container and IMDG /Grain/ Heavy lift ?
(Precautions while loading/Stability Concerns).
4.How u come to know that your vessel is stable After loading ? Discussion on Intact Stability.
5.What is MSDS ?
6.What is SOPEP ?
7. Rest Hours ?
8. How will you give job to crew ?
9. How to carry out Loadline survey?
10. Drydocking (In d Out)
11. Fire In Cargo Hold
12. When ur ship will encounter with worst stability during voyage
13. Concerns as chief officer in Passage Plan?
14. WPSHA ?
15.You are proceeding for Rescue ,Preparations as CO ?
17.Heavy weather – Duties on deck ,On bridge (mention MSC circular 1228), Stability Concerns.
18. Ror – Rule 7,8.
19. what entries you will make in ORB ?
(ORB – part 2 tankers.)
20.What is PSC?
21.How you do Emergency steering drill?
22.Types of drills as per SOLAS ?
23. Ballast water management & 3 methods ?
24. Vessel Grounded,What ur action as
C/off d information you will give to Master ?
25. Can w assign same freeboard to Same Length Bulk Carrier & Tanker ?
26. Stack Height / Stack Weight
27. Visibility Criteria as per Solas
28. Info frm Damage Stability Booklet.
29. Mntnce Of LSA d FFA.
30. Name d Moors d Draw 1.
31. Effect Of Beam Winds on Vessel.
32. Anchoring Procedures.
33. Yy Classification Society Imp For Coff.
________

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 16/05/2019 Thursday 1435 -1600hrs
Examiner : Sanga
Result : Fail

Which ship you sailed on? Bulk Carrier.
1. Taking over as chiefmate
2. Loadicator – How will you check?
3. How to load bulk ?
4. How to you load grain ? What trimming procedure?
5. Receive plan for loading container when do you ask the planner to revise the plan? Bridge visibility?
6. How to prepare stowage plan
7. Loadline survey – under condition of assigment sufficent structural strength – how do you check this ? How do you know the structure is deform
8. Drydock preparation? Repair list ?
10. How do you know that your vessel have to go drydock?
9. BWMP onboard your vessel and during heavy weather, what are your concern?
10. LSA FFA maintenance?
11. Drills as per solas
12. How you conduct abandon ship and steering drill ?
13. Master inform you to prepare for rescue operation?
14. Bosun inform paint peeling off at hatch cover no.3 what are your actions ?
15. How you load heavy lift?
16. Captain just come onboard ask about ship stability ?
17. Two ship similar draft of 5m. One vessel load 200 container on deck 50 underdeck, the other load 50 on deck and 200 underdeck. Is the stability the same ?
18. Mediterranean moor and baltic in what condition do you perform this ?
19. From Australia to Japan , Master inform that the berth not ready, prepare anchor, your action ?
20. Prepare for heavy weather for 2 days, your action ? What do you mean by stability ?

After he said you failed and you can start crying.

Oral venue : ISC
Time : 1600- 1730
Examiner : Capt. Chain Man
Result : Assessment

01. What type of ships you sailed from Cadetship ?
02. As Chief Officer what is your duty onboard ?
03. What are your inputs to the passage plan that you give to the second mate : I gave answers but he was not satisfied. So he told me to write down answers for the question .and gave the below question
04. What is your consideration in terms of Passage planing from Singapore to Colombo . Draft 12m. I wrote ten points he read it ask cross questions. His question I still didn’t understand .
05. Garbage Discharging Criteria.
06. Garbage Special Areas
07. How many parts are there in the Garbage record book ? I said only one . Don’t know the Answer
08.How Many Parts are there in oil record book?
09. What is the requirement to carry oil record book on tankers and other vessels?
10. What is ISM?
11. What is Ballast water management Standards ?. D1 & D2
12.How Many ways to exchange Ballast?
13. Difference between flow through method and Dilution method ?
14. Ballast water exchange Criteria?
15.Vessel sailing from Singapore to Port Klang Malaysia . How will you do the Ballast water exchange?
16.if you cannot exchange what will you do?
17. Displayed lights and asked which vessel and action .
– vessel not under command
– fishing vessel
– Trawling vessel
– vessel aground at anchor
– vessel constrained by her
Draft
– fishing vessel shooting nets
In some cases I said broad alteration. He asked what is broad give me a figure. Very thorough questioning regarding ROR but managed
18. North cardinal buoy without top Mark?
19. Your course 030 you see a North cardinal buoy right ahead what is your action?
20. Safe water mark. Lights ?
21. Your vessel in Indian Ocean sudden weather change you have not recieved any weather reports what do you do ?
22. What are the things you will sent in your weather message ?
23. IMDG class of Fumigated Units? I said Class 6 Toxic. Actually it’s Class 9 Miscellaneous
24. During Load Line Survey what do the Surveyor check ?
25. What’s Water tight and weather tight? I gave the Mallot answer he was not satisfied
25. What is position 1 and position 2 . I gave Mallot answer he wasn’t satisfied .

I cannot pass you or fail you
Finally gave me an assessment on position 1,2 . Weather tight and water tight doors. Do it and come on Friday then I pass you .

Oral venue : PSA
Time : 1200-1400
Examiner : Capt. Zhang
Result : Fail

01. What are your inputs to the passage plan that you give to the second mate : What is your consideration in terms of Passage planing from Singapore to Colombo . Draft 12m. cross questions.
02. Garbage Discharging Criteria.
03. Food waste discharge when drifting.
04. How many parts are there in the Garbage record book ?
05. What is Ballast water management Standards ?. D1 & D2
06. How Many ways to exchange Ballast?
07.Vessel sailing from Singapore to Port Klang Malaysia . How will you do the Ballast water exchange?
08.if you cannot exchange what will you do?
09. Your vessel in Indian Ocean sudden weather change you have not recieved any weather reports what do you do ?
10. What are the things you will sent in your weather message ? And under which convention.
11. Ship rolling and heeling with the roll. What penomena is it.
12. How will counter act in synchronised rolling and parametric rolling. I told msc circular 1228 he said he don’t want that.
13. An OS had taken pyrotechnics and fired. What’s ur action on to OS.
14. Bosun report AB went for sounding inside bowthruster room and never come back. What’s your action.
15. AB reported fire in number 2 hold. Smoke coming out of ventilation.
16. Contents of DG manifest.
17. Class 4.3 what type of fire fighting will you use. Reference from imgd supplement he’s not happy.
18. How you will check ur SCBA. how much pressure it should have and how you know how much it must have.
19. You flood your hold for fighting fire. What’s your concern. I told about damage stability booklet he was not happy.
20. Contents of damage stability booklet.
21. You are taking rope on wrapping drum and how many turns you will take so that it doesn’t slip.
22. Derating exemption and derating certificates. What do you do when fumigating ur accomodation. He needs guidelines for this.
23.conditions in which loadline certificate is issued.
24. Load Line Survey which convention.
Safety equipment which convention.
IOPP which Convention.
25. IOPP Supplement forms.
26. Contents of Form E and Form R
25. What is position 1 and position 2 . Give dimension of sills and ventilators.
26. Your liferaft is expired and no service technician in that port. but class surveyor endose ur certificate and give u the certificate will you sail out of the port.
27. What is the difference between port state and flag state.
28. What is classification society. Which all class is under mpa.
29. Displayed lights and asked which vessel and action .
– vessel not under command
– fishing vessel shooting nets different aspect
– sailing vessel
– vessel aground
– towing alongside more than 50 mtrs
In some cases I said alteration to stbd He asked what asked how much give me a figure.

04/06/19
0950-1730
PSA Buiding
Capt Zhen
Pass

Running and standing moor?
ROR:
North cardinal : lights , shape, action heading north towards the mark?
Fishing vessel all lights?
Vsl NUC action ? Can turn to port?

Assigments by 1700:
Grain loading certificate ?
Documents to be carried onboard for dg carriage information ?
Ship cannot upright reason and angle of lol?
Special requirement carrying timber?
Sailent feature for watertight and weathertight Publication ?
Pos 1 and pos 2?
Disciplinary action?
Guideline of funigation ?
COC2 2019 Question Bank

Orals Exam: 7th May 2019, 1100AM,
Examiner: Nick
Candidate: Kcbx, 1st Attempt, Pass
1100 in, 1300 out.

1. How you take over as C/O for bulk carrier. (Warm-up)
2. When to use and when not to use loadicator? Damage condition*
3. How you load bulk cargo? IMSBC*
4. Contents inside IMSBC?
5. Explain SF. Where can you find SF? What is the SF of iron ore.
6. How you load grain? Trimming methods? What are your concerns.
7. You mentioned grain loading manual and DOA. Explain.
8. How to find your GHM?
9. What are the stresses your ship will experience during loading of bulk cargoes?
10. Concerns and preventive actions.
11. How you load IMDG on a car carrier? DOC* Location*
12. Tell me what you know about IMDG. Vol 1, 2 & Supplement.
13. Fire in a hold on car carrier. Actions? IMDG how you fight? EMS – Chemical Suit*
14. Straight away fight with water.. now ab complaining difficulty in breathing. Actions? He smiled and said next time check schedule first before fighting fire. No rush. Wear chemical suit and not firefighting outfit. Never mind people make mistakes. Let’s move on.
15. FSE what is it? Intact stability criteria?
16. How you reduce and increase the gm of your ship? Draw out IS for general ship.
17. When and what do you do during abandon ship? *EPIRB *SART *Documents etc *Broadcast format? Mayday
18. Fixed Co2 system. Low pressurised Co2 system. Maintenance schedule? *weekly, monthly, yearly, 2 yearly, 5 yearly and 10 yearly.
19. How and what to check for fixed Co2? maintenance? MSC 1318 *Example service format
20. Explain thoroughly how you do maintenance for your Co2 system onboard.
21. Explain thoroughly how you do maintenance for fixed Co2 fire extinguisher system.
22. How you prepare ship for dry docking.
23. Surveys carried out during DD? Very particular*
24. Annual survey for safety equipment. Give example. I used davit for rescue boat. *dynamic winch brake test
25. 5 yearly survey for safety equipment? *x1.1 the weight.
26. What to inspect during dry dock? *inspect places where I can’t when the ship is in service.
27. Stability concerns?
28. Information inside stability booklet? Whats the difference between damage stability booklet and the normal stability booklet?
29. Giving out job orders?
30. Difference between MLC and STCW. Who is it applicable too? *OS/Kids?
31. AB want to do over time for money. How?
32. Your role as per STCW?
33. MARPOL Annex 1 & 5. *Detailed
34. OWS & ODME difference?
35. BWMP?
36. SOPEP?
37. How to manage garbage onboard?
38. Proceeding to anchorage. How you decide position to drop anchor. How many cables you have onboard?
39. Why car carrier don’t like to drop anchor?
40. How to know anchor is dragging? *without being on the bridge.
41. What will be shown on your ECDIS?
42. Behaviour of cables when dragging? What are your actions? Mentioned energy on the windlass break. He asked if I had watched endgame recently and I said yes. Sidetrack a bit. He don’t like the word energy. I change to stress on cable and windlass with very long stay. Stiff cables. Actions?
43. Hanging off anchor. Draw and explain.
44. What is ISM? Objectives? How you know your ship is complying with ISM?
45. You mentioned DPA just now. What is his role and why need DPA? SOLAS 9, safe ops* Direct communication to decision makers*
46. Tell me about your PMS on your last ship? I mentioned it is a very expensive programme lol.. How you know? I worked in the office with the supers before. He laughed. Our system can give out job orders to the officers and he has to submit his report and I as a CO will review it before sending to MST for the final review as per manufacture and classification requirements.
47. Actions during grounding?
48. Heavy weather, explain all the dangerous phenomenon and preparations? MSC 1228
49. IAMSAR, explain purpose and content in it. Purpose?
50. Drills as per solas and frequency? *Enclose space rescue 2 monthly, explain.
51. ROR. Overtaking, Crossing, ROC, Action, RV. *Crash engine & Crash Astern. *Overtaking and then crossing situation. Tricky situation.
52. At 1pm he stood up and said, “ok lunch time. Congrats you pass.”

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 14/05/2019 Tuesday 1430 -1610hrs (Initially 1400)
Examiner : Nikhil
Result : Pass

Which ship you sailed on? LNG. He told I don’t know gas, I can see you have sailed on chemical tanker also, I said yes. Then he said okay you are a chemical tanker man.
Which ship you prefer? I said LNG, he said why? I said chemical is more hardwork, he said okay you escape hardwork, I’ll make this oral hardwork for you then?
Relaxed? Shall we start?
Yes.

1. Taking over as chiefmate ( whatever keywords you tell he will write on the paper. Eg for me I told loadicator, bwmp then he started noting down all these points)
2. What is a loadicator?
3. Loadicator kaput, draw GZ curve slowly went to Intact Stability Criteria
4. Survey everything. He even asked me difference between audit survey and inspection. I didn’t give properly, he told okay this is master level I won’t fail you for this. But you should know what word to use. Because for everything I told audit audit..
5. Drydock survey is it a survey or it comes under intermediate? How will you know your ship is due for drydock? I told quarterly listing, he told don’t tell me answer from Bible. I need your experience, even if it’s not correct. Then I decided not to use those answers
6. Which ships exempted from drydock. IWS
7. Asked me conditions for extension of drydock survey told him from ship con book. There are 3 points ship sailing in FW and etc etc.
8. What is ESP? Applicable to which ships?
9. How many surveys as per solas. Don’t say drydock survey, check solas ch1 reg 10.
10. Drills as per solas, I told chapter 3 reg 19. He likes when you gives quote from where.
11. I think these questions he was satisfied with, he marked the full page as ‘S’ satisfactory I think.
12. Then he asked hazards with bulk cargo, I was not happy with my answer. I gave 2-3 points. tML and combustible and hazardous, he asked some more. I said I have not sailed I won’t be able to say. I knew the answer is there in sanga Bible. Didn’t want to use Bible answer, better tell the truth.
13. Imsbc structure, didn’t even hear for 5 seconds.moved on.
14. IAMSAR
15. Steering gear requirements and test requirements. All that 28seconds thing.
16. He told enclosed space from pump room, I told everything, then he told. Okay bosun is not breathing, I told that ABC shit. Then he said on ship what you’ll do, itold refer book or call radio medical advice. He asked where is it located.i told Italy he asked from which alrs? I didn’t know the alrs volume no., he told okay alrs is fair enough.
17. Then he told fire in the same pump room. I told is there a fixed fire fighting in pump room? Coz I am not aware. He said no fixed. Then I told that normal shit. Muster blah blah boundary cooling blah blah.
18. Buoys he asked new danger, isolated danger, north cardinal
19. Course 000 north cardinal right ahead action
20. Course 090 north cardinal right ahead your action.

I think that’s about it, no ror. Probably because of e test marks. he has our marks, and all those e test results. I saw it In his file. Just be natural with him, very soft spoken and helping. 12 and 17 I thought I didn’t give the answer very nicely but maybe those he didn’t care much.

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 16/05/2019 Thursday 1415 -1645hrs
Examiner : Nikhil
Result : Pass

Which ship you sailed on? Bulk Carrier.
1. Taking over as chiefmate on a container vsl , 330 mtrs , ( whatever keywords you tell he will write on the paper)
2. After taking over , ship going from japan to los angeles , heavy weather and -10 deg temperature, what are ur concerns as a chief officer…..he told if u answer this correctly then I will skip navigation and heavy weather. (Container)
3. Loadicator – is it mandatory? .. how will check whether it is working or not?…den he goes into cross questions and all…he gives u hint also….
4. CSS code ?
5. Special survey? Why u have a window period?….cross question on that?
6. Renewal survey?
7. Drydock preparation? , only chief officer related items
8. BWMP?
9. LSA FFA maintenance? …. CO2 fixed fire…plz read it thoroughly….because he has so much to ask in that….Pls go thru the circulars…eg 1432.
10. Helipad on board?…equipments required for that?….which manual??
11. How will you come to kno wen u have to change mooring brake pads???…..gangway wires??…The records are not maintained onboard….
12. Lifeboat maintenance in drydock?….there is more to it apart from dynamic test….read it thoroughly
13. IAMSAR , any 2 search patter draw and explain…..why expanding square search has “S”…eg.. 1s , 2s , 3s…..Why in sector search only starboard alteration( I said stbd)…he asked me why not port…
14. while taking over I did not mention segregation of DG….so asked me to explain on paper.
15. Heavy lift …..how the stability will change?….he wants diagram…shift of G ?
16. Stability curve…asked me GM , GZ. (diagram)..,,….from where u get the figures and how u draw this?
17. angle of loll?….have to show in the same diagram…when having positive GM.
18. Actions to take when having angle of loll?…..cross questions….
19. Stability criteria of ur ship?….i told of bulk carrier?….then of tankers he asked?….then he is like why it is same ? Grain GM? Why grain GM 0.3m , Timber GM?…why 0.1m?(asked about reserve buoyancy)
20. Tendancy of the ship with less gm and more gm?
21. Lights : 2 white lights in vertical line….what are the lights for towing vessel , lights for CBD , light for vessel towing 500mtrs….3 white lights in vertical line and with side lights??….
22. ROR : head-on situation … which rule no.? , a vessel ahead of u…head-on stuation?…then he is like cannot go to starbd….he wants justification of your answer from the rules itself( eg ..by any rule like rule 8 or rule 2)

For every answer he was having cross question…..his question depends on what you answer…..he has ur marks also….he asked me why I got less marks in e test….i did not show him port folio…..things will be set up from the first question ….taking over as a chief mate …. And pls do different type ships….he did not ask me anything related to bulk carriers…only gm for grain…that’s it…

pankaj tripathi: PSA Building
21/05/2018 : 1455 hrs to 1720
examiner : Nikhil
Result: Pass

Which company sailed and type of vessel (I said tanker)
Taking over as chief officer (bulk carrier)
Docking (preparations)
Loading of imdg
Precautions during loading imdg
Iamsar with 2 patterns
Marpol – all annexes names
Oil Record book
Garbage placard
Garbage Management plan
Garbage discharge criteria (very particular)
ISM
SMS
Class duties and responsilbity
Surveys (all deeply, cross question as per your answers, cross questions are simple but tricky)
Imdg segregation diagram
Msds (why and regulation)
Sopep
ODME
OWS
LSA & FFA maintainance
Heavy Weather Precaution (stability concern)
Heavy lift Precaution (stability concern)
Intact Stability Diagram
ROR- overtaking (situations, tricky…. Just to understand and is simple)
Surveys carried out during DD (All as I mentioned him in dry dock that I will carry out and special and renewal survey….. Why is class certificate renewed and how is it carried out….. purpose)
Drills as per solas and frequency?
Details about enclosed space entry permit
Why is class certificate renewed
Flag state & psc in details
Contents of imsbc and which other code or manual is used for bulk carrier. ( I said grain code for grain carrier, he said some more)

Oral venue : psa
Time : 1100
Examiner : capt. Nikhil
Result : pass

1. How will you takeover as chief mate on chemical tanker?
( All points I backed up with relevant regulation. He said no extra question as I covered it while giving my answer)

2. Drills as per Solas.
( There are 4 drills chap3 reg 19 and chapt5 reg26 emergency steering drill. He asked if it is mentioned because he hasn’t seen it. It is there in fine print)

3. Main renewal survey. ( Answered from construction book,including the two flowchart.He asked were you got info. LR rule book and mulloth mentioned was quite happy with it.)

4. ROR head on but can’t alert to Starboard. ( Mentioned rule 2 and rule 8 for justifying port alteration)

5. Asked me to pick safe water buoy from the box. ( Buoy not in box)

6. Asked me about ism in Maersk gave a detailed report of what is happening onboard. ( Was not a question,just asking)

That’s it.

My assignments questions ;

1) Fire in Cargo hold (Charcoal)
2) Fire in Galley
3) Practical aspect for preparing ship for dry dock which is in 6 months away
4) Grounding

29 May 2019
1430h to 1700h
1st attempt : NIKI
Got assignment –

First he check thru all cdc record , including e test results and ask me why my radio communications got 55% only ? He asked me if I can’t talk ?

Then he told me I am on a Capsize bulk carrier, carrying charcoal, from CHINA TO MIAMI.

1)Take over for Chief Officer – skip all the office, just go to talking outgoing c/o , cargo ops going on. (He is noting down all the points u talking)
Ask which route to take ? West or East route? If same distance, which way u choose? Can you pass Panama Canal ? What is the Canal restrictions?
2)What is PMS ?
3)What is MLC? What is the difference between SCTW? Now he say one of your crew don’t want work, not motivated and bad behaviour to work. What will u do? Some points how u motivate them? Then he moved on to say they now not getting salary and rest hour cannot comply? What will u doing as CO? (HE DONT WANT WHAT HOURS, he want practical)
4)What is BWM convention? What is sediments? How to dispose? How u manage onboard to comply with convention? Now suddenly, your vessel D2, BWMT kaput, what are your actions if you need to discharge ?
5)What do you about MARPOL onboard? I went straight to ANNEX 5 and explained all the things. Now he ask if cargo residue collected on deck, and in big amount, how u handle ? He also say now 3rd officer is in charge, is there any requirement or convention approved that 3rd officer or must be chief offcer? (i told him I don’t know, I say I follow GMP) Next he ask how to dispose food waste?
6)Next he ask, bosun want to incinerate plastic, can ? If cannot, where say? Which part? ( he don’t want I say what my company do, because I say my ship is green ship certified) He not very happy I cannot say , although I say Annex 6 inside, but he ask where , which part and I STUN as he sighed.
7)Cargo hold FIRE, inside CHARCOAL, he don’t want the alarm blah blah, now he say you going to fight the fire, what precaution u will take as a CO. He want practical aspect. I SAID IMSBC APPENDIX 1, he say don’t want. He want seamanship specified Precaution and actions.
8)Galley fire now. Again he want seamanship specified Precaution and actions. He say no CO2 extinguisher on board. Now deep fryer fire, what u use to fight fire, water or what ? He now ask if CO2 extinguisher, for which voltage or factor then the administration say you need Co2 , he ask me if I know ?
9)Dry Dock preparations 6 months ahead, how u prepare your ship as a CO 6 months ahead. Repair list? How this one come, how u know u must repair this in dry dock or can repair else where? Where u check exactly, name 5 and tell me how u check. He don’t items in the survey le, he want to know where u focus now to check 6 months before DD, he don’t want what class recommeds. How u know shore or ship staff repair. What is deformation, how u know it is deformed ? He don’t want ship record, he ask which record u check to tell you the condition of your ship? He don’t want all the theoretical aspect, he say this one can read, he want practical.

He stopped here, very pissed with me say I am not practical enough. Ask me do assignment for DRY DOCK AND FIRE FIGHTING. And reminded me that he will ask me on Monday for GROUNDING AND ROR.

To add on , the questions he further cross questioned from my assignments are;

1)Mechanical Ventilation?
2)Watertight and Weathertight?
3)Gangway and accommodation testing for 5years?
4)Strum box?
5)Where is most stressed structural areas in a cargohold ?
6)ROR? Ram vessel light, what is the vertical separation between RED WHITE RED?
7)Towing , 700m tow length
8)Asked me what I know about all the annexes in COLREGs? I said the shooting nets and hauling nets he stopped le.
9)How you choose from your stores for the spare stern light bulb for your elecky?
10)The intensity of the light ?
11)Overtaking but later have to cross to the pilot station?

Then he just told me, let’s go now

03 Jun 2019
Thurein
1415-1600
2nd attempt : Niki
Passed

Preparation for dry docking
Renewal survey
Loadline survey
classification
psc and flag state
certificate issued by class
safety construction cert.
Draw and explain TRS (any one) and action( depend on wind direction), IMDG segregation, any two search pattern, stability criteria.

ROR ( no situatiin)
visibility arc of mast head light, side light and stern light.
towing mast head light
NUC light ( also ask distance between two lights), NUC light of towing vessel.
u r in TRS and u see vessel on your port side, who is stand on?

04/06/19
1055-1230
PSA Building
Capt Nikhil.
Pass

1. Preparations before loading in grain, precautions while loading and after departure.
2. IMDG fire in container cargo hold.Actions?
3. Master now grounded vessel..your actions?
4. Drydocking…before preparation…just before taking dock preparation and just before departing preparation.

Thats it … NO ROR.

Date -11.06.2019
Capt.Nikhil
Time -1130 to 1310 hrs

1)Gave 4 questionS to write and wentout for refreshment
a)what do u mean by segregation in container and precautions?
i made all the 4 diagrams and explained them (later cross questioned me every details)
b)fire in engine room and ur action (wrote but henever asked any questions from it)
c)all type of mooring u know
i made all 5 and explained step by step (later only had a look at it, no cross questions)
d)Clearing Foul Anchor
before i started making it he came and tookthe writting sheets and this question took a back seat.

2) which document or certificates tells you that ur ship can carry Dangerous good
i Said Doc but he said this answer is wrong ,find it
asked me cross question based on my written answers whatis intrinscically safe device?
how will u know it is intrinscially safe?
what equipment on vessel could be intrinscically safe?

3) stability criteria of tanker?
I reached upto Max GZ he stopped and no cross question

4) maintenance and inspection of FFA?
listened all points and cross questioned on fixed gas fire fighting system
when you do hydrostatic test of SCBA
Portable extinguishers periodialtest and maintenance

4) LSA maintenance and Inspection
content of MSC 1205
annual test of liferaft -extension and what elase has extension of 17 months( Inflatable Lifejacket)
5 yearly and annual test of lifeboat and rescueboat+ opeational test of release hooksof davit launch liferaft

5) Survey as per Solas
DD survey , what you know about it with iws and esp cross questions
MRS of safety equipment certificate – UR PREPRATION I told checksi will carry out as per form E
and checks that needs to be carried out
which certificate will tell u nxt due date of next DD

6)Some questions on Imdg Content with contents of supplement
cross question on tanker do u refer this book in case of emergency and if yes how
some other booku carry regarding DG on Tankers
Are this publication Mandatory
whwere you can get updated list of Imo Publication

7)Contents of Imsbc
some cross questions of stowage factor , high density and liquifying cargo

8)BWMP
MAX EXTENSION a vessel CAN GET
D1 ,D2 types
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF ur BWM cert both has D1 and D2 Ticked
BWMP Content
what at port your BWP becomes Faulty

9) role of class
condition of class
is it mandatory?
What do u mean by condition of class?( cross question)

10) ROR
HEAD ON -two red lights in vertical line with side lights(said NUC vessel seen headon) crossed question why is
it so u dnt see any mast lights( i gave example vessel can have steering failure)
Expain rule 27 ? i said i dnt remember which rule is 27
gave crossing situation RAM vessel andaction
Spacing of RAM lights
gave RAM V/L CROSSING from port side asked which type and action
i said at first RAM and will alter port but after looking at his face i came to know i have
uttered wrong action and corrected by saying i will reduce speed or take all my way of to let it pass
he asked on what basis u changed on answer which rule ?
after getting the answer he said u wasted 5 mins unnecessarily

18.06.2019
Examiner : Nikhil

1. Lifeboat maintenance
2. CO2 Maintenance
3. Fix foam sys maintenance (as I sailed on tankers)
4. Any other FFA on deck(foam applicator and extinguisher)
5. Tell me what u know about water mist system.
6. Intact Stability Criteria
(Cross questions)
7. Angle of loll
(Positve GM , can angle of loll occur?”)
8. How u get GZ for the righting arm curve?
9. Heavy lift (preparation and stability aspect.)
10. Fumigation in cargo hold. Preparation?not finish but Next port 5hrs only, can sail? Which condition can sail?
11. Mooring with anchors (he change the current and wind). Refer Danton
12. Fire in Pumproom.
13. DD preparation only.

(After No.5 he told me to write down no. 6 9 10 11 12 and 13. He is quite unhappy with my answers. For No. 12 and 13, He didn’t ask anymore. Just told me to prepare assigment and prepare other questions also. There are so many topics I still left.)

28 Jun 2019
Shariff
1515-1630
1st attempt : Niki
Sent back for assignment

He started off asking which company, what kind of vsl. He said vsl is a Capesize Bulkcarrier, at Japan going to San Francisco. Currently loading.

Tell me how would u take over as chief(you are in the ship office)

Asked about what equipment would u need to specifically familiarize on bridge. I said ECDIS n he wants to hear abt the contours.

Asked about ballast water management plan. What to do if ballast water system is down. What is your next course of action.(he looking for practical ans)

What do u check for loadicator and how to know if the test are correct. What will u do if the results are unsatisfactory. Would you continue to load.

He asked about load density, SF, volume n weight of cargo. What’s high density cargo.

Renewal n annual survey( he wants to know when extension is given n how long )

Docking survey, Safety Construction survey

Function of class

Draw any two search pattern

Do you know stability criteria, righting arm(GZ). Asked to draw out diagram. Ask why the tangent line(used for Initial GM) is drawn. What’s that point called when the tangent leaves the curved graph?

Grabage management plan. If chief cook called u n told u that he is going to throw garbage, what to do? Then bosun said he finished tank cleaning, alot if water in tank, can discharge?(superintendent ask why did u discharge at sea, where does it say that u can discharge it.) Now after discharging cargo, quite alot of cargo residue left in tank, charterers dont want the cargo cos it’s not good. What to do.

He wants practical answers n immediate actions. Not looking for answers from the book. And he wants to know ur supporting documents. And try not to bullshit if u dont know the answer. If dont know then tell him dont know n can find from where.

Varun Agarwal
Oral Exam :-
Date : 09/05/2019
Time : 0910-1055
Examiner – Capt. Loo
Attempt – Ist
Result – 4-5 topics for next time

Questions :-
SOPEP contents
CSS code
Maintenance of lifeboat davit
How to load IMDG
Hanging off port anchor
Hot work in C/Hold (risk assessment)
Preparation for docking survey
C/O actions after collision

IALA-
What is ‘conventional direction of buoyage’?
How do authorities warn about a new danger?
Identify West cardinal bouy
ROR-
What is your understanding on Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule19? Who is the ‘Organization ‘ in rule 10 TSS? Where do u find tss adopted by IMO?

Date: 14.05.2019
Time : 1400-1645

I am sharing some typical question which i never heard of

1) Technical word for altering course in heavy weather
2) Asked me peculiar locations of container ships which for me being a tanker guy was next to impossible to answer
3) critical moment how to calculate while lifting heavy cargo
4) if hatch cover damaged can u sail out? I said no until n unless class comes and gives me exemption till next port/ voyage i will not sail …he said we can sail out on one given circumstances., Find out
5) Different type of lashing to be used for securing and how can you calculate
I know its in csm but calculation – i dnt know
6) Diagram of Anchor and state which type of anchor it is
7)how can you isolate a flooding tank
8) sequence of bc loading
9) contents of sewage certificate
10) contents of DOC
11) location of damage stability booklet

18.06.2019
Examiner : Capt. Loo

1. LSA & Lifeboat maintenance
2. Garbage record book
3. Oil record book
4. Hot work deck
5. Collision and cross questions onStability
7. Stability curve
(Negative GM , can angle of loll & angle of flooding occur?”)
8. How to find Ur ship stable or not.?
9. Timber (preparation and stability aspect.)
10.grain code and lasing
11. Hanging anchors (he change the side of aspect. From stbd to port.
12. Fire in accommodation
13.IMDG preparation only.
14. Contents of sopep.
15. Smoke in Galley.

COC 2
Capt. Loo
ISC
1030-1245

1. How many parts of ORB
2. Contents of SOPEP
3. As C/O how to conduct hot work in cargo hold
4. Risk assessment matrix and how to use
5. How to load Grain
6. How to load IMDG
7. How to load heavy lift
8. What is Construction Survey
9. Draw intact stability curve and explain
10. Draw gz curve for negative gm
11. Angle of loll
12. Angle of flooding
13. What is in MLC
14. What to do in event you see smoke from cargo hold
15. FFA maintenance
16. CSS/CSM
17. What to do in event of collision
18. Hanging off anchor

Thursday 1030-1230 ISC
Capt Loo
Fail

Role of FSC FSC
How you use IMDG books for loading such cargo
Negative Stability curve with angle of Loll , detailed explanation of angle downflooding, deck edge immersion, angle vanishing stability, correcting angle of Loll
Construction survey
Cargo hold smoke
Collision
For emergency he want a practical explanation of the actions you would take, consider the colour of smoke, water absorption of cargo( stresses)
Knots rolling hitch, rope stopper, wire stopper(use chain), bosun chair lowering knot
Ror rule 1&2 general explanation with examples
Rule 4-10 explain
11-19 scenarios

Vivek
Oral Exam :-
Date : 10/05/2019
Time : 1400-1452
Examiner – Capt. Khoo
Questions :-
1)Draw Fwd and Aft station of your last ship with mooring arrangements?
2) What is snap back zone?how you will explain bosun?
3) What is Stability how you will avoid list?
4) What is Heavy lift? What is shift of G? Whre will be your stress and its maximum effect?
5)What is Stbd bow, centre lead, Fairlead, panama lead,Mooring bitt? How you slack rope and tight
on winch? What is length of Stropper?
6)Type of Rope you use on your own ship?
7)Dia of Manila, Nylon, Wire rope
8) Types of seaworthiness.
9) What is back lashing?
10) What is steming of tide? Choice of Anchor?
11) How will you avoid any accident in mooring station? Why you hold rope in upward way not in downward way when holding in warping drum?
12) what is windlass and warping drum explain in management level not in operational level??
13) what are the type of stress you have on board ship containers? What will effect more? What is torsional stress? HOGGING,SAGGING.
14) Surveys, and statutary certificates?
15) please be aware of your vessel flag? He was trying to ask me but later forgot.

14 june 2019
Khoo
Fail

What type of ship you sailed on as cadet?
Tell me more about passenger ships
Cross flooding arrangement
Type of WTD
Requirement of survival craft for pax ship
Conducting a drill on pax ship + Req
How come pax ship superstructure so big but stable? ( alu superstructure)
What is a passenger ship?(solas)
What is GT, formula?
whats the difference between GT & NT? What its used for?
How come bulk carrier and tanker freeboard different?( explain type A and B, cargo permeability blah blah)
DWT of last ship?
What are the things you need to know for
Loading bulk cargo? ( pre stowage plan)
Tells me shipper say load 40K DWT coal
( check dwt first, all ok after)
Last ship use ECDIS? What are requirements?
How you do position fixing? How often?What is LOP? Purpose of LOP?
DR? The DR got dot in between? D.R.???
Cock hat what is that? A cap? (Idk whats wrong with him, i just laugh)
You want to present to PSC your last voyage fixes, can? On my ecdis can
Vessel aground actions?
What is your route when onboard last ship? After, SG to Queensland, what are things to take note as C/O
Reach queensland, c/o need to anchor, explain procedure?
Why need to brake first before disengaging?? Idk this, explained bt say no
Hanging off anchor? All ok
Ok now u wanna go alongside, mooring procedure, how you would do on your last ship? Checks on a mooring rope?
reversal of ropes, he wants to know whats the procedure name ??
Chain register? Applies to?
Mooring rope how will you check? Based on what?
Steering gear system, explain in detail with sketch, how from bridge u give command of helm, to steering gear, how it operates( motor, lub oil, shaft)
( couldnt explain in detail because cant rmb diagram)
Draw last ship rudder, i draw becker rudder, what to check?( as per dry dock)
Precautions when entering blocks( upthrust and reduction of GM all ok)
Repair list? What you need to prepare?
( from fwd to aft)
Draw your ship crane, what tests you do on the crane?( limit switch, test as per manufacturer.. crane rocking test( clearance as per manufacturer)… wires… sheath blah blah) all ok
Wire how to know if unsafe? 10% of visible strands on length 8 diameter blah blah
All ok
What other things u need to do as C/O
BWM( in detail)
Annex V ( in detail)
Ok time is up, i cannot pass you. Proficiency means you must be able to deliver your message quickly and clearly, take too long to answer and have to probe further to get right answer.

Oral Exam :-
Date : 15/01/2019
Time : 1450-1600
Examiner – Capt.Sanga.
Attempt – Ist
Result – Do Assignment on BC/Grain Loading.

Questions :-
1. Take over as CO.
2. Prepare stowage plan ?
(I told about tankers.)
3.How to load Bulk carrier /
Container and IMDG /Grain/ Heavy lift ?
(Precautions while loading/Stability Concerns).
4.How u come to know that your vessel is stable After loading ? Discussion on Intact Stability.
5.What is MSDS ?
6.What is SOPEP ?
7. Rest Hours ?
8. How will you give job to crew ?
9. How to carry out Loadline survey?
10. Drydocking (In d Out)
11. Fire In Cargo Hold
12. When ur ship will encounter with worst stability during voyage
13. Concerns as chief officer in Passage Plan?
14. WPSHA ?
15.You are proceeding for Rescue ,Preparations as CO ?
17.Heavy weather – Duties on deck ,On bridge (mention MSC circular 1228), Stability Concerns.
18. Ror – Rule 7,8.
19. what entries you will make in ORB ?
(ORB – part 2 tankers.)
20.What is PSC?
21.How you do Emergency steering drill?
22.Types of drills as per SOLAS ?
23. Ballast water management & 3 methods ?
24. Vessel Grounded,What ur action as
C/off d information you will give to Master ?
25. Can w assign same freeboard to Same Length Bulk Carrier & Tanker ?
26. Stack Height / Stack Weight
27. Visibility Criteria as per Solas
28. Info frm Damage Stability Booklet.
29. Mntnce Of LSA d FFA.
30. Name d Moors d Draw 1.
31. Effect Of Beam Winds on Vessel.
32. Anchoring Procedures.
33. Yy Classification Society Imp For Coff.
________

Oral
Venue : PSA
Date : 16/05/2019 Thursday 1435 -1600hrs
Examiner : Sanga
Result : Fail

Which ship you sailed on? Bulk Carrier.
1. Taking over as chiefmate
2. Loadicator – How will you check?
3. How to load bulk ?
4. How to you load grain ? What trimming procedure?
5. Receive plan for loading container when do you ask the planner to revise the plan? Bridge visibility?
6. How to prepare stowage plan
7. Loadline survey – under condition of assigment sufficent structural strength – how do you check this ? How do you know the structure is deform
8. Drydock preparation? Repair list ?
10. How do you know that your vessel have to go drydock?
9. BWMP onboard your vessel and during heavy weather, what are your concern?
10. LSA FFA maintenance?
11. Drills as per solas
12. How you conduct abandon ship and steering drill ?
13. Master inform you to prepare for rescue operation?
14. Bosun inform paint peeling off at hatch cover no.3 what are your actions ?
15. How you load heavy lift?
16. Captain just come onboard ask about ship stability ?
17. Two ship similar draft of 5m. One vessel load 200 container on deck 50 underdeck, the other load 50 on deck and 200 underdeck. Is the stability the same ?
18. Mediterranean moor and baltic in what condition do you perform this ?
19. From Australia to Japan , Master inform that the berth not ready, prepare anchor, your action ?
20. Prepare for heavy weather for 2 days, your action ? What do you mean by stability ?

After he said you failed and you can start crying.

Oral venue : ISC
Time : 1600- 1730
Examiner : Capt. Chain Man
Result : Assessment

01. What type of ships you sailed from Cadetship ?
02. As Chief Officer what is your duty onboard ?
03. What are your inputs to the passage plan that you give to the second mate : I gave answers but he was not satisfied. So he told me to write down answers for the question .and gave the below question
04. What is your consideration in terms of Passage planing from Singapore to Colombo . Draft 12m. I wrote ten points he read it ask cross questions. His question I still didn’t understand .
05. Garbage Discharging Criteria.
06. Garbage Special Areas
07. How many parts are there in the Garbage record book ? I said only one . Don’t know the Answer
08.How Many Parts are there in oil record book?
09. What is the requirement to carry oil record book on tankers and other vessels?
10. What is ISM?
11. What is Ballast water management Standards ?. D1 & D2
12.How Many ways to exchange Ballast?
13. Difference between flow through method and Dilution method ?
14. Ballast water exchange Criteria?
15.Vessel sailing from Singapore to Port Klang Malaysia . How will you do the Ballast water exchange?
16.if you cannot exchange what will you do?
17. Displayed lights and asked which vessel and action .
– vessel not under command
– fishing vessel
– Trawling vessel
– vessel aground at anchor
– vessel constrained by her
Draft
– fishing vessel shooting nets
In some cases I said broad alteration. He asked what is broad give me a figure. Very thorough questioning regarding ROR but managed
18. North cardinal buoy without top Mark?
19. Your course 030 you see a North cardinal buoy right ahead what is your action?
20. Safe water mark. Lights ?
21. Your vessel in Indian Ocean sudden weather change you have not recieved any weather reports what do you do ?
22. What are the things you will sent in your weather message ?
23. IMDG class of Fumigated Units? I said Class 6 Toxic. Actually it’s Class 9 Miscellaneous
24. During Load Line Survey what do the Surveyor check ?
25. What’s Water tight and weather tight? I gave the Mallot answer he was not satisfied
25. What is position 1 and position 2 . I gave Mallot answer he wasn’t satisfied .

I cannot pass you or fail you
Finally gave me an assessment on position 1,2 . Weather tight and water tight doors. Do it and come on Friday then I pass you .

Oral venue : PSA
Time : 1200-1400
Examiner : Capt. Zhang
Result : Fail

01. What are your inputs to the passage plan that you give to the second mate : What is your consideration in terms of Passage planing from Singapore to Colombo . Draft 12m. cross questions.
02. Garbage Discharging Criteria.
03. Food waste discharge when drifting.
04. How many parts are there in the Garbage record book ?
05. What is Ballast water management Standards ?. D1 & D2
06. How Many ways to exchange Ballast?
07.Vessel sailing from Singapore to Port Klang Malaysia . How will you do the Ballast water exchange?
08.if you cannot exchange what will you do?
09. Your vessel in Indian Ocean sudden weather change you have not recieved any weather reports what do you do ?
10. What are the things you will sent in your weather message ? And under which convention.
11. Ship rolling and heeling with the roll. What penomena is it.
12. How will counter act in synchronised rolling and parametric rolling. I told msc circular 1228 he said he don’t want that.
13. An OS had taken pyrotechnics and fired. What’s ur action on to OS.
14. Bosun report AB went for sounding inside bowthruster room and never come back. What’s your action.
15. AB reported fire in number 2 hold. Smoke coming out of ventilation.
16. Contents of DG manifest.
17. Class 4.3 what type of fire fighting will you use. Reference from imgd supplement he’s not happy.
18. How you will check ur SCBA. how much pressure it should have and how you know how much it must have.
19. You flood your hold for fighting fire. What’s your concern. I told about damage stability booklet he was not happy.
20. Contents of damage stability booklet.
21. You are taking rope on wrapping drum and how many turns you will take so that it doesn’t slip.
22. Derating exemption and derating certificates. What do you do when fumigating ur accomodation. He needs guidelines for this.
23.conditions in which loadline certificate is issued.
24. Load Line Survey which convention.
Safety equipment which convention.
IOPP which Convention.
25. IOPP Supplement forms.
26. Contents of Form E and Form R
25. What is position 1 and position 2 . Give dimension of sills and ventilators.
26. Your liferaft is expired and no service technician in that port. but class surveyor endose ur certificate and give u the certificate will you sail out of the port.
27. What is the difference between port state and flag state.
28. What is classification society. Which all class is under mpa.
29. Displayed lights and asked which vessel and action .
– vessel not under command
– fishing vessel shooting nets different aspect
– sailing vessel
– vessel aground
– towing alongside more than 50 mtrs
In some cases I said alteration to stbd He asked what asked how much give me a figure.

04/06/19
0950-1730
PSA Buiding
Capt Zhen
Pass

Running and standing moor?
ROR:
North cardinal : lights , shape, action heading north towards the mark?
Fishing vessel all lights?
Vsl NUC action ? Can turn to port?

Assignments by 1700:
Grain loading certificate ?
Documents to be carried onboard for dg carriage information ?
Ship cannot upright reason and angle of lol?
Special requirement carrying timber?
Salient feature for watertight and weathertight Publication ?
Pos 1 and pos 2?
Disciplinary action?
Guideline of fumigation?

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