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A little guide how to work and study.
1. SAFETY FIRST.
A) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Safety is your own responsibility. There’s way too many accidents affecting fresh cadets; don’t be the next casualty.B) Risk Assessment (RA): E.g. Do you need to be careful of anything heavy hanging overhead? Are you going to touch hot machinery? Accordingly, wear the correct PPE such as leather gloves, helmet etc.
2. CORRECT WORKING & LEARNING ATTITUDE.
A) Job description: Learn as much as you can and assist engine team to the best of your abilities. You *will* be tired and sleep-deprived at times. Balance your rest time between sleep and relaxation. Train your discipline to not spend too much time on watching movies or playing games. It is necessary to relax, but do not allow it to affect your sleep and work performance. NOBODY will scold you for watching movies. But they will screw you over if you cause accidents due to bad working attitude and/or lack of sleep.B) Teaching: Do NOT assume 2nd Engineer will give you proper lessons, and he/she may not give you special time to study during work hours. Set aside time (hopefully) everyday to read machinery manuals, and copy out certain parts. This is *extremely important* to your growth as an engineer, exams and future work. I’ll go into that later. Also, you’ll get screwed over if you don’t understand the machineries well.
C) Recording: There will be a lot of information to understand and remember during work hours. I highly recommend you to carry pen/pencil and a small notebook with you in your boiler suit at all times. Everyday write down what work you’ve done, and what did you learn.
D) Crew: There’s always a mix of good and bad engineers on almost every ship. Be very careful of what everyone says as not everyone is saying the right thing, and take care to trust only the good ones. Learn how to be always tactful when dealing with engine team as currently everyone is of higher rank and more experienced than you. Stand your ground if you are being harassed or bullied, and report to 2/E or C/E.
3. ASSIST ENGINE TEAM
A) Most 2/E (especially the older ones) are weaker in paperwork so they rely on engine cadets to do their paperwork. In addition, day to day the 2/E does not have many jobs as most of his jobs are the major engine jobs which requires everyone.B) I strongly advise you to tactfully request 2/E and C/E to attach you with 4/E watch. You will learn the most relevant experience with 4/E.
C) Again, always read up on the common jobs such as purifier overhaul before you actually start the job. Know what you’re handling, and what you have to do in order for the machinery to work well. Other engineers really appreciate a fellow engineer (you) who puts in the extra effort to learn and help 🙂
D) When there’s the opportunity, request to assist 3/E with his boiler, S.T.P and generator jobs too. 2/E main engine jobs can be pretty confusing and also tiring at the start, so read up too and ask when you’re unclear.
WHAT TO STUDY?
We’re all aware that most machinery manuals are hundreds of pages- wtf to study?
ALL of the following can be tested in your class 5 exam, and necessary when you work as 5/E, 4/E and 3/E.
1. Study machinery manuals. Specifically,
– Oily water separator
– Fresh water generator
– Purifier
– Main air compressor
– All types of pumps (roughly divided into water, and oil pumps)
– Sewage treatment plant
– Diesel Generator (also called auxiliary engine)A) Which parts of the manuals to focus on?
– Working principle
– Flow diagram (e.g. For F.W.G, where does the jacket cooling water, seawater, and freshwater flow in/out of F.W.G)
– Overhaul procedure
– Cross section diagram of machinery
– Troubleshooting guide *VERY IMPORTANT*
– Alarms and how to test those alarmsDo the same procedure for all the above-mentioned machineries.
2. Trace major pipelines in engine room
– Fuel oil
– Seawater
– Freshwater
– Lub. Oil
– Bilge
– Fire-fighting lineIf you have the time, trace the other pipelines such as steam and compressed air.
3. Critical procedures
– Preparations for manoeuvring
A) at end of passage, prepare for arrival to port.
B) in port, prepare for departure from port till ship is full away.
– Bunkering (paperwork calculations and actual physical bunkering procedure)
– Emergencies
What is your duty when the following happens:
A) Fire
B) Abandon ship
C) Oil spill
D) Blackout
E) Grounding
F) CollisionSHOPPING LIST:
1. Box of cheap black pens
2. Basic stationery (pencil, rubber, ruler etc. for TARB assignments)
Note: Onboard we don’t use correction tape or fluid. Cross out mistakes with a single strike-out.3. Small notebook/notepad for carrying in boiler suit pocket
4. Rechargeable torchlight
5. Rechargeable headlampTip: Order on Aliexpress, or buy them in Beach Road area. Onboard torches are usually low quality.
ACRONYMS & short-forms
Honestly seafarers love short forms, might take some time for the new engine cadet to pick up!Fluid/mediums
S.W = Sea Water
F.W = Fresh Water
C.W = Cooling Water
J.C.W = Jacket Cooling Water
Jkt = Jacket
Comp. air = Compressed air
D.O = Diesel Oil
M.G.O = Marine Gas Oil
F.O = Fuel Oil
L.S.H.F.O = Low Sulphur Heavy Fuel Oil
L.O = Lubricating Oil
Cyl. Oil or C.L.O = Cylinder Oil or Cylinder Lubricating Oil (* Only for 2-stroke Main Engine)
Hyd. Oil = Hydraulic OilMachineries
M/E = Main Engine
A/E = Auxiliary Engine
D/G = Diesel Generator (* same thing as A/E, just different name)
Aux. Blr = Auxiliary Boiler
E.G.E = Exhaust Gas Economiser
E.G.B = Exhaust Gas Boiler
P/p = Pump
Clr = Cooler
Htr = Heater
Puri. = Purifier
S.T.P = Sewage Treatment Plant
F.W.G = Fresh Water Generator
V/v = Valve (technically not a machinery, but)
M.A.C = Main Air Compressor
A/C = Air Conditioning
HVAC = Heating, Ventilation, Air Con
Prov. Ref. = Provision RefrigerationStructure
Tk = Tank
E.C.R = Engine Control Room
E/R = Engine Room
W/H = Wheelhouse
Acc. = AccommodationI guess the box of pens comes handy when Ships stationaries are running low uh. Hahah, I hate it when we are running up and down in search for a pen.
Adding on to what cadets can buy:
1) Extention plugs
2) Travel Adapter
3) Socks, towels, for me i just go and spend Emart credits. Finish contract just throw them away
4) its advisable to get some medicines for yourself though ships have their own. Panadol, Pipagao (for sore throat), Po chai Pills (in case you laosai first day onboard or not used to food onboard)
5) Supplements, multi vitamins (if you want)
6) re-hydration salts ( for engineers, sometimes engine room really make you sweat tons of water, and you get cramps )
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