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Candidates name: Owoputi Oluwatosin

Examiners name: K.F Taylor under supervision of Capt.Fletcher

Date: 3/12/09

Duration: 1hr

Centre: Greenock

Result: Pass

Magnet compass

Talk me through the magnetic compass? What will be your true heading if you are given compass heading? I said I will apply compass error. What are the elements of compass error and where will you get it from?

Azimuth

What is arrow up and arrow down? How will you know if there is any error? What will you do if there is any error?

Sextant

What is it used for? Errors in it? How do u check index error?

Mazon’s hygrometer

What is there inside the box? What does it give? What does it mean if the wet and dry bulb thermometer read the same? What will you do and check after heavy weather?

P.a.b

what is that instrument? What is it used for? Take a reading? What corrections will you apply and why do you apply it?

Hydrometer

What is it used for? How do you collect the samples? How many samples would you take? Why do u take the dock density?

General

How does ism affect you?

What is safe speed?

What is msn, mgn, min and give example of each?

What is annex 6 of mapol and do your ship comply with it?

What do you check before a loadline survey?

How do your ship comply with isps? Does the sso delegate any duty to the 3/o and which duties? Which is the highest level?

How do you prepare your ship for departure and what will help you?

How do you launch an enclosed lifeboat?

What will you check if the c/o handover cargo watch to you?

What is risk assessment, hazard and risk? What will guide you? Coswp.

What are the requirement for rest hours?

What are the lsa on your ship? Where can you find information about them?

Will you take over a watch during a manoeuvre? What will you check before taking over a watch?

Who was the safety officer on your ship and what are his duties?

What are the initial actions for man-overboard? Explain the manoeuvre on your last ship?

Explain on load release mechanism?

Buoyage

A north cardinal mark and asked where to pass with the north on my left hand side?

Placed 5 bouys(preffered channel to starboard, safe water mark, special mark, port lateral mark, isolated danger mark) outbound - region b and asked me 2 described them and after move my ship at once but to take my time before moving, once I move I should not stop.

Smarty board

Vsl aground,

Vsl at anchor

Pilot vsl at anchor or seen from astern

Situations

Tug and tow, length of tow exceed 200m crossing from port (I’m pdv) and tell me all her lights at night.

Tug and tow ‘ram’, length of tow exceed 200m crossing from port (I’m pdv).

Vessel engaged in fishing crossing from starboard (I’m cbd).

Restricted visibility

I had to complete the plot.

A Vsl on my starboard bow.

A Vsl on my starboard quarter.