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SURVEYORS WERE CAPTAIN RANGNATHAN AND CAPTAIN BALA

STARTED OFF BY CHECKING MY DISCHARGE BOOK AND ME EXPLAINING THE WORK THAT WE DO.

THIS LEAD TO WHAT IS THE MEANING OF GROSS AND NETT TONNAGE.

HOW MANY CREW DO YOU CARRY, SAFE MANNING DOCUMENT, CREW CERTIFICATES AND SIGNING ON.

WHAT WOULD BE MY MAIN DUTIES AS CH’OFFICER ONBOARD.

WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF THE SAFETY OFFICER.

THEN QUITE A BIT ON ISM AND THE PMS AND THEN HOW WOULD I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING.

RESCUE BOAT DRILL, PROCEDURE FOR LAUNCHING AND ALSO THE CHECKS TO BE DONE TO THE DAVIT AND THE TIME INTERVALS BETWEEN CHECKS.

LOADLINE SURVEY PREPERATION AND THEN WHAT THE SURVEYOR WOULD BE CHECKING FOR.

AS I WORK ON A NAV AIDS TENDER, GENERAL CARGO IS NOT COMMON WITH US SO IT LED TO LOADING NAV BOUYS ON DECK FOR CHANGEOVER AT SEA, RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ASSESSMENT, I MENTIONED RISK ASSESSMENT NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGH THE EXAM, ANYWAY I SAID BECAUSE WE ARE SHALLOW DRAUGHTED WE ALWAYS LIST OVER WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE BUOY COMES ON THE CRANE WHEN LIFTING OUT OF THE SEA,,,, THIS LEAD TO HEAVY LIFT SCENARIOS AND HOW TO ENSURE ADEQUATE STABILITY THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION, FSE, PRESSING UP TANKS etc.

PROBLEMS WITH LIST.

THEN ONTO GARBAGE MANAGEMENT AND THE GARBAGE RECORD BOOK.

RULE 10, HE SET OUT A COMPLETE TSS, INSHORE ZONE, LANE, SEPERATION ZONE, LANE AND INSHORE ZONE, THEN HE USED MODEL OF FISHING V/L AND PLACED IT AT ALL PARTS OF THE SCHEME AND ASKED IF IT IS ALLOWED TO BE HERE, HE THEN DID THE SAME WITH A SAILING V/L.

THEN A FEW SCENARIOS OF ME FOLLOWING LANE AND CROSSING V/LS ALL RISK OF COLLISION

AND ME CROSSING, RISK OF COLLISION WITH THE SHIP NORTH BOUND AND THEN RISK OF COLLISION WITH V/L SOUTHBOUND.

THEN PUT TWO PDV’S ON TABLE AND ASKED ME WHAT DAY SIGNALS FOG SIGNALS LIGHTS WOULD BE IF THEY WERE ENGAGED IN TOWING, THE TOWING V/L MORE THAN 50M AND LENGTH OF TOW OVER 200M, AND IF IT WAS UNDER 200M.

COUPLE OF BASIC RULE 19 STUFF.

SMARTIE BOARD, 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT CARDS HE USED AND ASKED WHAT IT WAS SIZE,NAV STATUS, FOG SIGNAL, DAY SIGNAL, AND ACTION.

THREE BOUYS IALA B.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS ONE OR TWO OTHER ITEMS THAT I HAVE NOT ADDED BUT THE ABOVE WAS THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE EXAM AND I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS COVERED IN YOUR TUITION PERIODS. EVEN WITH THE TWO SURVEYORS IN THE ROOM I WAS MADE TO FEEL AT EASE AND I WOULD SAY THAT THEY CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THE NERVES OF THE CANDIDATES ON THESE OCCASIONS.

ALL IN ALL I COULD HAVE SAID MORE BUT THE MAIN THING WAS ANYTHING I DID WORKWISE, I MENTIONED, TEAM MEETING AND RISK ASSESSMENT.

IT WAS LIKE YOU SAID, BY WHAT I SAY CAN DICTATE THE QUESTIONS ASKED, WHY THE FUCK DID I MENTION LIST!!!!!!

AGAIN I FEEL I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER STILL, BUT SOCREM AND FLACID AND THE LIKE CERTAINLY HELPED AS A REMINDER WHEN REQUIRED.

STABILITY SIDE OF THINGS HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES BY OTHER CANDIDATES AS WELL BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS KEPT QUITE SIMPLE (IF THERE IS SUCH A THING)

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, WITHOUT WHICH I WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED THE EXAM.

REGARDS

CLINTON MARWICK