Officer of the Watch Oral Question

O.O.W. (Officer of the Watch) (Candidates Actual Oral Exam)

Sextant

Azimuth

Compass – (care and maintenance – find deviation for ships head)

Buoys

Man Overboard – (procedures)

Life Saving Appliances

Distress Signals

Williamson Turn

Lights – (loads off)

Preparations for Wheelhouse before going to sea – (passage plans, navigation aids tested etc.)

Manoeuvre’s – (traffic separation zones, crossing, restricted visibility, over-taking, narrow channels etc.)

Risk Assessment

Grain Rules – (how would you know if your vessel could carry grain)

IMDG Code – (given chemical name, asked to find schedule, where to stow, if could be stowed beside another chemical) Calcium Chloride

Passage Planning – (four stages, explain each)

What a shipper has to give you regarding the carriage of chemicals, before loading.

All rules covered.