Name: Joyson Mendonca for Master Unlimited

Surveyor: Capt. Bates

Date / Time: 09 Nov 2021 // 0900-1000
Result: Pass
Type: Crude Oil Tankers

Joined the Teams Call 20 mins early and waited for Capt. Bates.
He joined the call at sharp 0900 am and asked me if I was aware of the new exam syllabus and I instantly
quoted the MIN number and he was pretty impressed to start off.
He asked me what type of vessels I have served on and I told him I have been sailing on tankers.

1. Joining vessel, handing over from outgoing Master, what all things do you want to know?
2. Safety Meeting before departure, what will be the agenda and who all will be involved?
3. Requirements to elect Safety Rep and where will you record it?
4. What will you do if you have 3 volunteers to become Safety Rep?
5. Safety meeting needs to be conducted how often?
6. Duties of safety officer and his involvement to review SMS onboard?
7. Review of SMS what does it mean and how do you carry it out?
8. Records of logs on bridge?
9. Records maintained onboard by Master?
10. What is CSR, DOS and what security records are maintained?
11. When do you sign a DOS?
12. Why do we maintain record of last ten ports?
13. How to implement SSP onboard?
14. Current day Synoptic chart and asked me to talk through it.
15. Principles and considerations for safe watch-keeping?
16. Difference between synoptic, analysis and prognosis chart?
17. ECDIS requirements and sensory inputs?
18. Principle of gyro and how does it function? (Gyroscopic inertia in detail)
19. Shared screen with a Radar Picture and asked me what is wrong? (coastal navigation, high range
scale, speed and heading marker off)
20. Gyro Failure, Action?
21. Heavy weather preparations?
22. How to predict/ prepare for ice and what is the weather near Greenland like?
23. FV in TSS (his standard question), 150m extending gear in the middle of the TSS lane, Action?
24. N cardinal mark
25. SV at Anchor
Then the golden words, “We have crossed the hour mark and I am Happy and Satisfied to put you through
since you have good safety awareness”
Trust when I say, Capt Bates is a very fair examiner and he just needs your experience and common sense to
play a part in your answer and nothing theoretical.

Big Shout out to ONBOARD MARITIME’S team of Angus Ferguson and Sanket Mahajan who strived their
best to ensure I had all the information required and explained / covered every topic needed for the syllabus
and cleared every doubt whenever needed round the clock.
I would highly recommend them for your Oral preps.

BEST OF LUCK GUYS