ANH NGO DUNG CHO PHONG VAN TUYEN DUNG Si QUAN VAN HANH BOONG Dutéi day lr céu hoi tham khéo diing cho cde nha tuyén dung khi phong van thuyén vién va ding cho gidim khdo trong cde kp thi Stquan van hank ngénh bong. Héu hét cdc cdu hoi déu kem theo n6i dung tra loi gitip thuyén vien/img vién nghien citu hoc tap dé dat diepe két qua cao trong céic kp thi/phong van. CAU HOI GIANH CHO THUYEN PHO HAI 1. Can you tell me about your education background and working experience? 2. Can you tell me about your last vessel? 3. What are your responsibilities as a Second Officer? ‘Answer (A):The 2/0 will be the navigational officer and medical officer on board. His duty includes; (1) Navigation watch keeping (from 1200 to 1600, and from 0.00 to 0400); (2) Chart and navigational publication corrections, (3) Passage plan making, (4) Checks for the communication equipment and instruments on board the GMDSS ships and spare parts, (5) Care of all the basic navigation equipment and instruments, including magnetic compasses, gyrocompasses, gyro repeaters, time changes, depth sounders and course recorder. (6) Stocks of the stationery, medical duty, and other duties designated by the master or C/O. 4, Please briefly describe the chart drawing procedure. A; Firstly, | shall Register the navigational warnings in the Register Book and record the ‘warning number in the card. Secondly, | shall select the charts that are affected by the warnings. Then | shall use pens, scissors and glues to fix permanent notices. | shall also use pencils to fix temporary and preliminary notices. Al of the notices must be used to fix charts and keep chart corrected up to dated. When | fix the chart, I shall frequently consult the geographical index. 5. Can you describe the charts correction procedures? A; Firstly, you have to make sure that you have received the latest Notice to Mariner; you have to write the notice request on time. The master shall make emergency request if the latest is not received. ‘Secondly, to record the Notice to Mariner on the correction logs on time according to the chronological order. Thirdly, when correcting the chart, first check that the last published correction to it has been made to the chart, otherwise, this should be dealt with first. Erasure should never be made, when deleting information crossed through or series of short double strokes should be used. While correction fluid should not be used. Always insert information before you delete any information. 6. Who should draft the passage plan on board? What are included in passage plan? When you make passage plan, what information do you need? ‘A: Unusually, the passage plan shall be made by the second officer, but shall be approved by the master. During passage, when error or mistake is found about the passage plan, immediate correction shall be made by the second officer. But during voyage the furnished passage plane can not be hanged without any approvalThe information and publications we need are Admiralty Notice to Mariner. Port guidance. Sea chart. Printed Catalogue of admiralty charts and other publications, Choosing the sea charts from it. Sea charts should include the large scale ones for the costal water, small scale chart for ocean water, and planning chart for lord land zone. Besides, the following information and publications are also necessary in the passage plan making: Sailing directions, Pilot book, Port entry guidance, Tide table's local area warning from the NAVAREA areas, List of light and radio signals. 7. What sailing areas should the passage plan cover? If you miss one or two charts for next voyage, can the ship gave sea going or not? ‘A: The passage plan should cover the sailing area from berth to berth The ship can not go if one or two charts are not available. 8. If the signal of “three red lights vertically aligned” is found on board a ship during night voyage, what do you think is wrong with the ship? If a motor ship is moving under the way, but not under command, what kind of light signals does she use? A: This is a draught limited vessel. Its very hard for that vessel to maneuver and to keep away. Our vessel should give a wide berth and tale actions to keep away beforehand Ifa motor ship is moving under the way, but not under command, she should use not under control lights, i. two sideslights and two red lights vertically aligned 9. Usually, in a vessel, the second officer shall be designated as officer responsible for care of magnetic compasses and gyrocompasses. Please describe how do you take care of Magnetic compass. A: The liquid magnetic compass shall be regularly checked for air bubbles and shall be always covered when it is not in use. Where fitted as standby system, the magnetic compass control of the automatic pilot should be tested weekly. 10, How do you set and adjust gyrocompass’ corrections? A: The 2/0 shall frequently check the compressor’s error. Actually, gyrocompass's accuracy shall be checked at least once a day at sea and at anchor, and for each course steered. During the watch, the simultaneous check shall be made at least hourly. If there is any significant deviation error, the 2/0 shall adjust it immediately. The data or errors shall be recorded in the Compass Record Book and Deck Logbook. The electronic devices shall be away from the compasses in a reasonable distance. The chief mate or other designated officer shall test the error difference in the morning or in the night. 11. What are the second officer responsibilities while the vessel is in port? A: To ensure the safety of life on board, ship, cargo and por, the second officer must implement a good watch keeping if he is on duty in the port. The second officer is also required to maintain orders and facilitate the routine working of the vessel. When on duty, he should be aware of the air draft, sea gauge and under keel clearance, the state of ship to avoid dangerous listing, trim or hull stress during cargo handling or ballasting to prevent pollution of the environment by the ship. During cargo watch, he should watch and supervise the loading process and report any big incident or abnormality to the C/O. 12, Please tell me what is the difference between the great circle line and Rhomb line ? A Theoretically, great circle line is the shortest distance between two places, while the rhumh line is longer than the great circle line. However, itis very hard for a vessel just to take the circle line or rhumh line. 13. During the cargo loading, if you find the cargo damaged in holds, what should you do? ‘A: | shall record the damage by writing or even by photo and report this to the C/O immediately.14, The C/O should report it to the tallyman and ask them to replace the cargo, if possible. At the same time, the officer on duty should make the onthespot record. ‘We are wondering when you usually do chart work? When you are watch keeping, can you do the chart work? Whenever | receive the Notice to Mariner. | will do the correction and drawing, especially for a new voyage. At the same time, | shall collect the out of dated charts and file them to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion. When the voyage employment is issued. The 2/0 begins to do the sea chart work at the discretion of the master. The correction is to be done right after the new Notice to Mariner is received, Generally, | should not do the chart work during watch keeping. Doing chart work during watch keeping can give rise to some potential danger to the maneuvering of the vessel What is the maximum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) rate on board? According to the ISM, the BAC shall not be more than 0.04% by weight any time when being tested. But watch keepers are not allowed to drink any alcoholic beverage 4 hours before their watch. Besides, when bunkering, loading and unloading, mooring and unmooring. 4 hours before and after port all, the sailor on board cannot have any alcoholic drinks. How did you keep you medicine log book? | should be responsible for the medical inventory and keep a good record on the use and inventory of different medicine. | should also make sure that the aide bags are at proper locations. | should also be careful with the medicine locker. The medicines that are out of validity should be replaced on time. When do you call the master to the bridge? In the following situations, | will have to call the master to the bridge if the master is not in the bridge: (1) When the visibility is lower than the one mentioned in the master's standing order; (2) Breakdown of the main engine, steering gear, gyrocompass or any other critical equipment related to the safety of the vessel; (3) When the ship's position and sounding are unusual or strange; (4) When the navigational marks or sounding do not appear as expected; (5) When heavy weather is encountered; (6) When ship is behaving in unusual way; (7) When marine pollution is seen or suspected; (8) When distress message is received or accident observed; (8) Any other situation when the officers are in doubt. (10) Whenever the ship is in jeopardy. When RADAR and ARPAR are use, does it relieve your duty of lookout as a watchkeeper? No, the working of these apparatus does not relieve the watch officer of his duty to maintain a proper lookout at all times. This is very important to the maneuvering of the vessel. Accidents often arise because of the officers’ complete dependence on the RADAR, ARPAR, GPS and other equipment, especially in hazard areas, such as the coast and port areas, low visibility area, restricted areas and heavy weather regions. Allin all, the rules and regulation of the COLREG 1972 must be strictly obeyed. ‘What do you know about EC and ECDIS? EC means Electronic Chart, and ECDIS means Electronic Chart and information System. This system uses the computer technology to provide chart details on a visual display unit,combined with an automatic indication of ship's position, and possibly a radar image, a navigation aide. This kind of chart needs basic computer operation skills and automation knowledge. 20. Tell me the main contents of a typical Admiralty Notice to Mariner. How did you get the Notice to Mariner on your last vessel? ‘A: Admiralty Notice to Mariners is maritime publications issued by Hydrographic Department of the United Kingdom. They include Admiralty Notices, Australian and New Zealand Notices. They are published on weekly basis. There is also and annual summary version. The Admiralty Notice to Mariner includes 6 sections. Section one, Explanatory Notes and indexes to section two. Sections two. Admiralty Notices to MarinersCorrections to charts. Section three, reprints of Radio Navigational Wamings. Section four, Corrections to Admiralty Salling Directions. Section five, Corrections to Admiralty List of lights and Fog Signals. Section six, Corrections to Admiralty List of Radio Signals. (On my last ship, the ship owner provided the Notice to Mariner on weekly basis. If they failed to give us the Notice, we'll send them a Request for this. 21. Itis very important to get rid of the out of dated charts and other SMS documents on board. Why? A: Itis very important to keep the latest revised charts (also some other ISM documents on board) in the deck and engine room, and keep away those outofdated charts because after a period of time, sometimes, you do not know what documents are the newest ones. The mixture of the old and new documents on board can easily give rise to some problems for the safety of the vessel. 22, How do you maintain the clocks? ‘A; | am responsible for the vessel clocks except for those in the engine room. Before getting underway, clocks shall be compared and synchronized, and the synchronization record shall be entered into the Deck Logbook. 23, When working on in the deck bridge, when do you call the engine room? A: (1) Whenever necessary to ascertain that engine room and bridge clocks are synchronized; (2) Atleast one hour before starting or ending a sea passage; (3) As soon as it appears that engine operation maneuvers may be required, with one hour's notice if possible; (4) Whenever the ship machinery operation may be affected by weather or other condition changes, such as shallow water approach, concentration of marine life or seaweed, ice in water, or change of trim or draft due to ballasting shitting; (5) One hour before inert gas system operation is required (for tanker); (6) One hour before steam is required on deck; (7) Whenever the temperature falls to 2 degree centigrade to prevent damage to equipment; (8) Atleast one hour before the standby generator is required; (9) As soon as an excessive some is to be turned; (10) Whenever the cargo pumps are used; (11) One hour prior to getting underway. 24, When you join a vessel, what should you do first? ‘A: Firstly, | shall report to the master and familiarize myself with the master and other officers and seamen on board the vessel. Second, with accompaniment of the relieved the 2/0, I shall have an inspection of those items the 2/0 is responsible for. I shall discuss immediately with the master on any unsatisfactory conditions, including equipment malfunctions. I shall also take overall the documents the 2/0 shall take care of, A good handover with the relieved 2/0 is the most important thing for me. 25. When do you have to change from the automatic steering to manual steering? A: The steering mode shall be changed from automatic to manual under the following circumstances: (1) in any emergency situations; (2) in diminishing and restricted visibility, as defined by the master; (3) When it is necessary to avoid maneuvers; (4) when the ship's draft is too deep (more than 60% of the water depth); (5) whenever the ship steers poorly or when the master thinks necessary. When the steering mode is changed, the watch officers shall supervise the process. 26. if ship collision happens when you are on duty, what procedure should you follow? ‘A: Firstly, | shall sound the alarm for emergency; Secondly, | shall inform the master immediately; Thirdly, | shall inform the engine room and prepare engine standby; Fourthly, | shall sound the tanks including ballasting tanks and oil tanks; Fifthly, I shall report to the head office 9ship owner, Management Company and charter at the discretion of the master. Report to the relative department and coast country at the discretion of the master. CAU HOI GIANH CHO THUYEN PHO BA 1. Can you tell me about your educational background and working experience as a seaman? ‘Answer (A): | graduated from Vietnam Maritime University in July 2007. Since April, 2008, | began my seamen career. | have worked on two ships. On the fist ship, | worked as a deck cadet for 10 months. On the second ship. | worked as a 3/0 for nearly a year. 2. Can you tell me about your last vessel? ‘A: My last ship was a general cargo ship sailing globally, but mainly from European ports to the US. and Canada port. | worked on that vessel for 13 months as third officer. 3. What are your responsibilities as a Third Officer? ‘A: (1) The third officer shall perform the necessary duties as required, such as those relating to navigational watch (0800 to 1200; 2000 to 2400) and cargo watch; (2) to fix the position of the ship and other navigational calculations every day when the ship is underway and reports to the master. (3) To prepare the reports, navigational statistics conditions and report the necessary items to the master. (4) To help the C/O in supervising cargo handing operation; (6) to measure the draft at the discretion of the C/O or master; (6) to the master on the bridge with anchoring and mooring and unmooring work; (7) before leaving port or shifting anchorage, to inspect communication systems and important items related to the navigational system and other department; (8) to maintain and mange the life boat saving appliance and fire fighting equipment maintenance log and inventory and prepare records when instructed to do so. (8) To do some paper work and other jobs that is assigned by the master. 4, When do you call the Master to the Bridge? A: If the master were not in the bridge room, | would call the master to the bridge under the following circumstances: When the officers do not know the correct actions to take;When the giving away vessel does not give away as a rule and cannot get into contact with it; navigational equipment fails; When receiving the distress call; When navigational marks are missing or in the expected time, and did not see the marks; When the depth sounding do not have expected result; When entry into heavy traffic, low visibility areas; When main engine speed decreases or breakdown; When approaching the poor visibility areas; ‘And when the vessel is in danger. 5. Who is responsible for the LSA and FFE equipment on board a ship? ‘A: LSA means Life Saving Apparatus; FFE means Fire Fighting Equipment. The 3/0 is responsible for maintenance and keeping of all these apparatus. The records of maintenance of the equipment shall be put into the logbook. 6. How often and what do you inspect the lifeboats? ‘A; Usually | inspect and test the important parts of the lifeboat on weekly basis. My checking points include attachment to the hull, lifeline, handrail, the condition of rudder, fuel oil tanks, and 0 on. After checking, | record the check results into the logbooks. 7. What actions should you take while you find fire in ones cabin? ‘A: I shall sound fire alarm first, and then inform bridge and master immediately, and take Portable firefighting equipment to put out the fire the soonest possible. At the same time, | shall watch carefully about the extending tendency of the fire, and wait for firefighting squad's, assistance. When the fire extinguishing squad are in their separate positions, | will come to my position said in the Fire Muster List to do my job. In a word, | shall follow the fire disaster procedure very strictly on board 8, What do you know about the ISM code? What are DOC and SMC? ‘A; ISM means International Safety Management Code (more exact name is: International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Sips and for Pollution Prevention). SMS means safety management system, and this system is made based on the ISM code, which is a compulsory part in Chapter 11 of SOLAS74/78, The ISM code includes 13 chapters: General Instruction, Safety and Environment Protection Policy, Company Responsibilities and Authority, Designated Person, Master's Responsibilities and Authority, Resources and Personnel, Development of Plans for Shipboard Operation, Emergency Preparedness, Reports and Analysis of Nonconformity, Accidents and Hazardous Occurrences, Maintenance of the ship and Equipment, Documentation, Company Verification, Review and Evaluation, Certification and Verifications and Control. If the company passed the external auditor from the class, it will receive a Document of Compliance; and the vessel passes the class's external audit, then the vessel will be given a Safety Management Certificate. 9. During the watch, why must you check the compass error between the gyro and magnetic? A: The duty officer should check the difference between the two compasses at least every an hour. I significant error between magnetic and gyrocompass is found, compasses must be adjusted and corrected immediately. If there is breakdown of the gyrocompass, | shall immediately report itto the master or C/O. 10. When you keep the anchor watch, how to check the ship's position? Which way is better? A: |can use three measures (i.e. Radar fixing, GPS fixing, land mark fixing) to get vessel position, and define the anchor position. But | think the best way is radar fixing because the radarfixing is more precise and reliable. For the sake of safety, instead of using only one means, all the measures available shall be used. At the same time, sea watching is still very important. ‘When the vessel is going to meet the PSC inspection, what should you do in the preparation? Under the leadership of the master and C/O, the 3/0 shall check very carefully on the Utilities he is responsible for. It is very important to match each check list and make sure that no item is missing in dealing with the check of the PSC. How do you check the CO2 System? According checklist includes date of last service, CO2 bottles itself, air blow test should be made to make sure that the system works well enough. Check and test certificates to make sure they are uptodated. Besides, | shall test the weight of the CO2 at interval to make sure that there is, enough in it. CO2 system is very important. It is the fixed fire fighting equipment. During the cargo watch, what shall the 3/0 do if he is on duty? According to the cargo and stowage plan, the 3/0 shall watch and supervise the work of loading, and report the accident and abnormalities, if there is any, to the C/O. Besides, the 3/0 should keep watch on the weather, sea and vicinity condition, and sound the draft of the water regularly. What is the maximum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) rate on board? According to the ISM, the BAC shall not be more than 0.04% by weight of the blood any time ‘when being tested. But watch keepers is not allowed to drink any alcoholic beverage 4 hours before their watch. When RADAR and ARPAR are in use, does it relieve your duty of lookout as a watchkeeper 2. No, the working of these apparatus does not relieve the watch officer of his duty to maintain 1 proper lookout at all time. You can not depend on the machines too much. Lookout (deck watch) is always very important, especially in some passages, inside the port and in some. dangerous sailing areas. Delayed actions will possibly give rise to big accidents. ‘When the vessel departs the port, what preparation shall the master do? (1) He shall make various principal calculations such as the tide, current and the time of Sunrise and sunset that are necessary for securing safety during port entry or departure. (2) Check to see that he disembarkation of the visitors and the embarkation/disembarkations of supernumeraries in accordance with the safety management records. (3) Check to see that the deck crew are on board. (4) Propare and check signal flags etc. How often do you check and correct the chronometer ? | shall check and correct it on daily basis. The record of each correction shall be put into the record book. Besides, the chronometer shall be sent ashore for cleaning during each shipyard repair period. ‘While working on in the Deck Bridge, when do you call the engine room for information? (1) Whenever necessary to ascertain that engine room and bridge clocks are synchronized; (2) Atleast one hour before starting or ending a sea passage; (3) As soon as it appears that engine operation maneuvers may be required, with one hour's notice if possible; (4) Whenever the ship machinery operation may be affected by weather or other condition changes, such as shallow water approach, concentration of marine life or seaweed, ice in water, or change of trim or draft due to ballasting shifting; (5) One hour before inert gas system operation is required (for tanker); (6) One hour before steam is required on deck; (7) Whenever the temperature falls to 2 degree centigrade to prevent damage to equipment;20. (8) At least one hour before the standby generator is required; (9) As soon as an excessive some is to be turned; (10) Whenever the cargo pumps are used; (11) One hour prior to getting underway. When you join a vessel, what should you do first? Firstly, | shall report to the master and familiarize myself with the master and other officers and seamen on board the vessel ‘Second, with accompaniment of the relieved the 3/0 is responsible for. | shall discuss immediately with the master on any unsatisfactory conditions, including equipment malfunctions, | shall also take over all the documents the 2/0 shall take care of. Lastly, | shall prepare for getting underway. | shall test the draft of the vessel and report the result to the C/O. ‘A good handover with the relieved 3/0 is the very important thing for me. Please tell some working parts of a lifeboat in English For instance, manrope, oars, ration, securing, launch tracks, slip gear, sea anchor, sea plug davit, rol, harbor pin, canvas roof, fresh water fishing gear, medicine, axe, provisions, sail makers lather palm, sail makers needle, grommet, serving boards, serving mallets , round mallets, wood hand fids, hatch wedge, rat guards, lifejackets, lifejacket lights, lfebuoys, thermal protector, radar reflector, bailer, hatchets, sponges, lifeboat oil lamps, inflatable life jacket, immersion suit, matches, lifesaving signal, survival manual, waterproof electric torch, boathooks, and so on. If ship collision happens when you are on duty, what procedure should you follow? Firstly, | shall sound the alarm for emergency; Secondly, | shall inform the master immediately; Thirdly, | shall inform the engine room and prepare engine standby; Fourthly, | shall sound the tanks including ballasting tanks and oil tanks; Fifthly, | shall report to the head office 9 ship owner, Management Company and charter at the discretion of the master. Report to the relative department and coast country at the discretion of the master. Tiéu Van Kinh tng hop va chinh by