Chief Officer 1

I . FIRST LEVEL INTERVIEW.

1. What database you have used for the Voyage planning?
2. What are the UKC policy of your previous company?
3. Have you experience anchoring in deep water?
4. Have you experience any incident/accident regarding maneuvering and anchor handling?
5. Is your previous vessel fitted water ingress alarms?
6. Are you familiar with any database regarding PMS?
7. Are you familiar with maintenance of surface preparation and paint application?
8. Do you know on how to prepare/perform a Risk Assessment/Hazard Identification
9. What program you are using for the recording of Work & Rest Period?
10. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding testing and maneuvering in the water of enclosed lifeboat, Freefall
lifeboat and rescue boat?
11. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding pilot ladder and combination ladder?
12. Have you experience any Helicopter operation for medical evacuation or pilot Boarding preparation as per AMSA
regulations?
13. Are you familiar with the ECA Regulation in North America & Canada including Hawaii eight major islands, Caribbean
Region, the North Sea and EU member states & Baltic sea?
14. Are you familiar with the CARB regulations?
15. Are you familiar with the new Garbage Regulations and entries in GMP?
16. How do you handle regarding the dirty/used cooking oil?
17. What methods you use are using in your previous vessel regarding Ballast Water exchange procedures? What reporting
procedures especially in US & AMSA?
18. Have you experience poor de-ballasting on your previous vessel during very fast loading?
19. How do you handle cargo holds wash water if you are inside the port or inside special areas?
20. Where can you find the Emergency contact list in the SOPEP?
21. ISM code questions regarding chapter 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 10?
22. Do you have any experience regarding ISM/ISPS in both internal/external audits?
23. Any experience of ship-shore contingency exercise?
24. BMP4 Preparation and communication procedures when vsl will transit the HRA?
25. What to do when there is change of security level?
26. What to do when there is breach of security?
27. What to do when vsl will call port of NON-ISPS compliant?
28. Which have the priority if there is conflict between Safety & Security?
29. How often you conduct test of SSAS alert? What are the procedures?
30. Liquefaction cargo care and handling procedures?
31. Do you know on how to perform a can/banging test?
32. Cargo holds preparations?
33. How do you conduct chalk or pressure testing of hatch covers?
34. Do you experience lime washing and de-liming of cargo holds?
35. Cargo gears/grabs preparation and maintenance?
36. LOADCAL - Cargo calculations and stability?
37. Do you know on how to check your loadcal instrument?
38. Draft Survey calculations?
39. Have you prepared NCB/AMSA/Port Warden grain stability calculation?
40. Cargo damage and or stevedores damage reporting?

II. SECOND LEVEL INTERVIEW.

1. Is your previous vessel fitted water ingress alarms?
2. Are you familiar with the new Garbage Regulations and entries in GMP?
3. How do you handle regarding the dirty/used cooking oil?
4. What methods you use are using in your previous vessel regarding Ballast Water exchange procedures? What reporting
procedures especially in US & AMSA
5. How do you handle cargo holds wash water if you are inside the port or inside special areas?
6. What to do when there is change of security level?
7. Cargo holds preparations?
8. Do you know on how to check your loadcal instrument?
9. Have you prepared NCB/AMSA/Port Warden grain stability calculation?
 Chief officer 2.
FIRST LEVEL INTERVIEW.
1. What database you have used for the Voyage planning?
2. Have you experience anchoring in deep water?
3. Have you experience any incident/accident regarding manoeuvring and anchor handling?
4. Is your previous vessel fitted water ingress alarms?
5. Are you familiar with any database regarding PMS?
6. Are you familiar with maintenance of surface preparation and paint application?
7. Do you know on how to prepare/perform a Risk Assessment/Hazard Identification?
8. What program you are using for the recording of Work & Rest Period?
9. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding testing and manoeuvring in the water of enclosed lifeboat,
Freefall lifeboat and rescue boat? Enclosed lifeboats should be maneuverer in the water every 3 months,
Freefall lifeboat familiar as per SOLAS regulations. Rescue boat every month
10. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding pilot ladder and combination ladder?
11. Have you experience any Helicopter operation for medical evacuation or pilot Boarding operation as per AMSA
regulations?
12. Are you familiar with the ECA Regulation in North America & Canada including Hawaii eight major islands,
Caribbean Region, the North Sea and EU member states & Baltic sea?
13. Are you familiar with the CARB regulations?
14. Are you familiar with the new Garbage Regulations and entries in GMP?
15. How do you handle regarding the dirty/used cooking oil?
16. What methods you use are using in your previous vessel regarding Ballast Water exchange procedures? What
reporting procedures especially in US & AMSA
17. Have you experience poor de-ballasting on your previous vessel during very fast loading?
18. How do you handle cargo holds wash water if you are inside the port or inside special areas?
19. Where can you find the Emergency contact list in the SOPEP? Annex 2
20. ISM code questions regarding chapter 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 10?
21. Do you have any experience regarding ISM/ISPS in both internal/external audits?
22. Any experience of ship-shore contingency exercise?
23. BMP4 Preparation and communication procedures when vessel will transit the HRA?
24. What to do when there is change of security level? Comply as per SSP
25. What to do when there is breach of security? Inform Master and CSO and conduct thorough inspection and
investigation.
26. What to do when vsl will call port of NON-ISPS compliant? Carry briefing to all crew, enhance security
preventive measures and keep proper record.
27. Which have the priority if there is conflict between Safety & Security? Safety
28. How often you conduct test of SSAS alert? What are the procedures? As per company is annual and depending
upon the discretion of the Master.
29. Liquefaction cargo care and handling procedures?
30. Do you know on how to perform a can/banging test?
31. Cargo holds preparations.
32. How do you conduct chalk or pressure testing of hatch covers?
33. Do you experience lime washing and de-liming of cargo holds?
34. Cargo gears/grabs preparation and maintenance?
35. LOADCAL - Cargo calculations and stability?
36. Do you know on how to check your loadcal instrument?
37. Draft Survey calculations?
38. Have you prepared NCB/AMSA/Port Warden grain stability calculation?
39. Cargo damage and or stevedores damage reporting? If found cargo damage to be reported immediately to
Master. Stevedores damage to be shown/report immediately to stevedores’ foreman and prepare damage
report for signature. Master to send or notify immediately the owners and charterers.
 Master.
1. What database you have used for the Voyage planning? EXCEL BASE
2. What are the UKC policy of your previous company? 10 PERCENT IN PORT/BERTH, 15 PERCENT - COASTAL AND
DOUBLE AT OPEN SEA
3. Have you experience anchoring in deep water? YES - BY GEAR
4. Have you experience any incident/accident regarding manoeuvring and anchor handling?
5. Is your previous vessel fitted water ingress alarms?
6. Are you familiar with any database regarding PMS? YES - OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
7. Are you familiar with maintenance of surface preparation and paint application? YES - ATTENDED TRAINING
FROM JOTUN PAINT
8. Do you know on how to prepare/perform a Risk Assessment/Hazard Identification?
9. What program you are using for the recording of Work & Rest Period? INCORPORATED WITH OPERATIONAL
MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
10. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding testing and manoeuvring in the water of enclosed lifeboat,
Freefall lifeboat and rescue boat?
11. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding pilot ladder and combination ladder?
12. Have you experience any Helicopter operation for medical evacuation or pilot Boarding operation as per AMSA
regulations? YES - BOTH LANDING/WINCHING OPERATION FOR PILOT BOARDING OPERATIONS
13. Are you familiar with the ECA Regulation in North America & Canada including Hawaii eight major islands,
Caribbean Region, the North Sea and EU member states & Baltic sea?
14. Are you familiar with the CARB regulations?
15. Are you familiar with the new Garbage Regulations and entries in GMP?
16. What methods you use are using in your previous vessel regarding Ballast Water exchange procedures? What
reporting procedures especially in US & AMSA. BOTH FLOW THROUGH AND EMPTY/REFILL METHOD
17. Have you experience poor de-ballasting on your previous vessel during very fast loading?
18. How do you handle cargo holds wash water if you are inside the port or inside special areas? IN SUCH CASE IF
HOLD WASHING TO BE CARRIED OUT INSIDE SPECIAL AREAS, WASH WATER WILL BE KEPT IN SLOP TANKS
19. ISM code questions regarding chapter 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 10?
20. Do you have any experience regarding ISM/ISPS in both internal/external audits?
21. Any experience of ship-shore contingency exercise?
22. BMP4 Preparation and communication procedures when vsl will transit the HRA?
23. What to do when there is change of security level? REPORT TO CSO AND INCREASE SECURITY MEASURES AS
PER SSP
24. What to do when there is breach of security? REPORT TO MASTER AND CSO THENCE CONDUCT
INVESTIGATION
25. What to do when vsl will call port of NON-ISPS compliant? INCREASE SECURITY MEASURES AND COMPLY AS
PER SSP
26. Which have the priority if there is conflict between Safety & Security? SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY
27. Liquefaction cargo care and handling procedures?
28. Do you know on how to perform a can/banging test?
29. Cargo holds preparations?
30. How do you conduct chalk or pressure testing of hatch covers?
31. Cargo gears/grabs preparation and maintenance?
32. LOADCAL - Cargo calculations and stability?
33. Do you know on how to check your loadcal instrument?
34. Draft Survey calculations?
35. Have you prepared NCB/AMSA/Port Warden grain stability calculation?
36. Cargo damage and or stevedores damage reporting? REPORTING AND MAKING STEV. DAMAGED REPORTS
37. What PMS Database system are you using? UMMS WEB PORTAL
38. Onboard SATCOM fitted / maker/type? SAT-C/FURUNO, FBB/FURUNO & KVHSAT
39. What database system in recording/reporting of Work & Rest Period? FAMILIAR WITH UMMS PORTAL
REPORTING
40. What is other databases reporting provided by Owners, Charterers or Weather Routing Company? VOYAGE
WATCHER FOR OWNERS, UMMS IN WEB PORTAL, CHRTRS - QUICK REPORTING SYSTEM, WEATHER ROUTING -
IN PLAIN E-MAIL FORMAT
41. What database for ENOA/D you have used and are you familiar with the reporting procedures?
42. In US waters/ports are you familiar with the CFR regulations regarding testing of Navigational equipment and
steering gears? FAMILIAR WITH CFR REGULATIONS SECTION 164.25
43. Do you have any experience regarding ECDIS as primary means of navigation? YES - CHARTWORLD eGLOBE G2
ECDIS - WITH TYPE SPECIFIC TRAINING CERTIFICATES
44. Have you experience any heavy weather incident/accident?
45. Do you have any experience regarding rendering assistance to other vessel or Rescuing / recovering person at
sea?
46. Have you experience any Speed & Consumption claims? FAMILIAR WITH THE FULL AND ECONOMICAL SPD AND
CONSUMPTIONS. BF4 AND SEA STATE 3 FOR GOOD/BAD WEATHER CRITERIAS
47. Have you attended any simulator training in Ship Handling & Manoeuvring?
48. Have you experience anchoring in deep water? YES - USED BY GEARS ONLY
49. Have you experience any incident/accident regarding maneuvering and anchor handling?
50. Have you experience any major breakdown of vessel machinery at sea/port?
51. Have you experience any major injury report?
52. Have you experience stowaway on board your vessel? How did you handle it?
53. Have you experience any casualty on board your previous vessel?
54. Have you experience in long stay at anchorage? Can you tell me your previous company procedures regarding
long stay at anchor? YES - EVERY 2 DAYS TURNING GEAR OF MAIN ENGINE, EVERY 7 DAYS CHANGE ANCHOR
PORTSIDE/STBDSIDE AND EVERY 15 DAYS CARRY OUT ANTI-FOULING MANUEVERS AT FULL SPD FOR ABT 2
HOURS
55. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding testing and manoeuvring in the water of enclosed lifeboat,
Freefall lifeboat and rescue boat?
56. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding pilot ladder and combination ladder? FAMILIAR WITH SOLAS
REGULATIONS
57. Have you experience any Helicopter operation for medical evacuation or pilot boarding Operation as per AMSA
regulations? YES - PILOT OPERATIONS ONLY. FAMILIAR WITH AMSA CHECKLIST AND EQUIPMENT
PREPARATION
58. Are you familiar with the ECA Regulation in North America & Canada including Hawaii eight major islands,
Caribbean Region, the North Sea and EU member states & Baltic sea?
59. Are you familiar with OPA 90 regulation, NTVRP, VGP & NPDES in US waters/port?
60. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding Right Whale and reporting procedures? FAMILIAR WITH 33 CFR
SECTION 169
61. Do you conduct notification exercises with USA QI including Panama Canal notification Exercises as per
Panama Canal SOPEP? YES - MINIMUM NOTIFICATION EXERCISE OF 2 PER YEAR TO BE CARRIED OUT
INCLUDING PANAMA NOTIFICATION
62. Do you know How to use the FOBAS calculator for the changeover calculation procedures From HSFO to LSFO
63. Can you tell me your previous company handling of oil samples?
64. How often do you check the entries of the Oil Record Book? DAILY AND EVERY AFTER THE PAGE COMPLETED
OF ENTRIES
65. When are you going to sign the Oil Record Book? EVERY PAGE COMPLETED
66. Are you familiar with the new Garbage Regulations and entries in GMP? FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GARBAGE
REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE ENFORCED 1ST MAR 2018
67. What methods you use are using in your previous vessel regarding Ballast Water exchange procedures? What
reporting procedures especially in US & AMSA. SEQUENTIAL EMPTY/REFILL METHOD AS PER BWMP. FAMILIAR
WITH USA NBIC AND AMSA/AQIS REPORTING PROCEDURES
68. Have you experience Port Regulations regarding restrictions of not to operate the Sewage Treatment Plant? If
YES, how do you handle to comply? YES - SEWAGE SYSTEM WILL BE SEALED AND KEEP IN GRAY WATER TANK
AS DEDICATED TANK FOR SEWAGE
69. Have you experience poor de-ballasting on your previous vessel during very fast loading?
70. Are you familiar with the SPRO regulations in Chinese ports?
71. Have you experience any MARPOL violation?
72. ISM code questions regarding chapter 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 10?
73. Do you have any experience regarding ISM/ISPS in both internal/external audits?
74. Have you participated any group external training of crisis management? Worst case scenario?
75. Any experience of ship-shore contingency exercise?
76. BMP4 Preparation and communication procedures when vsl will transit the HRA?
77. What to do when there is change of security level? 1. INFORM CSO 2. COMPLY AS PER SSP PROCEDURES,
INCREASE SECURITY LEVEL AND ENHANCE SECURITY MEASURES, 3. CARRY SECURITY BREIFING TO CREW
78. What to do when there is breach of security? 1. INFORM CSO 2. IF VSL IN PORT - INFORM PFSO 3. CARRY OUT
INVESTIGATION
79. What to do when vsl will call port of NON-ISPS compliant? 1. INCREASE SECURITY LEVEL, 2. INFORM CSO 3.
ENHANCE SECURITY AWARENESS MEASURES AND 3. LOG ALL EVENT
80. Which have the priority if there is conflict between Safety & Security? SAFETY
81. How often you conduct test of SSAS alert? What are the procedures? EVERY YEAR TESTING PROCEDURE AND
DEPENDING UPON MASTER'S DISCRETION. PRIOR TESTING INFORM CSO BY E-MAIL AND PHONE
82. How do you keep the other load lines certificates if your vessel having multiple load lines? EXISTING/PAINTED
LOADLINE CERT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN CERTIFICATE FOLDER WHEREAS THE OTHE LOADLINE CERTIFICATE WILL
KEEP IN SAFEBOX
83. How do you dispose expired trading certificates? KEEP IN SEPARATE ENVELOP WITH MARKED "EXPIRED
CERTIFICATES"
84. Liquefaction cargo care and handling procedures? FAMILIAR WITH NICKEL ORE, IRON ORE FINES, COAL,
BAUXITES, ALUMINA CARGO CARE AND HANDLING
85. Shortage of shipment cargo and dead freight statement? FAMILIAR OF DEADFREIGHT STATEMENT
86. Shippers cargo declaration and MSDS?
87. Cargo Shortage claims?
88. Mates Receipts Remarks? YES. IF NOT ALLOWED INFORM OWNERS IMMEDIATELY
89. Letter of authorization to sign original B/L (s)?
90. What to do if the cargo original B/Ls are not available prior to your arrival at disport? IMMEDIATELY INFORM
OWNERS
91. When to issue Note of Protest and Letter of Protest? NOTE OF PROTEST - TO ISSUE WHEN VSL ENCOUNTERED
HEAVY WEATHER AND SUSPECTED DAMAGE TO CARGO, VSL AND MACHINERIES WHREAS LETTER OF PROTEST
WHEN THERE IS ANY DISPUTES, DISCREPANCIES, ISSUES WITH THE CARGO CONDITIONS, ISSUES OF DELAYS OF
CARGO OPERATIONS
92. When was the last time you transited the Panama Canal? Have you experience Any tropical freshwater draft
restriction and visibility problem?
93. How do you report if there is breach of the charter party? INFORM OWNERS IMMEDIATELY
94. How do you understand about the NAABSA clause? FAMILIAR AS STIPULATED IN C/P
95. How do you report when vsl will navigate outside the IWL? IMMEDIATELY OWNERS WILL BE INFORMED
96. What is safe port and safe berth? A VSL WILL CALL SUCH PORT/BERTH CONSIDERED SAFE IF THE VSL WILL NOT
CAUSE ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE, FREE FROM ANY EXTERNAL THREAT, FREE FROM DANGER AND FREE OF ANY
HAZARDOUS SITUATION
97. Have you experience deficiency issued by PSC inspectors on your vessel?
98. Have you experience that your vsl is detain as a result of PSC inspection?
99. How do you handle the deficiency if the action given are 15, 16, 17 & 30?
 Third Officer.
1. How to create the Voyage planning?
2. Do you know on how to calculate the squat in open waters and enclosed waters?
3. Can you name at least 5 important bridge checklists?
4. Do you know on how to test the EPIRB & SART?
5. Do you the purpose and operation of BNWAS?
6. Do you know on how to get a compass error? How often do you conduct it?
7. Can you name at least 4 important record books to be filled up?
8. Can you tell me the COLREGS rule 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 34, 35 & 36
9. Can you name the 8 major components of GMDSS? Can you explain to me the Functions and operations of these
GMDSS Equipment?
10. Do you know the proper reading of draft? Can you demonstrate it to me?
11.Can you show me your calculation in calculating the maximum turning circle of your vessel if you drop anchor of 5
shackles in the water, 30 meters deep of the water, vsl LOA 190 meters and LPP 182 meters.
12. Are you familiar with the regulations regarding testing and manoeuvring in the water of enclosed lifeboat, Freefall
lifeboat and rescue boat?
13. Have you participated in the actual launching and manoeuvring of the lifeboats? As per regulations what is the
first safety report that you will comply when you just sign on board the vessel for the first 24 hrs?
14.Who is in charge for the maintenance of FFE / LSA?
15. Where can you find the SOLAS TRAINING MANUAL? What is the content?
16. What are the 6 annexes of MARPOL?
17. Name the 8 Special Areas?
18.Can you name at least 3 working permits?
19. Can you name at least 5 security equipment?
20. Can you name at least 5 Critical Equipment’s on board your vessel?
21. What is a difference between pirate and terrorist?
22. In ISPS, what is a citadel space? Where is the location of your citadel space?
23. Years of experienced for the position?
24. Last and previous companies (manning agency, management company and Owners)
25. Why you intend to change company?
27. Type of cargo your vessel normally carried
29. What PMS Database system are you using?
30. Can you briefly demonstrate the IALA A and IALA B?
31. What is the colour of the following buoys - Safe Water Buoy and Isolated danger buoy?
32. Have you experience that ECDIS is the primary means of navigation?
33. Can you name the 8 major components of GMDSS? Can you explain to me the functions and operations of these
GMDSS Equipment?
34. How to create the safe Voyage planning?
35. Are you receiving weekly charts and publication corrections?
36. How do you know about typhoon avoidance? Can you briefly illustrate it?
37. Do you know on how to carry out draft survey? Can you demonstrate it to me?
38. Do you know on how to apply the draft correction to your draft reading even without checking in the vessel draft
correction table?
39. Do you on how to calculate the airdraft of your vessel? Can you demonstrate it to me?
40. Find how many percent of propeller immersion of your vessel if the diameter of your propeller 6.30m and vertical
distance from vessel keel to propeller shaft center line is 3.629m and the deepest aft draft of the vessel is 6.80m?
41. Being the medical officer on board, how do you dispose expired medicines?
42. What is the meaning and purpose of ODAS buoy?
43.Do you know on how to test the VHF & MF/HF (Ship to shore station)
44.Duties of 3M on board?
45. Are you aware of procedure of updating ECDIS charts?
46. In what circumstances you will call master?
47. Checks to be carried out during monthly inspection of lifeboat?