Reeds Marine Deck 2: Crammer for Deck Officer Oral Exams

Are the MCA or Flag State oral exams looming large on your horizon? Don't let the fear of the unknown hold you back. Reeds Marine Deck 2 is your no-nonsense study guide, expertly crafted to help you navigate the complexities of these challenging assessments and emerge victorious.

Expertly Distilled Knowledge: Expert marine training director Simon Jinks has stripped away the overwhelming information overload, leaving you with the core essentials you need to know. This handy revision guide focuses on the key points, making them easy to absorb and recall when it matters most – during your oral exam.

Comprehensive Coverage: Covering all the principal areas of the MCA's exam syllabus, this trusted crammer includes sections on business and law conventions, pollution prevention, emergency response, and distress signals. It also provides helpful sample questions and worked examples on crucial topics like tidal working and radar plotting.

Clear and Concise: Written in plain language and packed with straightforward diagrams and flow charts, this guide makes revision efficient and effective.

Essential for All Deck Officers: Whether you're a Cadet, Master, or Deck Officer, this invaluable resource will be your constant companion throughout your exam preparation. It's also suitable for a wide range of maritime professionals, from Yachtmaster Offshore and instructors to fishermen and shore-based personnel.

Contents

Business and Law

• UNCLOS
• IMO
• Shipping legislation
• Main conventions

Vessels and legislation

• Guide to UK vessels
• Inland waters
• Small commercial vessels
• Large yachts
• Larger shipping
• Ship classification
• Ship certification
• High-speed craft

General responsibilities of the Master

• Considerations prior to arrival
• First impressions
• Handover
• The Master's responsibilities

Safe working

• Responsibilities
• Code of Safe Working Practices
• Safety Management Systems
• Risk assessment
• Permit to work
• Dangerous spaces
• Lifting and work equipment
• Hours of work and rest
• The 'human element'
• Near miss, accident and incident reporting

Records and logbooks

• Official logbook
• Other records and logbooks
• Continuous synopsis record

Seaworthiness and seamanship

• Safe access and movement
• Stability

Pollution prevention

• Oil
• Garbage
• MARPOL certificates, plans and records

Emergencies

• Drills
• Muster list
• Life-saving appliances
• Fire
• Digital distress alerting
• MAYDAY
• Pyrotechnics
• Liferafts
• Distress signals
• Emergency actions
• Man overboard
• Piracy
• Search and rescue
• Emergency preparedness teams
• Towage and salvage

Manoeuvring

• Steering
• Propellers and rudders
• Effects of water pressure
• Handling characteristics
• Anchoring
• Emergency stop
• Manoeuvring information regulations
• Towing

Bridge equipment

• SOLAS V Regulation 19 bridge equipment
• Small vessel bridge equipment
• Compass requirement
• Voyage data recorder
• Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Watchkeeping

• Watchkeeping and Master's authority
• Bridge induction checklist
• Watchkeeping responsibilities
• Code flags

Meteorology

• Weather instruments
• Scales and terminology
• Tropical revolving storms
• Fog
• Low-pressure systems

Navigation

• Charts and nautical publications
• Passage planning
• Ship's routeing
• Maritime safety information
• Lights
• IALA buoyage
• Terminology
• Compass
• Techniques
• GNSS systems
• ECDIS
• Radar
• Navtex
• Sextant

Useful Measurements

Questions and Answers