Reeds Marine Deck 2: Crammer for Deck Officer Oral Exams

‘A must-have resource for students submitting to MCA oral exams.’ – Roger Seymour, Senior RYA Examiner, Hamble School of Yachting

Reeds Marine Deck 2: Crammer for Deck Officer Oral Exams is a no-nonsense study guide helping seafarers to pass their MCA or Flag State oral exams for Deck Officer qualifications.

This handy revision guide is the one book that Deck Officer Cadets, Masters and Officers will want by their side when studying for the oral exams. Expert marine training director Simon Jinks strips back the vast syllabus to the essential information that’s easy to absorb and quick to recall during oral assessment.

Written in clear, accessible language, this trusted crammer covers all principal areas of the MCA and Flag State exam syllabus for deck officers (Officer of the Watch, Chief Mate and Master), including business and law conventions, pollution prevention, responses to emergencies, and distress signals. It also includes straightforward diagrams, flow charts, sample questions and worked examples on tidal working, radar plotting and more.

This invaluable reference for international STCW Deck Officer candidates covers both MCA and Flag State oral exams. It is also relevant for Near Coastal and Boatmaster apprentices, Workboat crew apprentices, Yachtmaster Offshores, Yachtmaster instructors, fishermen, and shore-based professionals such as vessel superintendents and maritime managers. It includes content for all vessel types, including smaller code and domestic vessels.

Table of Contents

• Business and Law
• M Notices, Conventions
• Seaworthiness
• Stability, safe access, safe movement, Life Saving Appliances
• Pollution Prevention
• MARPOL, annexes
• Responses to emergencies
• Musters, Man Over Board, Fire, Flooding
• Manoeuvring the vessel
• Interaction, transverse thrust
• Distress signals
• IRPCS
• Safe Navigational Watch – STCW Ch VIII, Bridge watchkeeping
• Meteorology – fronts, measurement, Stevenson screens
• Passage planning – appraise, plan, execute, monitor

About the Author

Simon Jinks is a Director of SeaRegs Training Ltd, a maritime training provider offering classroom and practical courses mainly aimed at the under 3,000gt market. His specialisation is in the MCA commercial codes of practice, MCA, RYA and SQA training and accreditation. Simon previously managed the RYA’s Yachtmaster programme for sail and motor vessels and the RYA navigation and safety courses. He has skippered and taught afloat and ashore in most parts of the world commercially in workboats, yachts and fast patrol craft.