MASTER ORAL EXAMINATION

CHECKLIST (AIDE MEMOIRE)

Questions should be framed managing the ship as a whole.

Seafarer ID Date and Time

Name Exam location

Duration Examiner

Certificate Type Result

Certificate Capacity

Management and shipmaster’s business SOLAS & Australian requirements to

report deficiencies / accidents / B
Certification / endorsements for damage
A
ships officers
Classification societies, who / what Ships records, GRB, ORB, approved
A B
are they / functions stability information

Conditions of assignment of LL / Management and shipmaster’s business

B
loadline rules
Statutory certificates, attachments,
Division of responsibilities between validity, expired certificates, interim A
C
Class, flag state and port state certificates
Enhanced survey programme / Taking over command or joining ship
B
condition evaluation reports as Master / hand over /
A
Frequency of statutory musters and responsibilities and duties / authority
A of Master
drills
How international codes and Types of characters / carriage of
B
conventions are enacted into C goods by sea
Australian law Types of surveys / preparation / B
ISM code / objectives / DP / position survey report file / conditions of B
B class
descriptions
ISPS code – requirements for ship / Standards of watchkeeping
A
cybersecurity BRM principles / MRM principles A
International conventions / MARPOL Fitness for duty A
and Annexes / SOLAS / Ballast B
Water / MLC etc. Maintaining a proper lookout A
MLC and DMLC Part I & II B Maintaining an anchor watch A
International ship inspection regimes Navigation in Restricted Visibility /
A A
/ PSC / FSC Congested waters
Nav act / marine orders / marine Navigation with a pilot onboard A
A
notices
Performing the navigational watch /
OH&S legislation / purpose of act / Position fixing / Use of charts / Use A
PIN / prohibition notices / safety of equipment
meetings / duty of care / A
psychological wellbeing / drydocking Taking over the watch / Handing
A
issues over the watch
Official logbook entries A Voyage planning A
On hire / off hire surveys C Watch-keeping Records / Night
B
Orders / Standing Orders
P&I / cert of entry / validity B
Watch-keeping arrangements A

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Bridge equipment Load line diagram & submerging the
A
Load Line
AIS precautions / BNWAS / VDR B
Movement of 'G' with movement of
ARPA use of / and precautions B A
weights
ECDIS use and precautions A Reading draft marks A
Emergency steering procedures A
Seasonal zones A
RADAR types / presentation / setting Stability definitions B
B
up of RADAR / testing / precautions
Tank-top loadings B
Bridge equipment
Testing of equipment B Cargo Work
Use of 'S' band 10-cm and 'X' band Bulk cargo loading requirements /
B A
3-cm radar shippers declaration
Navigation-charts and Publications Cargo handling equipment / MO32
C
issues
Altitudes / meridian passage B
Cargo securing / cargo securing
Chart corrections / symbols / B
A manual
abbreviations
Confined space entry / precautions /
Gyro / magnetic compass errors / A
A gas monitoring equipment / drills
variation / deviation
Failure of cargo gear / heavy lift
Interpretation and use of B
A precautions
information contained on charts
IMDG code / documentation /
Large and small-scale charts /
B dangerous goods - segregation and B
routeing charts
marking / DOC
Notice to mariners A
Issues relating to bridge visibility B
Navigation warnings / EGC / MSI B Loading and discharging
B
Ship reporting systems B precautions

Tidal calculations / chart datum A Loading bulk cargoes including the

B
loading of high-density cargoes
Various methods of obtaining
A Maintaining cargo watch / B
compass errors
maintaining records
Various methods of obtaining
B Ship - shore checklist / bulk cargo
position lines C
publications
Stress and Stability
Special types of cargoes and cargo
C
Effect of density on draft A vessels e.g. livestock
FWA / DWA calculation A Statutory requirements / testing and
B
inspection of equipment / records
Free surface effect / angle of loll A
Tanker operations / tanker
IMO minimum stability criteria A definitions / Inert gas / tanker B
publications
Damage stability B
Ship Handling
Knowledge and use of shipboard
stability information / use and testing B Effect of UKC on ship's
of loading instrument A
manoeuvrability
Knowledge of different types of Effect of wave impact on vessels
shipboard stresses / shear force / A A
structure
bending moments
Dangers of synchronous and
Knowledge of loading / ballasting B
A parametric rolling
techniques to reduce stress

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Embarking / disembarking pilot A assistance

Launching rescue/survival craft in Means of controlling fire / flooding

A B
adverse weather onboard ship
Mooring and unmooring / dredging Onset of heavy weather / TRS /
A A
anchor avoidance of TRS
Preparations for anchoring / Principles of damage control B
choosing anchorage / anchoring in A
adverse weather / dragging anchor Response to emergency in port A

Preparations for anchoring / Dry Docking

choosing anchorage / anchoring in A Preparations for docking and
adverse weather / dragging anchor B
stability issues
Preparations for heavy weather / Procedure prior to leaving dock B
handling a vessel in adverse A
weather conditions Types of docks C
Reversible and CPP propellers / Search and Rescue
C
bow thrusters
Communications B
Ship & tug interaction / safety of tug A SAR publications / IAMSAR manual A
Ship Handling SAR procedures B
Ship squat / factors affecting squat / Use and testing of SARTs, EPIRBs A
A
UKC / bank effect / interaction
Use of RADAR for SAR B
Turning ship short round /
transverse thrust / use of anchor for A Essential Shipboard Equipment and Machinery
manoeuvring
Anchors and cables / davits / life boat
C
Prevention of Pollution falls / pilot ladders

Action to be taken in event of a Knowledge of survival techniques B

A
pollution incident
Maintenance of bilges and ballast
C
Action to be taken to prevent tanks
A
pollution
Maintenance records / planned
B
Applicable Australian legislation B maintenance
Lifeboat release and retrieval systems
Garbage management plan / / launching procedures / organising A
B
garbage record book musters and drills
Precautions while bunkering A Practical knowledge of associated
safety aspects and precautions B
SOPEP / MARPOL & annexes B related to operating equipment
Emergency Situations / Response and Practical operation of various types of
Equipment B
shipboard firefighting and lifesaving
Action in event of grounding / equipment / EEBD’s
B
collision Types of fire detection systems C
Action to be taken in event of piracy B Use of SCBA / Emergency fire
A
Being taken in tow / use of pumps / Emergency shut-offs
B
emergency towing equipment Watertight integrity of the ship / hatch
covers / ship side openings / bow & A
Distress / urgency / safety
A stern doors
messages
Rules of the Road
Helicopter procedures B
Collision avoidance using radar A
MOB / rescue of persons in water B
Masters obligation to render A

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IALA Maritime Buoyage System –
Region A
RADAR plotting B
Rule 19 A
Rules 1, 2, 3 & Annexes A
Rules 20 - 31 A
Rules 32 - 35 A
Rules 4 - 18 A
English Language
Ability to communicate to a
satisfactory standard in the English A
language

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