Second Engineer Practical Evaluation Questionary.

1. What is the meaning of MOMs and GIs.

Give name of most important MOMs and GI concerning 2nd Engineer duties:
- Gas Detection calibration and test.
- Operations near Aramco facilities and inside 500 m zone.
- Mud handling onboard;
- Etc.

2. Responsibility of Second Engineer’s duties onboard ship ?

3. Vessels Particular, Type, DWD,GRT, HP,KW
4. How many and Type, power of Main Engine, Manufacture
5. How many AE, Type and Power, Manufacture
6. How many Shaft Generators, Power, Manufacture

7. How to describe meaning of AHTSS; PSV; MPSV; AMS;UMS; EEBD; EPIRB;

SART; GPS; DGPS;
Ensample: AHTSS – Anchor handling tug supply, stand-by vessel.
PSV – platform supply vessel.

8. GMDSS- How to check Main and Battery power supply 220 and 24 V?
To show how to test batteries by switching off main power 220 V?
Where from alarm of GMDSS Low Battery Voltage coming – Audible and visible?

9. H2S and CH4 – Calibration procedure. To show Test Gas bottle, connection
hose to the sensor. In case of reading deviates more than 10% from stated on
cylinder contents – need to re-calibrate (MIM…). Periodical Calibration Period by
authorized technician – 3 months for Fixed and Portable Gas Detectors.
Crew – weekly check and log.
H2S – in PPM; High Alarm = 10PPM; HH Alarm = 20 PPM.
LEL- in %. LEL = Low Explosion Level = Check System setting.
- Certificates and Calibration Date?
- External Alarm siren – location and How many?
- How many sensors on board?
H2S gas properties: heavier than air; Explosive, Poisoning. Everybody reports to
the bridge ASAP, including CE. BA sets activated immediately.

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 Why we need to stop ER ventilation? - To prevent over speed and explosion of
MEs / AEs.

10. Fire Detection System - How to Disable the Faulty zone. Do it by yourself in
real. How to Re-connect the Faulty Zone. Period of test and certification by
external technician – 1 year, Crew make weekly test with log in order to cover all
sensors within 3 month. Where temperature sensors to be installed? What is
the setting of temperature sensor?
In laundry – 60C;
Galley – 60 C;
In ER (above the engine) – 70 C.
How do you test temperature sensor? And Hit sensor?

11. Emergency Stop buttons on the Bridge and on Deck and Accommodation: ME;
AE; FO transfer; Dirty Oil and Bilge pump; Mud transfer; BT; ST; ER Fans;
Accommodation fans; Dry bulk compressors; Location

12. Operation Emergency Flap of ER, how many, auto and manual operation

13. CO2 Smothering System – How to activate - need to know procedure.

Sequence and events to explain every step:

- How many CO2 System on Board

- How many and Where Alarm?
- Who gives command for activation?
- Close all vent flaps;
- Check according to crew list all persons are evacuated from ER.
- Opening cabinet door, alarm sounds where?
- Opening main Valve - ER Fan stops. Time delay how it works?
- What to be opened first - main valve or Bottles valves? And why?
- What is inside CO2 control cabinet? What is the function of inside equipment?
- How is interlock functioning in the control cabinet?
- Manual activation of main valve and Bottle valves and How many?

13a. Fire-Extinguishing Systems on board. Their location

- Types of portable extinguishers;

- Class of Fire to be extinguished for (A, B, C);
- Types and locations for extinguishing systems on board (CO2, Mist Spray
system);

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14. EEBD – what is it for? How long it can provide the air?

15. Alarm Signals:

- Fire alarm;
- General alarm;(Fire Alarm)
- Abandon ship alarm
- Man Overboard Alarm; (Thee long)
- Gas alarm (2 long; 1 short)

16. Fire in ER. What is you action and duties?

- Raise alarm by pushing call point
- Try to apply extinguisher depending on the type of fire: el. equipment; oil; etc.
- Activate QCVs and emergency stops for equipment.
- Fire team will be ready in few minutes.
- Start fire pumps and cool down bulkheads;
- Stop ventilation;
- If it is impossible to fight fire by fire team - evacuate people, close up all flaps,
and wait for Captain’s command to activate CO2.
- Emergency Fire Pump Operation, Start Bouton Location

17. FI- FI system – how to start and operate. Pressure, Capacity and throw distance
to know. (Port side has Full and reduced capacity on many vessels).
- Both have Jet and Fog mode.
- Manual/Local operation FIFI System
- Manual operation of FIFI monitor
- PLC sequence interlocks.
- Why discharge valve has time delay before opening.
- LO pressure and Clutch In pressure.
- Emergency stop

18. Dry bulk system.

- How many Tank and Capacity?
- How to load and discharge.
- Air Dryers.
- Emergency stops.
- Manual operation of the valves.
- Purge valve operation, % of opening.
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 - Barite; Cement; Bentonite - Specific Gravity
- Check List and step by step operations of the system.

19. Main Engines; Auxiliary engines; Bow Thrusters: Maker, Type; Capacity; RPM
(Idle and CRPM).
- ME and AE start & stop procedure.
- ME & AE & Emergency Stop
- Alarms of ME and AE
- Shut downs of ME and AE. - How to test
- BT/ST – auto changeover of power supply if one Engine tripped

20. MSB – Main Switch Board. Bus A. B, C, D.

Parallel on/off AE auto and manual
Parallel on/off Shaft Generator
Bus Tie Circuit breakers. Operational mode and status of bus Tie breakers:
Maneuvering operation; underway operation, Cargo operation; DP operation.
Black out procedures, what happened in case of black out:
Main Engine can run without MSB power? What about Cooling pumps? Oil
pumps? CPP pumps? Gear box pumps?
Bow thrusters motors take power from Shaft Generators. What about hydraulic
pumps and control cabinet power? Where they take power from?
After Black out how Restart System? How many volts Power supply?

21. FRC – who is launching FRC boat? What kind of lowering provided onboard: by
el. motor, by hydraulic motor, by gravity?
Emergency release handle.
Luffing OUT and IN operation of hydraulic cylinder
Start/Stop Engine

22. EDG- how to test start and simulate black out. What kind of equipment received
power from ESB? Instruction how to start EDG. By hand start engine. How often
crew make test? QCV of FO tank to be check.
23. DC power supply.
- GMDSS batteries location and test.
- 24 V control power Source. Feeder line coming from where?
- Location of batteries. Weekly maintenance and log.
- Emergency light batteries location? How to make test of emergency lights?

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24. Water Tide doors. Operation and alarms. How many and Location? If
hydraulically driven to show hydro accumulator operation.
Alarm and Remote operation from the bridge and local of alarm

25. QCV – Principal of operation: pneumatic or hydraulic? Alarm in case of

pneumatic? Location? How many? And Operation.
Show QC valve position according to nameplate.

26. Emergency Operation:

- ME Gear Box
- CPP: (establish communication between ER and bridge, change over for local
control, describe how to operate with hand pump in case of electric pump fault)
- Steering Gear, manual operation. Communication between ER and bridge.

27. STP = sewage treatment plant. What type and capacity. Overboard valve to be
closed in port and locked and Location. Compressors operation. Chlorine tablets
and UV sterilizer to show. Position discharge line and valve from sewage store
tank?
28. FW System, how many tanks? Operation of Hydrophore, pump, air supply. Hot
FW System. Piping line and filers.

29. OWS = oily water separator.

- Try out, Start/stop

- Can we use OWS in Gulf water? – Answer is NO. All Sludge, Dirty oil and
Bilge waters need to load into empty drums and to send ashore.
- But Class requires OWS and 15 ppm equipment to be 100% operational.
- To show 15 ppm alarm and 3-way valve operation.
- To show 0 ppm readings with clean water flow.
- Type of filters in use.

30. NS5 and PMS and Inventory & Critical spare parts list to be updated and
Location
- Engine Log Book and Eng. Draft book
- All Check List weekly and Monthly, Location
- Spare part of Machinery, Location

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 31. Mud System, cargo and circulation pump & tank: quantity and particulars. To be
familiar with system. OBM, WBM, SAFRA, BRINE. What is difference?

PROCEDURE FOR RECEIVING / DISCHARGING / RECIRCULATION OF MUD

PRODUCT :

1) Oil Based Mud (OBM).- Specific Gravity : 80-90 PCF ( Pounds per Cubic Feet –
lb/ ft3 ) – ( 1.28 to 1.44 gm/mL)
2) Water Based Mud. – Specific Gravity : 130 PCF ( pounds per Cubic Feet – lb
/ft3) –( 2.082 gm/ mL)

Note: Density: 1 g/ mL = 62.4 lb/ft3

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT:

1) Discharge Head to the Installations: Approx.: 30 mtr from Pump located in

Engine room. (H x Density = 8 bar).
2) Main Mud Pump Rating: 75 m3 / hr, @ 75 mtr Head, 2900 rpm, 95 Kw.
3) Recirculation Pump Rating? ( As per ARAMCo Contract Requirement)
4) Agitator Ratings? (As per ARAMCo Contract requirement)

31. Karm fork and Towing pins, describe how to operate (from Bridge and On
deck) and Emergency operation.
32. Bow Thruster and Stern Thruster Emergency Operation, manual operation,
troubleshooting of thrusters. How many, Type, Power and Manufacture.

33. Bunkering Operation: check list, scuppers, bunkering plan, Engine Team
duties during bunkering, Bunkering-preparations during DP, procedure,
reporting, crew responsibilities. At Port bunker operation. Safety procedure.
What precautions are taken?
34. Total Capacity of the Tanks:
- Fresh Water
- Drill water
- Fuel Oil
- MUD
- FOAM

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 - Dispersant
- Dry Bulk;

35. Locations and number of pumps in Engine Room and Capacity?

36. Bilge System, Bilge well sensors - quantity and location and Dirty Oil System,
location and operation. Capacity of Tank?

37. Emergency Bilge Suction of Engine room, how operation and location of the
valve. To be familiar with system.

38. AIR System, operation, location of the valve.

39. DP operation preparations (power management; fuel system; cooling system

checks and checklist).

40. DP system: type; class of redundancy; type of reference system (DGPS, CyScan,
RADARSCAN) and location of all components.

-DP check list,

-Advantage and disadvantages of DP.
-Six freedoms of vessel movement.
-Heading reference.
-Vertical reference Unit.-VRU or MRU (location and how many)
-How many wind sensors.
-Joystick control mode.(how many?)
-Position Reference system, how many, type, name and principles of operation.
-Failure modes of Reference system.
-GPS and DGPS, what is different. Performance and critical aspects of DGPS.

-FMEA.(MSB sections status according to the FMEA). Bus tie breakers status.

-RCU unit, input/output modules, I/O unit location and terminals connection
drawings), procedure to restart of DP (from DP cabinet).
-How many modules in DP Cabinet;
-Power system protection.
-Status of Thrusters during worst case scenarios.
- Positions of BUS TIE breakers.
-DP Critical Spare Parts (location and inventory)

41. UPS: UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY. TEST: how to check UPS

performance and batteries operational time? What time DP system should work from
batteries? = 30min/

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42. DO and LO Purifiers: capacity, demonstrate operation.

43. Which type of water treatment do you use for ME, AE,

- How make it Test of Water or Coolant

- Test kit, location

(For CAT engines: ELC = EXTENDED LIFE COOLANT; SUPPLEMENT

COOLANT ADDITIVE; HOW TO USE EACH COOLANT).
FOR NIIGATA DIESEL ENGINES: UNITOR ROCOR NB LIQUID. (WHAT PARA
CAN BE FINDING WITH TEST KIT.) Prevent scale and corrosion.

44. Weekly TESTS

a) Bilge alarms
b) EG start
c) QCV check is monthly, but weekly can check 1 or 2 groups.
d) Oxygen and acetylene bottles
e) Welding equipment check
f) Battery check
g) CO2 equipment check and main v/v try-out.
h) Sliding doors
i) Fire detection system check
j) FRC – engine test. Battery check of boat
All critical and Non Operational equipment according to PMS test list.

45. Emergency cooling systems.

- Show valves and pumps.

- Emergency cooling of ME and AE.

- Back wash system for heat exchangers of Engine

46. Synchronizing of generators criteria’s

The alternator must have equal voltage, frequency, phase sequence. Connection
moment: matching of phase angle of connecting generator and bus bars.

47. MSB alarms:

- high voltage
- low voltage;
- high frequency;

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 - low frequency;
- preference trip;
- insulation low;
- DC 24V source fail;
48. Reverse power.

Reverse power protection is applied to prevent the generator acting as a motor in the
event of reduced power of the prime mover. Reduced power may be accidental due to
mechanical cause. On diesel generator sets it is still important to trip the circuit breaker
in order to reduce the load imposed on remaining set; this one will be probably
overloaded anyway due to the loss of a generator and an additional motoring load of up
to 20% of the rating of one machine should be removed as quickly as possible.

49. AIR CONDITION SYSTEM and REFRIGARATOR SYSTEM

- How operation, location.

- Control of Temperatures

- SW cooling of AC and Refrigerators

50. Location of Cargo Manifold FW, DW, FO and Bulk system on Deck and cargo
Manifolds filling/discharging line in Engine Room;

51. Describe the procedure for donning a SCBA set and what is the pressure of air in a
full cylinder, how long will it last under normal circumstances?

ULAR SCBA PROCEDURES FOR REGA TESTS:

- Main valve fully open (press & anti-clockwise)

- Low pressure sound signal test.

- try full face mask to check for leakage

- put on SCBA over head

- tighten all belts

- open cylinder valve

- put on face mask

- connect hose of mask to the regulator,

ON Regulator valve (max 1 min).

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 IN CASE OF GAS ALERT ALARM - PUT ON MASK IMMMIDATELY AND OPEN
MAIN VALVE.

REPPORT TO THE BRIDGE WITH FULLY ACTIVATED SCBA

SCBA OPERATIONAL TIME IS 30 MIN.

These questions collected from practical evaluation of Engineers and cannot be

considered as full scope of questions which might be asked by QA Inspector.

Second Engineer Candidate__________________________

Confirm that I was familiarized with all questions which included in this list and have a
clear understanding about operation of equipment and procedures.

Date:___________________ Vessel :
_________________________

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