Program : Diploma III Pelayaran/ Deck Officer Class III (ANT III)

Department : Nautica
Function and : Navigation at the Operational Level/ STCW CODE Section A
Competence Code II/1
Semester : 3
Code of Subject : N.25 – 1.7.1; 1.7.2
Description : This subject discusses elementary / basic maritime level
English including the SMCP
Training outcome : Adequate knowledge of the English language to perform
English in spoken and written forms using standard marine
navigation vocabulary and IMO SMCP (standard marine
communication phrases)
Standard : The use of standard marine navigation vocabulary and IMO
Competence SMCP (standard marine communication phrases)
Basic Competence : Checking completion of tasks in routine operations
Topic : Check completion of tasks in routine operations; name the
manual tools and machines used in adequate work
Meeting : 5

A. Listening: Deck Maintenance Works

Watch and listen carefully the description of the deck maintenance works on this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJBX512QeHU

Task 1. Answer the questions below!

1. What are the maintenances that must be done on deck?
2. Why those maintenances are important?
3. Give your opinion about the deck maintenance works!

B. Reading & Terminology: Deck and Hull Maintenance

Chipping Tools and Brushes

Rust Scale removal by chipping, hammering, scaling and painting constitute the major portion
of hull maintenance and requires labour and costs. It is important to do chipping properly not
to allow rust again in the place where chipping was carried out once.
The removal of weld spatter, rust, or old paint from ironwork using a hammer and cold chisel
is called chipping.
Precautions before chipping

1. Has the Pre-meeting or Toolbox meeting carried out?

2. Is proper Personal Protective Equipment worn by the seaman?
3. Are the instruments, tools, and hoses being used not damaged?
4. Do the tools function properly?
5. Is the surface washed with fresh water and then sufficiently dried?
6. Salt, in particular, contributes to the peeling of paintwork. Once the flaking of paint
stats, it is troublesome to restore the situation. It is ideal to wash with fresh water
pressurized to 50-100 kg/cm2 if such a facility is furnished onboard.
7. Are proper scaffoldings and lighting provided?

Precautions during chipping

1. Consideration should be given so that the same person may not use the same
instrument for a long time, e.g. one should take different postures by shifting in
sequence from one type of job to another e.g. use of an air hammer, sweeping of the
place where chipping was carried out and the use of an air sander.
2. A sufficient distance from other workers should always be maintained, and no work
should be done in the direction where rust particles may fly.
3. Never forget lubricating air-driven tools. It advertises itself by heating immediately
when it runs short of oil.
4. The paper for the disk sander should be replaced after disconnecting the universal
coupling as a safety precaution.
5. Small rust scale should be removed by using a disc sander or cupped wire brush. The
surface must not be damaged by using an air hammer unnecessarily.

Precautions after chipping

1. The adjoining area which was sanded with a disc sander should be cleaned thoroughly
of iron powder which will adhere to it and turn it to rust red with the lapse of time.
2. The steel section damaged by chipping tends to rust very easily, compatible painting
should be applied with sufficient coats and thickness.
3. Lubricate the working parts by supplying a few drops of oil to pneumatic tools.

*Places where small rust has begun to form because of a thin coat (insufficient thickness),
should be re-coated rather than scaling to a film thickness of at least 350 microns.
(https://cultofsea.com/deck-work/chipping/)

Below are some brushes to clean and paint many things during the deck maintenance.

Task 2. Explain the cleaning activities on deck! Why are they important? What kind of tools
can we use?
C. Grammar: The Gerund

Look at the explanation in the box

The Gerund: a verb that functions as a noun

If you want to say what you feel about an activity, you can use the verbs
shown below and combine them with the Gerund (verb + ing).
Example: I like playing football very much
Love , Enjoy, Like, Don’t like, Dislike, Hate

It can be a noun as the subject and object

Sailing is my job , I don’t like fishing
Subject Object

Task 3. Find the gerund in the video about the deck maintenance works

D. Speaking & Phonology: Words Stress

Study this table.

Word Stress

We do not say each syllable of a word with the same force or strength. We always
stress one syllable in each word and say it very loudly and all the other syllables more
quietly.
And even if it is nearly the same word we often do not stress the same syllable.
Therefore it is important to learn the stress pattern of each word.

words shape No of syllables Stressed syllable

APPLY 2 2nd

APPLICATION 4 3rd

APPLICABLE 3 1st

1. Pay attention to the main stress in these words.

Master Container Deteriorate

Device Survivor Barometric
Address Transhipment Extinguisher
Advice Direction Identification
Embark Dangerous Prohibited
Forecastle Alongside Re-established
Transfer Favourable Restoration

Task 4: Performing dialogs using the correct words stress and gerund in describing deck
works