REVIEW 1
Units 1-5
1. Announcement: The vessel
2. Crew ranks
3. Safety Equipment Regulations
4. Terminology Work
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1. Announcement: The vessel
Listen to the audio clip. The Master is making an announcement. Tick [] a, b, c or d. Then,
listen again and complete the chart that follows.
The Master…
a. announces a fire-fighting drill
b. takes new crewmembers on a familiarisation tour
c. gives new crewmembers details about the vessel and its safety equipment
d. dictates the vessel’s particulars
VESSEL'S NAME:
CALL SIGN:
TYPE OF VESSEL:
YEAR BUILT:
PORT OF REGISTRATION:
NUMBER OF CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD:
2. Crew ranks
A. Fill in the blanks. The first letter is given:
Onboard a Merchant Ship…
The Master:
acts as r________________ of the ship’s owner
The Chief Officer:
is the head of the d______________ department
The Second Officer (N_____________ officer):
corrects the charts and keeps everything up to date
The Third Officer (S_______________ officer):
is responsible for Life Saving Appliances (LSA), checks the lifeboats, rafts, lifebuoys etc.
The Engine Department:
ensures the smooth o_________________ of all propulsion machinery, power genera-
ting equipment and auxiliaries
The Catering Department:
is responsible for preparing meals, ordering food s_______________ and maintaining
living quarters.
B. Write up the words for some of the crew ranks you know.
C___f M__e S _ _ _ _ d E _ _ _ _ _ _ r D__k C___t
B _ _ _ n M______e S_____d
3. Safety Equipment Regulations
S
afety Equipment Information1: Read the following text and choose the correct word
for each gap.
1. requests / requirements / obligations / necessities
1. Source: Maritime Safety Queensland, 2008, page 7.
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2. inflatable / adaptable / convertible / compatible
3. spring / floating / towing / buoyant
4. Position / Place / Location / Point
5. evacuation / abandon / emergency / urgency
6. spotlight / torch / illumination / lantern
7. incidents / errors / happenings / disasters
8. figure / sum / profile / number
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4. Terminology Work
A. M
atch the following phrases to the pictures below. Then choose five of the pictures and
describe them. Talk about the places you can see/the activities that take place in par-
ticular places / the crew members and their responsibilities.
– Entrance to / View of the E/R – Superstructure fore
– Chart work – Maintenance on deck: painting
– Engine Control Room – Crew member checking inspectors' papers before boarding
– Forecastle – Master dealing with port authorities
– Cleaning in the E/R
(a) (b)
(c)
(d) (e)
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f) g)
h) i)
B. Choose the correct alternative.
1. The Mediterranean Sea _________ Europe and Africa.
a. increases b. stacks c. separates
2. To work as an Officer you must have a _________ Certificate of Competency (COC).
a. true b. valid c. real
3. The engineers ensure the _________ operation of machinery.
a. useful b. defective c. smooth
4. STCW is an international _________.
a. convention b. occupation c. recreation
5. What is your next port of _________?
a. visit b. berth c. call
6. After every drill, we have a drill _________ meeting.
a. revise b. review c. supervising
C. Wheel orders: Choose the correct order for each action.
1. Check the swing of the vessel’s head in a turn.
a. Swing her. c. Steady.
b. Meet her. d. Ease her.
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2. Hold rudder in the fore and aft position.
a. Fore to aft. c. Hold her.
b. Midships. d. Ease her.
3. Steer steady course on the compass heading.
a. Steady as she goes. c. Steer her.
b. Steady. d. Ease her.
4. Reduce the vessel’s swing rapidly.
a. Steady as she goes. c. Swing her.
b. Steady. d. Ease her.
5. Reduce the amount of rudder and hold.
a. Hold her. c. Steady as she goes.
b. Steady. d. Ease her.
D. Word-building. Write the correct derivatives of the words in brackets.
1. O fficers must make sure there is ____________________ access to the lifeboats. (OB-
STRUCT)
2. W hen it was built, everybody thought the Titanic was _______________________. The
disaster was a big shock to the international maritime community. (SINK)
3. A ccording to international ______________________, ports should have surveillance
systems for security reasons. (REQUIRE)
4. _____________________ gas is an extremely dangerous cargo. (EXPLODE)
5. T here are increased ______________________ measures against piracy in the Gulf of
Aden. (PREVENT)
6. I n order to increase the number of available holds, multi-purpose ships have
_____________________ ’tweendecks. (REMOVE)
E. Match the words to make correct collocations.
1. evacuation ________________ station
2. immersion ________________ range
3. eye wash ________________ suit
4. wide ________________ platform
5. offshore ________________ slide
6. harbour ________________ reef
7. helm ________________ city
8. passage ________________ orders
9. capital ________________ tug
10. coral ________________ planning
F. Write up the missing words in the following sentences. The first and last letters are given.
1. G
_______________d vessels are equipped with their own cargo cranes.
2. B
_______________k b______________k cargo is un/loaded piece by piece.
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3. T
o understand the depth on nautical charts you must refer to the chart’s sounding
d______________m.
4. T
here are two b_______________e systems applied to different areas in the world, IALA
A and B.
5. A nautical chart shows you if the s________________d is sandy, rocky, etc.
G. Match the two parts to produce compound words. Write them in the space provided.
Way- __________________ -line
Fair- __________________ -worthy
Check- __________________ -ware
Pipe- __________________ -point
Life- __________________ -boat
Sea- __________________ -list
Soft- ___________________ -way
H. Say what the following abbreviations stand for.
TSS ISM (Code)
TEU OPA
ECDIS VTS
ULCC SOLAS
ISPS (Code) VHF DSC
I. Guess the LSAs in the word grid below.
1. A sheet of material that can ex-
(3)
tinguish small fires; you find this
safety device in the galley.
2. S mall buoyant transmitter (4)
which automatically sends a
(1) (5)
distress message via satellites.
3. L ife ring; it supports a person (6)
in the water.
(2)
4. S mall inflatable boat, used to
abandon ship. R E S C U E B O A T
5. A device that protects your
breathing when there is not
enough oxygen or when there
is toxic gas in the atmosphere.
(abbreviation)
6. _ _________ flare: Pyrotechnic
device, using smoke to show
location in a survival craft.
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J. Tick the correct box: True or False?
True False
“Handymax” is a classification according to size.
An “ungeared” vessel does not need port facilities.
A refined product tanker carries crude oil.
Break bulk cargo is carried in dry bulk carriers.
An example of liquid bulk cargo is chemicals.
A TEU is a container with dimensions 8 × 8 × 60.
In a Ro-Ro, cars drive through the stern door.
K. Crossword.
Horizontally
1. s pace inside a ship for car-rying cargo.
3. t he raised “house” contai-ning the navigating bridge, etc.
7. after end of a vessel.
10. a wall that separates one part of a ship from another.
Vertically
2. another word for bow.
4. a short raised deck, right aft.
6. raised deck, right forward.
8. opening in the deck of a vessel.
11. I am a cadet _________ officer.
14. all navigational activities take place in it.
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