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BULK CARRIER VESSEL CLASS

- HANDYSIZE (35,000 to 60,000 DWT)
- HANDYMAX (50,000 to 60,000 DWT)
- PANAMAX/NEW PANAMAX ( 65,000 to 80,000 DWT ) ( 65,000 to 120,000 DWT)
- CAPESIZE ( 170,000 DWT )
- VLOC ( Very Large Ore Carrier 200,000 DWT )
- VLBC ( Very Large Bulk Carrier 200, 000 DWT )
- CHINAMAX ( 400,000 DWT )

OIL TANKER VESSEL CLASS

- HANDYSIZE (35,000 to 60,000 DWT)
- PANAMAX/NEW PANAMAX ( 65,000 to 80,000 DWT ) ( 65,000 to 120,000 DWT)
- AFRAMAX Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA) ( 80,000 to 120,000 DWT )
- SUEZMAX ( 80,000 to 160,000 DWT )
- VLCC ( Very Large Crude Carrier 320,000 to 400,000 DWT)
- ULCC ( Ultra Large Crude Carrier 320,000 to 400,000 DWT)

CONTAINER VESSEL CLASS

- SMALL FEEDER ( 1,000 TEUs )
- FEEDER ( 1,001 to 2,000 TEUs )
- FEEDERMAX ( 2,001 to 3,000 TEUs )
- PANAMAX ( 3,001 to 5,100 TEUs )
- POST PANAMAX ( 5,101 to 10,000 TEUs )
- NEO PANAMAX ( 10,000 to 14,500 TEUs )
- SUEZMAX ( 12,000 TEUs )
- POST SUEZMAX ( 18,000 TEUs )
- ULCV ( Ultra Large Container Vessel 14,501+ TEUs )

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. A pleasant day to you sir!
3. The person in front of you is a fresh graduate of DCLC, with a Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation, who joined different clubs and
organizations.
4. 2. Why should we hire you?
5. You should hire me because I strongly believe that I am a competent graduate of
DCLC and I am very confident with my skill and knowledge for my apprenticeship
training. I also have the necessary training certificates and documents that are
required for my Cadetship.
6. 3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
7. I believe that my greatest strength in life is my determination to strive hard
in order to fulfill my dreams and my family.
8. My greatest weakness is that I am afraid to fail. But as I fail, I learn from my
mistakes.
9. 4. Why do want to be an officer onboard?
10. I want to be an officer on board because I believe that I can use my leadership
skills in order to motivate and inspire my fellow seafarers to make them also a
leader.
11. 5. What can you say about your course?
12. I can say that my course is a challenge to me. Every day I learn new things. It
makes me become a better person, a knowledgeable person.
13. 6. How many years do you want to be a Captain?
14. 7. How long will you work in our company?
15. I believe that is a give and take, and an opportunity to be in this company. So
I will stay in this company as long as the company needs my service.
16. 8. What is a seaman?
17. Seaman is what we all know as a seafarer. A seafarer is a person who navigates
waterborne vessels or assists as a crewmember in their operation and maintenance.
18. 9. What is the reason why do you want to be a seaman?
19. The main reason why I became a seaman is not to travel around the world but to
be a successful captain.
20. I want to work onboard the vessel and help my family.
21. 10. What are the pros and cons of being a seafarer?
22. 11. What motivates you to become a seafarer?
23. My greatest motivation is my dream to become a world-class captain.
24. 12. How will you surpass the challenges and difficulties of being a seafarer?
25. Hardwork and Prayer. You need to work hard in order to become a competent
marine engineer and Pray to God Almighty for guidance and strength.
26. 13. What is leadership?
27. Leadership is the ability to inspire or influence others toward the leader's
goal. Leaders have followers. If someone has followers, he or she is a leader.
28. 14. What is your favorite subject? MARPOL
29. 15. Tell me about your favorite subject.
30. SAFETY:
31. 1. What is safety?
32. Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected against
physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational,
psychological, educational, or other types or consequences of failure, damage,
error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable.
Safety is a state in which hazards and conditions leading to physical,
psychological, or material harm are controlled in order to preserve the health and
well-being of individuals and the community.
33. Safety is ABC- Always Be Careful
34. Safety is free from the occurrence of danger or any kind of risk.
35. 2. What is Marpol?
36. Marpol 73/78 is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978.
37. 3. What are the annexes of Marpol?
38. I – Oil
39. II- Noxious Liquid Substance
40. III – Packaged Form
41. IV- Sewage
42. V-Garbage
43. VI- Air
44. 4. What are the four pillars of IMO?
45. STCW-Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping(1995)
46. SOLAS- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an
international maritime safety treaty.
47. MARPOL- Marpol 73/78 is the International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978.
48. MLC- Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 was established in 2006 as the fourth
pillar of international maritime law and embodies "all up-to-date standards of
existing international maritime labor Conventions and Recommendations, as well as
the fundamental principles to be found in other international labor Conventions".
49. 5. How many miles can you throw garbage onboard?
50. Plastic – Prohibited
51. Floating dunnage, lining, and packing materials – 25 nm
52. Paper, rags, glass – 3nm
53. Paper, rags, glass(ground) – 12 nm
54. Food waste – 12 nm
55. Food waste(ground) – 3 nm
56. 6. What are the steps to be done when there is a fire inside the engine room?
57. Raise the alarm
58. Inform the bridge
59. Locate/use a fire extinguisher or fire hose
60. 7. What is a fire triangle and its composition?
61. Heat
62. Fuel
63. Oxygen
64. 8. What are the appropriate fire extinguishers to be used in case of fire (the
interviewer will cite an example or situation)
65. A(Wood/Paper) – CLASS A
66. B(Flammable Liquid)- CLASS B
67. C(Electric)- CLASS C
68. D(Metal)- CLASS D
69. 9. How will you encourage your team to follow safety precautionary measures and
best working practices onboard?
70. 10. How will you maintain safe working practices onboard?
71. 11. What are ECA and SECA?
72. Emission control areas (ECAs), or sulfur emission control areas (SECAs), are
sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimize airborne
emissions from ships as defined by Annex VI of the 1997 MARPOL Protocol.
73. 12. What is ORB?
74. Oil Record Book
75. 13. The minimum amount of oxygen a human needs when entering enclosed spaces?
76. between 19.5% and 23.5%
77. Four Cardinal Directions?
78. North, South, East, West
79. What is the compass?
80. A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation
and geographic orientation.
81. What is TEUs?
82. A TEU or Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit is an exact unit of measurement used to
determine cargo capacity for container ships and terminals.
83. Vessel Sizes?
84. Handysize, Handymax. Supramax, Panamax, Post Panamax, Capesize, VLOC ( Very
Large Ore Carrier ) ULCC ( Ultra Large Crude Carrier )

85. TECHNICAL (ENGINE)

86. 1. What is Marine Engineering?
87. The Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering is a 4 year degree program that
centers on the construction, operation, and maintenance of different kinds of
marine vessels such as cargo ships, cruise ships, fishing boats, battleships and
submarines.
88. This program aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will
enable them to operate and maintain the different machineries installed in marine
vessels, including the propulsion plant, adjunct and auxiliary machinery,
electrical and refrigeration systems.
89. 2. What are the duties and responsibilities of an engine cadet on board?
90. Chief Engineer- is responsible to the master for the satisfactory operation of
all machinery and equipment.
91. 2nd Engineer- Is responsible for the practical upkeep for the Chief Engineer to
keep a watch. Under incharge/instruction/supervise of the Chief Engineer. Like
Planning of works, Repair and maintenance, and incharge of the engine room.
92. 3rd and 4th Engineer- are usually senior watchkeepers or engineers in charge of
the watch. Follow instruction of the 2nd Engineer. Repair and maintenance.
Watchkeeping engineers.
93. Engine Cadet-is the most junior personnel in Engine department. He is
responsible to take a Job order to 2nd Engineer
94. 3. Differentiate diesel and gas engine.
95. They are both internal combustion engines designed to convert the chemical
energy into mechanical energy
96. Diesel Engine-Mixed with air
97. -with fuel injector that produce combustion. To burn, heat of compression must
be applied
98. Gas Engine- Using spark plug to produce heat.
99. 4. What is Four Stroke Diesel Engine?
100. 4 cycles 2 revolution
101. 5. What is Two Stroke Diesel Engine?
102. 2 cycles 1 revolution
103. 6. What is the difference of Four Stroke from a Two Stroke and vice verse?
104. 4 stroke- 4 cycles 2 revolution
105. 2 stroke- 2 cycles 1 revolution
106. 7. Explain the cycles of four stroke and two stroke.
106.1. In a 2-stroke engine, all five functions of the cycle are completed in only
two strokes of the piston (or one revolution of the crankshaft). In a 4-stroke
engine, the five functions require four strokes of the piston (or two revolutions
of the crankshaft).
107. 8. The advantages and disadvantages of Four-Stroke and Two-Stroke.
108. A two stroke engine can produce twice the amount of power (and makes twice as
much noise).Two stroke engines are simpler and cheaper to manufacture compared to
four stroke engines because of their simpler design.
109. Four stroke engines are longer lasting than two stroke engines that don't have
a dedicated lubricating system. Four stroke engines are more fuel efficient and
environmentally friendly when compared to two stroke engines that also create an
unpleasant smell.
110. 9. What is Refrigeration?
111. Refrigeration is a process of moving heat from one location to another.
112. 10. Draw and explain the refrigeration cycle.
113. Compressor-compresses the refrigerant
114. Oil water separator-remove oil and water
115. Receiver (optional)
116. Evaporator-place where absorption of heat occurs
117. Condenser-cools refrigerant after compressing
118. Expansion valve-controls the flow of refrigerants to the evaporator
119. 11. What is the difference between a purifier and clarifier?
120. Both are used in a separation process
121. Purifier- two liquids of different densities are separated using a centrifuge
122. Clarifier-when the same centrifuge is used to separate solid impurities from
the fuel.
123. 12. What are pumps and cite the types of pumps and their use?
124. A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes
slurries, by mechanical action. Pumps can be classified into three major groups
according to the method they use to move the fluid: direct lift, displacement, and
gravity pumps.
125. Positive displacement pump- No more priming ex. Gear pump, screw pump,
reciprocating pump.
126. Rotor dynamic pump- Needs Priming ex. Centrifugal Pump.
127. 13. Parts of the Main Engine.
128. Camshaft, Crankshaft, Piston, Inlet and outlet valve, combustion space,
Connecting Rod, Cylinder Liner, Cylinder Case.
129. 14. Define the parts of the main engine and their functions.
130. 15. What is series?
131. A series circuit has more than one resistor (anything that uses electricity to
do work) and gets its name from only having one path for the charges to move along.
It is that components are connected end-to-end in a line to form a single path for
electrons to flow
132. 16. What is parallel?
133. A parallel circuit has more than one resistor (anything that uses electricity
to do work) and gets its name from having multiple (parallel) paths to move along.
There are many paths for electrons to flow, but only one voltage across all
components.
134. 17. The difference between a series and parallel?
135. 18. Is a Christmas lights a series connection? Series
136. 19. What the difference between a direct current and alternating current?
137. DC is defined as the “unidirectional” flow of current; current only flows in
one direction.
138. Alternating current describes the flow of charge that changes direction
periodically.
139. 20. Cite examples of direct and alternating current?
140. Your Refrigerator, washer and dryer, oven, lights, use AC.
141. Your cell-phone, wireless phone, flashlight use DC.
142. 21. Examples of machine shop tools and their functions
143. Drilling- is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or enlarge a hole
of circular cross-section in solid materials.
144. Welding- used to join to two metals.
145. Lathe- is a machine tool that rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform
various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation,
facing, turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object
with symmetry about an axis of rotation.
146. Grinder- is a grinding tool with abrasive wheel
147. 22. What is welding?
148. Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually
metals or thermoplastics, by causing fusion, which is distinct from lower
temperature metal-joining techniques such as brazing and soldering, which do not
melt the base metal.
149. Boiler-is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water.
Produce steam used also for heating fuel oil, lube oil, and other plants to
maintain the viscosity for combustion.
150. Types of boiler
151. Fire tube - consist of large tubes for low pressure heating plants and the
product of combustion pass through the inside of the tubes, and outside the tubes
is surrounded by water.
152. Water tube - constructed with small tubes and efficient production of higher
steam pressure, where the water is contained inside the tubes, with product of
combustion passing around the outside of the tubes.
153. Hand Tool - hand tool is any tool that is not a power tool – that is, one
powered by hand rather than by an engine.
154. Ex. Hammer, Pliers, screwdrivers, Chisel, Star screw, hacksaw, wrenches
155. Power Tool is a tool that is actuated by an additional power source and
mechanism other than the solely manual labour used with hand tools
156. Ex. Grinder, drills, chainsaw, joiners, jointers, lathes, chainsaw, Impact
wrench, Pneumatic wrire brush, jet chisels, chainblock, nail gun
157. Basic Conversion
158. 1 foot (ft) – 12 inches
159. 1 Inch=2.54cm
160. 1 yard (yd)-3 feet
161. 1 Kg=2.2 lbs
162. 1 mile- 1.6km
163. 1 knot =1 nm/hr
164. 1 nm = 1.852km
165. Parts of the Piston- piston, piston rod, piston ring.
166. Propeller- A mechanical device for propelling a vessel consist of revolving
shaft
167. Ballasting- pumps sea water into empty storage tanks when the ship is very
light.
168. ENGINEERING MATERIALS
169. Metals and Non-metals
170. METALS-are having high thermal and electrical conductivity
171. 2 Groups
172. Ferrous Metals-are having IRON as common element. High Permeability
173. Ex. Cast Iron, Steel, Silicon Steel
174. Non Ferrous-Having low permeability.. Support the formation of magnetic field.
175. Ex. Silver, Copper, Gold, Aluminum
176. NON-METALS-are non crystalline in nature. Bad conductor of heat and
electricity
177. Ex. Rubber, Plastic, Leathers
178. Metals and Alloys
179. METALS-are polycrystalline bodies which have number of differentially oriented
fine crystals
180. ALLOYS-Composition two or more metal or metal and non-metal (ex. Steel, brass,
bronze)
181. CERAMIC MATERIALS-are nonmetallic solids made of inorganic compounds(oxide,
nitrides, silicides) (ex.glass,cement,silica)
182. ORGANIC MATERIALS- having carbon as a common element.(ex. Plastic, synthetic
rubbers)
183. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
184. Hardness-resist wear, abrasion and cutting
185. Plasticity-it is plastic if it is very soft and easily deformed and does not
return to original shape after deformin
186. Brittleness-permits no permanent deformation before breaking(break instantly)
187. Ductility-ability to deform under tensile stress
188. Malleability-ability to deform under compressive stress
189. Toughness- a material will break under a sudden impact.