PART 2- DECK Cadet Duties AND Responsibilities PDF

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CAREER PHILIPPINES SHIPMANAGEMENT INC. QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT CAPE ESMERALDA NOVEMBER 2015- JANUARY 2016

CAPTAIN: CHIEF OFFICER: 2ND OFFICER: 3RD OFFICER

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

INTRODUCTION

An exhausted yet very fulfilling feeling is what I have right now. I am almost halfway through my first year of sailing. Day by day a new knowledge is being absorbed and a new challenge is always waiting but thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph. Before coming onboard, I always taught that I’m going to experience the hardest point of my life. But now it made me realize that I was totally wrong. Staying on a ship for a long time may be hard, but it is still bearable. And I’m really happy with what I’m going through right now. Though I miss my family I know that with me working here makes them proud and at the same time I can also provide them with a little help to their expenses. And I guess that’s one thing that brings smile to my face even in times of exhaustion. I’m about to submit this report for my 2 nd quarter onboard. I will try my best to show what I have learned during my first six months onboard. As a part of the training, I’m going to explain what I observed with the officers during underway, loading and discharging operations and tank cleaning which is ordinary part or the usual routine on a tanker vessel.

During underway SECOND OFFICER As we all know, a day is normally divided into three watches. 2400h to 0400h and from 1200h to 1600h is for 2nd officer and I’m usually together with him during his watch. When 2/0 checks the navigational equipments he also explains its uses in the easiest way as he can for me to understand easily the purpose of that navigational equipment. And as time passes by he also taught me to operate these equipments. And in this way I understand it more. He also taught me how to sight stars to find the gyro error which is also required every watch. Every hour the officer on watch writes the current position, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, sea temperature, barometric pressure, heading, speed, rpm and activities during the watch are being recorded on the bridge log book.

CHIEF OFFICER During 0400h to 0800h and 1600h to 2000h is the watch for chief officer. Chief is responsible for the cargo handling and the ships maintenance and is the ship’s safety officer. In the morning, he gives job order to bosun on what the ratings will do throughout the day and in the afternoon after the daywork, bosun reports the accomplishments they made to chief officer.

3RD OFFICER From 0800h to 1200h and from 2000h to 2400h is the watch for 3rd officer. 3/0 does the same things during his watch on the bridge. But during his vacant time, he proceeds to the safety lockers and checks all the safety equipments. I often accompany him sometimes. And he teaches me the things that I can use when I become a 3/0 someday. And aside from that he also does some paper works which he also taught me. For example is how to make crew declarations and storage declaration. And also about this port emergency contact list and even taught me where to find those contacts that are needed in times of emergency. And aside from that he explained to me what do we need to put on fire plans and where to put these PECL and Crew list onboard.

SHIP’S MAINTENANCE

The master is responsible for the seaworthiness of the vessel and must ensure that all national and international requirements regarding safety and pollution prevention are being complied with. Effective planning is required to ensure that the vessel, its machinery systems and its services are functioning correctly and being properly maintained, including dry-docking to maintain hull smoothness

Planned maintenance is primarily concerned with reducing breakdowns and the associated costs. Planned maintenance is of two kinds:

 Preventative maintenance is aimed at preventing failures or discovering a failure at an early stage.  Corrective maintenance is aimed at repairing failures that were expected, but were not prevented because they were not critical for safety or economy

Chief officer is responsible for ships maintenance aboard the ship. He is the one who gives instructions to the crews for their assigned job especially when it comes to maintenance and I as a cadet needs to take part of this maintenance, for me also to be familiar when it comes to repairing or doing such preventive maintenance.

At first I was only observing them while following and cleaning their loss paints and rusts. Then the bosun told me to start trying to paint. Then gradually h taught me to do chipping loss paints and rusts. Then I eventually learned this things without me knowing it. Its just a matter of practice and of course your love for your work. Passion is needed that even if nobody is watching you should do your job properly. Not for the sake of being good to the sight of your officer but for the sake of quality of your work.

All cadets who have served onboard will know that an area within the ship is designated to the deck cadet for maintenance and upkeep. Generally, one deck of the superstructure is assigned to the cadet. Maintenance of that includes overall cleanliness and reporting of any abnormalities within the area .

Assisting the ship’s bosun in everyday deck work is embedded into any cadet’s daily schedule. This is basically grounding work, seemingly unimportant at the start, but builds the framework for the coming years as an officer. Work on deck including chipping, painting, grinding etc. is carried out to maintain the structural integrity of the deck, along with some rope work that gives cadets the right aspect towards good seamanship

Also, as all cadets will tell you, the job of stenciling various parts on deck is the universal designated duty of a cadet.

LSA/FFA Maintenance

Thorough maintenance of the life saving appliances (LSA) and fire fighting appliances (FFA) is extremely important. Generally a part of the 3 rd Mate’s duties and responsibilities, this work is assigned to the cadets so that they learn the procedures of noting down expiry dates, carrying out repair work, checking for any defects, emailing the company for ordering new products etc. In the process, a cadet ends up learning a great deal about how each equipment functions and also a lot about the lifeboats, liferafts, pyrotechnics, SOLAS Regulations etc. 3rd officer used to take me together with him on monthly inspections of firer extinguishers and life saving apparatus. After the announcement in the morning that all life jackets, EEBD and immersion suits should be brought out from the cabin. We indivually check it one by one. From the lights to the whistle of the life jackets, the zipper of immersion suits and the pressure of the EEBD’s we check them all for the safety of the crew/ After drills, some of the breathing apparatus are used. And after being used we refill them with oxygen. We put them in a bucket then refill it until it reaches to the minimum requirement that a BA should have. We also check these fire hoses monthly. Cheking if there are some holes along hoses and check its nozzles. Some hoses that are not good for using are being stocked in a proper place and be thrown on shore facilities but before throwing them couplings should be removed so that it can be used for other hoses....