Marine Chief Engineer Science & Engineering Technicians

The fundamental principals and requirements laid in the International Regulation for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL): Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil, Regulations for the Control …

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Practical Guide to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

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Understand the functioning of electrical systems, their specifications, and application in operations and systems for the transportation of freight and people.

The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications. Apply this knowledge to ensure electronic equipment runs smoothly.

The study of electric energy, more specifically electron, control and its prominent principles regarding integrated circuits and electrical systems.

The internationally agreed-upon set of safety procedures, types of equipment and communication protocols used to increase safety and make it easier to rescue distressed ships, boats and aircraft.

Fundamental aspects of the international regulations to prevent collisions at sea, such as the conduct of vessels in sight of one another, navigation lights and markers, major light and accoustic …

Understand machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Detailed knowledge of the different physical components of the vessel. Provide maintenance and care to ensure optimal operations.

Understand principles of mechanical engineering, physics, and materials science.

Read and comprehend job-related reports, analyse the content of reports and apply findings to daily work operations.

Solve mathematical problems to achieve safe navigation.

Communicate transparent instructions. Ensure that messages are understood and followed correctly.

Evaluate and monitor the financial health, the operations and financial movements expressed in the financial statements of the company. Revise the financial records to ensure stewardship and governability.

Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet …

Communicate in English employing language used in actual situations on board ships, in ports and elsewhere in the shipping chain.

Maintain the engines and engine room equipment of a vessel. Conduct pre-checks prior to departure and ongoing examinations during the voyage.

Keep an up-to-date inventory for a vessel, including information on spare components, oil and fuel. Determine the amount of fuel that will be needed for a voyage; ensure that sufficient …

Maintain written records of events during a ship or aeroplane voyage.

Operate mechanical equipment on vessels; communicate with engineers if failures occur or should repairs be required during a voyage.

Operate and maintain the engine room of vessels. Operate the main engine room where the engine and propulsion machinery are located.

Execute on board repairs of vessel electrical systems. Resolve malfunctions without affecting the course of the journey.

Repair mechanical systems of vessels while on-board. Ensure that vessel malfunctions are repaired without affecting the voyage in progress.

The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.

The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects.

The processes used to prevent pollution: precautions to pollution of the environment, procedures to counter pollution and associated equipment, and possible measures to protect the environment.

The devices and systems used to extinguish fires; the classes and chemistry of fire.

Denomination of the different elements and equipment of fishing vessels.

Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove …

Discipline that applies principles of physics, engineering and materials science to design, analyse, manufacture and maintain mechanical systems.

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

The mechanics involved in boats and ships. Understand the technicalities and participate in discussions over related topics in order to solve problems related to the mechanics.

General risks occuring when working on fishing boats and specific risks occurring only in some fishing modalities. Prevention of threats and accidents.

Conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) concerning safety of life at sea, security and protection of the marine environment.

Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements.

Apply transport industry management concepts in order to improve transportation processes, reduce waste, increase efficiency, and improve schedule preparation.

Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.

Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are …

Inspect vessels, vessel components, and equipment; ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Apply mathematical methods and make use of calculation technologies in order to perform analyses and devise solutions to specific problems.

Choose the adequate substances and methods to extinguish fires depending on their size, such as water and various chemical agents. Use a breathing apparatus.

Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.

Test electrical equipment for malfunctions. Take safety measures, company guidelines, and legislation concerning electrical equipment into account. Clean, repair and replace parts and connections as required.

Check and repair electronic equipment. Detect malfunction, locate faults and take measures to prevent damage.

Observe principles in keeping an engineering watch. Take over, accept and hand over a watch. Perform routine duties undertaken during a watch. Maintain the machinery space logs and the significance …

Provide training and orientation to new team members, or assign this task to an appropriately experienced team member.

Supervise and observe the behaviour of employees.

Move through water by means of the limbs.

Organize and direct the operations of fire fighting, according to the ship's emergency plans to ensure safety.

Direct a fishery or aquaculture team and guide them towards the common goal of completing a variety of fishery related assignments or tasks.

Take care of the repair and maintenance of shipboard machinery, including the safe isolation of such machinery or equipment before personnel are permitted to work on it. Dismantle, adjust and …

Allocate, assign, and prioritise engine-room resources. Communicate effectively, showing assertiveness and leadership. Obtain and maintain situational awareness, considering of team experience.

Manage and maintain safety standards and procedures for maritime transport. Ensure that before dispatching any vessel, all regulations and standards are met. May also be required to operate as a …

Organize and manage emergency operations, flooding, abandoning ship, survival at sea, search and rescue of shipwrecked, according to the ship's emergency plans, to ensure the safety

Manage the operative mechanism of the marine diesel engines, steam turbines, gas turbines, and steam boilers.

Configure and operate electrical, electronic and control equipment.

Operate survival craft and their launching appliances and arrangements. Operate life-saving instruments like radio life-saving appliances, satellite EPIRBs, SARTs, immersion suits and thermal protective aids.

Operate principles of marine machinery, including marine diesel engine, steam turbine, boiler, shafting installations, propeller, various auxiliaries, steering gear, automatic control systems, and deck machinery. Follow safety and emergency procedures …

Operate pumps and piping systems, including control systems. Perform routine pumping operations. Operate the bilge, ballast and cargo pumping systems. Be familiar with oily-water separators (or-similar equipment).

Perform start-up and subsequent observation of the working parameters of the ship's propulsion system. Check the operating parameters of electric generators in the switchboard, power sources and electrical and electronic …

Operate rescue boats and survival craft. Launch the boats as required and operate their equipment. Take care of survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship. Use electronic devices to track …

Organise and monitor safety, applying the regulations for risk prevention at work. Organise and manage emergency operations such as flooding, abandoning ship, survival at sea, search and rescue of shipwrecked, …

Implement emergency measures of health care to sick and injured on board, according to established procedures to minimise potential injuries or illnesses.

Organise fire drills on board. Make sure that appliances for fire prevention fire-fighting are in working order. Take the appropriate action in case of fire, including fires involving oil systems.

Organize and monitor environment protection applying the regulations for pollution prevention at sea.