INTERVEW 3rd/E

PERSONNEL INFORMATION
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1 Can you introduce by yourself?

Good morning, I’m Nguyen Quoc Dat, I’m 35 years old. I live
in Hai phong. I am married, I have two children: one boy and
one girl.

2 What’s your full name?

Yes sir, my name is Nguyen Quoc Dat

3 When were you born?

I was born on the 26th.JUNE.1981

4 How old are you?

I am 35 years old sir

5 How many people are there in your family?

My family had 4 peoples

6 Are you married?

Yes, I am married (No, I am single)

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7 How many children have you got?
I have two children, one daughter, and one son

8 How long have you worked onboard as 3rd/E?

I work as the 3rd/E position about two years

9 How many ship have you worked onboard as 3rd/E?

I work as the 3rd/E on two Ships

10 What’s your last ship’s name?

The last ship’s name is Kakuyo No.5

11 What’s flag of your last ship?

The flag of our last ship is Panama

12 What’s the ship’s owner of your last ship?

The ship’s owner of our last ship is Dalian

13 What type of the main engine on the last ship?

The main engine type is Ningbo, china

14 What is the main engine power in your last ship?

Main engine power is about 1,762 kW

15 Can you tell me what kind of generator engines you have

operated?
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 Yes, generation engines I have operated are: Yanmar,
Daihatshu, ...

16 Do you have been worked with foreign crew?

No, I don’t have worked with foreign crews (Yes, I have ever
working with foreign crews)

17 Have you ever working with Chinese crew?

Yes, I had been working with Chinese crew

18 Have you ever been to China, Korea and Japan before?

Yes, I have been.

19 How many crews on the last ship?

There are 15 crews in the last ship, 12 Chinese crews, 02
Vietnamese crews, 01 Myanmar crew.

20 What’s your last ship operating area?

Our last Ship operating area is Asian

21 What kinds of your last ship?

The last ship is Bunk carrier/general cargo

SAFETY & SECURITY

1 Who’s the Safety Officer onboard?

The safety Officer on board is Chief Officer
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2 Which safety equipment onboard do you responsible?
The I responsible oily water separator, incinerator, … in the
engine room

3 What mean is ISM code (stand for)?

ISM CODE is mean “International Safety Management Code”

4 What is purpose of ISM?

The purpose of ISM is to protect the safety of people, ships
and the environment

5 What is SMS?
The SMS is Safety Management System

6 What mean is ISPS?

The ISPS CODE is International Ship and Port facility
Security Code.

7 What mean is SSO?

The SSO is Ship Security Officer

8 How do you know about security level?

There are total three security levels under ISPS code
- Level 1: Normal level
- Level 2: Heightened risk
- Level 3: Imminent danger

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9 How do you understand SSP?
The SSP is Ship Security Plan

10 Which precaution do you remind for all crew before

entering encloses space?
Before entering encloses space I must get:
Permission of Capt, C/E.
Must be ventilated enclosed space enough
Must have at least two people working together.
Must have gas masks
Prepare first aids equipment
Prepare communications

11 How do you manage waste garbage in engine room?

All kinds of garbage need to collect and separate to drum
follow MARPOL regulations, and keep it in garbage station.
All kinds of Garbage on Board are not discharged.

12 How many kind of Garbage Drum in engine room?

Garbage in engine room are classified to 3 kind of Garbage,
and each kind of Garbage are separated to each drum:
1. Paper products, Rags, Glass, Metal, Bottles, Crockery, etc.
2. Plastics including Styrofoam or other similar plastic
material etc.
3. Oily rags and others oil material

13 How many kinds of emergency drill on board? What are

they?
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 There are 8 kind drills on board, they are:
Fire fighting, Abandon ship, Emergency steering gear, Man
over board, Pirates attack, Main Engine Failure, Ship-
Company Emergency Drill

14 What is DP? Who is DP of your company?

The DP is Designated Person

DUTY OF 3rd/E

1 Can you tell me what your duty?

3rd/E assistant to the C/E, 2 nd/E and is in charge of the
Equipment, machinery, that I manage
Ensuring the machinery, Equipment are in charge by 3 rd.E to
operate safely, effectively.
To take part in the maintenance, overhaul and repair of
equipment and machinery in the engine room and on deck
Always ensure that there are enough spare part, store available
for maintenance and repair machinery, Equipment are in
charge by 3rd/E
Keeping Watch 0-4 & 12-16

2 What’s your duty onboard?

Regularly check machinery, equipments in engine room,

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 Make sure the operating condition of the machinery in the
engine room is in good condition, adject abnormal parameters
for the machineries, equipments

3 What do you do when you keep watch?

Regularly check machinery, equipments in engine room,
Make sure the operating condition of the machinery in the
engine room is in good condition, adjust abnormal parameters
for the machinery, equipments
Maintenance or repair equipments and machinery,

THE TROUBLE

1 Have you ever overhauled generator engine?

I have overhauled generation engine many times

2 Pls Tell me your schedule to overhaul generator engine

1. Report to C/E about overhaul generation engine, if C/E
agreed
2. Check spare parts, special tools, tools, …
3. Safety meeting to inform overhaul generation engine plan
to all engine crews,
4. Assignment duty to each crew member, advice crew
members the cause that can make trouble, unsafe for people
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5. To proceed to overhaul generation engine according to the
instructions book
9. Running test generation engine.
3 Pls, tell me How to start diesel engine
- Check level lub. Oil in crank case
- Pump lub. Oil by hand pump, then turning engine
- Air blow engine
- Remove fuel oil hand to running position
- Star engine
- Check all parameters of G/E: Pressure, temperature of lub.
Oil; cooling FW, engine speed, …

4 Tell me some name of diesel engine which you have

operated
I have operation some G/E: Yanmar, daihaisu, …

5 Describe the procedure to start an emergency Generator

1. To check the lube oil level in the crankcase and fuel oil
level in the tank.
2. To see whether there is any leakage.
3. To check the air pressure if the generator is the air started
model; and to check the battery voltage to see whether it is
normal if the generator is the battery start model;
4. Also to make sure there is any obstacles around the
machine.

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6 How do you maintain Emergency Battery?
I should fill in distilled water, or electrolyzed solution if
necessary and test the gravity of the specification periodically

7 Which machineries and spare parts should be in charge by

3rd Engineer
On my last vessel, I was in charge of the following machines
and the spare parts: Diesel genarator, emergency batteries,
fresh water generator, air conditioners, refrigeration units,
main switch board, electric parts of the deck machineries
(winch, windlass, hatch cover equipment) and some other
machines as designated by the Chief Engineer.

8 As the 3/E, what do you do to prepare for PSC inspection?

The Third Engineer is responsible for the fire fighting
equipment, life saving appliances and oil pollution prevention
equipment.
So in order to meet the inspection, under the leadership of C/E
and the Master, I have to make a detailed check on these
equipment to make sure that these equipment are in good
order.

9 What do you know the “SOPEP “?

The whole names of SOPEP is: Shipboard Oil Pollution
Emergency Plan. and Emergency Procedures Manual. The
SOPEP shall contain the following:
(1) Reporting oil pollution incident procedures of capt and
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 other persons in charge on board.
(2) List of Authority or persons to be contacted in the event of
pollution.
(3) Detailed description of actions to be taken immediately by
person on board to reduce oil pollution incident.
(4) List of oil spill response equipment to be maintained on
board. (Removers, sprayer, oil absorbent, saw dust, sand,
waste rags, scoop, shovels, buckets, bamboo brooms, portable
pump, protective clothing, portable containers).

10 What specifications of the oil can you get from the fuel oil
supplier receipt?
The following information of the fuel shall be available:
Density, viscosity, temperature as delivered, water, sulfur
content, flash point and so on.

11 Tell us briefly about the working principles of the purifier,

the oil water separator.
A: Purifier: The different gravity of two types of liquids:
water and oil.
under the action of centrifugal force the water will move the
outside of the bow while the oil, which is smaller in gravity,
shall move toward the center of the bow. This makes the
separation of the two liquids.
B. Oily water separator:
(1) Pump bilge water into first chamber: water-oil mixture
passes between inclined plates, the oil is lighter, so it floats,
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 the water is heavier, so it is at the bottom and enters 2nd
chamber
(2) At 2nd chamber, the water go through a fine filter
separation of water and oil,
(3) Water with oil content below 15ppm will be discharged
overboard and the oil was drained into sludge tank from 1 st &
2nd Chamber.

12 Why do you need to take lube oil sample for analysis?

During engine operation, the quality of the lubricant is
reduced, the bearings of the engine are worn, and metal
particles exist in the lubricant. Therefore, it is necessary to
analysis the lubricant every 3 months, to assess the properties
of the lubricant, and the condition of the engine bearings.

13 How to operate incinerator? What kind of garbage can not

be burned in the incinerator?
1. Drain water for sludge oil tank
2. Heating the sludge oil in the tank up to 90 0C to redue the
water content in sludge oil tank;
3. Start the incinerator. At the beginning, combustion sludge
oil with diesel oil, when the burner of incinerator is hot
enough, stop supplying diesel oil.
Attention: the temperature in combustion cannot be higher
than the limit temperature of the incinerator (usually not more
than 1200C).
The following garbage can not be burned in the incinerator:
- Any containers which have contained gases,
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 - The materials that may produce harmful gases;
- The materials that may produce high temperature and
prolonged incineration of such materials that may cause
damage to the incinerator.

14 When you do the watch keeping in the engine room, what

should you be careful about?
During the keep watching, I have to take care of all the
parameters of the machines in operation: the main engine,
generator engine, the boiler, ....If there is any abnormal
parameter, I must find the cause and find the way to solve. If
it's out of my control, I have to report CE

15 When do you have to call the C/E go to the engine room?

In emergency situations such as fire, explosion and flooding
etc;
If the trouble happen of some devices can cause damage to the
main machine, generator engine, monitoring system or
governor

16 What is your position (Station) in the Muster Lists? For

example, during the fire fighting, abandon vessel, oil
pollution prevention etc.
Abandon vessel: boarding the lifeboat to manage and control
the engine;
Fire fighting: manage and operate the emergency fire pump-
Oil pollution prevention: collect the oil from the vessel or go
down with the lifeboat to collect the oil from the sea.
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17 What kind of chemicals did you use to treat the boiler
water? When you test Alkalinity/acidity of water in boiler
by PH test paper? The result shows the boiler water is in
acidity. Please describe what the possible cause is.
I have ever used the following brand chemicals: Unit, Drew,
and so on.
We should keep the boil water’s PH value between 10.5 and
11.5. If the water become of acidity, it is may be cause by
following reasons: Has not been given enough blowdown;
Has not been filled enough alkalinity chemical;
18 What do you do when auxiliary boiler fail fire or cannot
start?
when auxiliary boiler fail fire or cannot start I will check:
- Fuel inlet valve to main burner
- Fuel oil Filter at the inlet fuel line to burner.
- Boiler fuel supply pump.
- Solenoid valve on inlet fuel supply line.
- Main burner atomizer.
- Pilot burner nozzle.
- Electrodes

19 Pls tell me why does more consumption LO generator

engine
Leaking L.O in LO cooler or somewhere: 2nd filter, ...
Due to piston rings was wearing over limited, …

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20 Pls tell me why exhaust gas temperature of all cylinder too
high?
The cause may be:
+ Temperature fuel oil too low
+ Pressure of air intake too low, temperature of air intake too
high
+ The generation engine is over load

21 Pls tell me why exhaust gas temperature of some cylinder

too high?
The cause may be:
+ The fuel injection valve of that cylinder is not in good
condition
+ The exhaust valve of that cylinder is not in good condition
+ The piston ring of that cylinder is not in good condition, ...

22 Pls tell me why temperature fresh cooling water of

generation engine are too high

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 The case may be:
Fresh water cooler is too dirty
Temperature of sea water is too high, Pressure of sea water too
is low, due to sea water filter is dirty, the sea water pump is
not in good condition …
Fresh water level in expansion tank is too low

23 Pls tell me why lub. oil pressure of generation engine is low

The case may be:
Temperature of lub. Oil is too high (Lub. Oil cooler are dirty)
Some bearing are not in good condition
Safety valve on lub. Oil pump is not good condition,
LO filter/trainer are dirty…
24 What is the main reason make generation engine’s
turbocharger surging
The cause may be:
Due to fuel injection valve, piston rings, exhaust valve, .. are
too bad, so power of each cylinder difference much
25 What do you do when generation engine turbocharger
surging?
Start stanby G/E, parallel, then cut off load for G/E have

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 turbocharger surging.
Check fuel injection valve/exhaust valve/piston rings of
cylinder high exhaust temperature, then replace

26 What will you do, if black out during the ship sailing
Report to bridge, CE
Start stan-by G/E and supply power for main witch board
Start all pumps service for M/E,
Start main engine, and increase RPM of M/E to operation
speed,
To find out the cause make trouble for G/E and troubleshoot
27 Why is purifier leaking oil from heavy liquid outlet?
Purifier leaking oil from heavy liquid outlet due to as
following reason:
Temperature of fuel oil inlet is too low
Diameter of gravity disc is too small
Main seal ring was damage

28 Why is purifier leackng oil from sludge outlet

Purifier leaking oil from sludge outlet due to as following

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Main seal ring was damage
There are not water for close bowl
The drain nozzle was clogging
The pilot valve was contamination and can not move

29 Why is purifier can not discharge

The purifier can not discharge due to bowl can not open, and
may be:
There are not water for opening bowl
O-ring on pilot valve was damage, …
30 When you take performance for main engine by indicator,
you see that: Pcom is lower than normal, Pmax is normal. Pls
tell me why it does?
The cause may be:
Piston ring/cylinder/exh. valve are not in good condition

BUNKERING
1 Can you tell me how to make bunkering plan?

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 Estimate the amount of FO remaining in each bottom tank
when ship arrival in bunker port,
Divide the amount of FO that will be received in each tank,
but does not exceed 85%
Estimate sounding, or ullage of each tank when reach 85%
volume

2 What should you do before bunkering?

Before bunkering I will
- Check bunker for all tank on ship and bunker barge,
calculate quantity Fuel oil remain onboard.
- Standby SOPEP material, & fire extinguisher, and closed all
drain holes on main deck by scupper plugs, …
- Discuss with the bunker barge’s capt such signals pump
start, pump stop, pressure increase, decrease, quantity of
supply oil, oil density, oil viscosity, …
- Connect bunker hose, …

3 During bunkering in the last vessel, what were you

assigned to do? Or what was your position during
bunkering on your last vessel?
Usually, I was assigned to sound or ullage tank with the oiler
then inform to CE
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 PORT STATE CONTROL (PSC)
1 What is mean PSC?
PSC is mean Port State Control.

2 What do you prepare before PSC come to ship?

Before ship arr. Port, I order oiler do as following:
Clean engine room floor, machinery equipment.
Collect rag, separate, classify to drum.
Check and test all emergency, safety equipments, (oily water
separator, life board engine, emergency generator, …, then
recharge battery).
Check record of all safety equipments, Oil record book

3 Usually, Which equipment, machinery PSC will require to

check?
Usually, PSC require to check flowing equipments:
Emergency Fire Pump
Emergency G/E
Emergency Steering Gear

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 Quick closed Valve
Incinerator, Oily Water Separator, Sewage treatment unit

4 What mean is the OPP?

OPP is Oil Pollution Prevention

5 What mean is the APP?

APP is Air Pollution Prevention

6 In the oil record book, the code C, items: 11.4 what will
you record?
I am not sure, but I will record follow the instructions in the
oil record book.
7 25. What the main reason make the generation engine shut
down?
- Lube oil system pressure is too low.
- Temperature of cooling fresh water is to high
- Over speed

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 69. How to operate oily water separator?

- Open overboard discharge valve. Open all the other valve

of system.
- Open the desired bilge tank valve from which the oily
mixture is to be discharge from OWS.
- Open the air if the control valves are air operates.
- Switch on the power supply of the control panel and
monitor unit.
- Fill the separator and filter unit with fresh water or sea
water to clean up and prime the system till the water comes
out from vent of second stage.
- Start OWS supply pump which is a laminar flow pump
and one that will supply the oily water mixture to OWS.
- Observe the monitor for PPM value and keep checking
sounding of the bilge tank from where OWS is taking
suction and of OWS sludge tank.

84. What happen if oil cooler of deck crane dirty?

- When the oil cooler dirty temperature of hydraulic oil too
high lead to the crane stop by protection device action.
- High temperature decrease oil pressure, cause may
damage oil seal and O-ring.
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