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Appendix N
[See rule 41(1)]

CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (DECK OFFICER) CLASS IV

General Ship Knowledge
I. General ideas on ship construction and on plans available on board
General definitions of main dimepsions. ship.
The names of the principal parts of a ship.
The candidate will be expected to show his practical
namely: - acquaintance with the following,

(a) Longitudinal and transverse frarming;

(b) beams and beam knees;
(c) watertight bulkheads;
(d) hatchways and closing appliances;
rudders;
() steering gear;
(g) shell and deck plating:
(h) double bottoms and peak tanks;
(i) bilges;
G) side and wing tanks;
(k) stern frames;
(1) propellers and propeller shafts;
(m) stern tubes;
(n) sounding pipes;
(o) air pipes; and
(p) general pumping arrangements.
2.The stiffening and strengthening to resist
and longítudinal stresses, and cause and panting, pounding
structure.
prevention of corrosion in a ship's

3. General ideas on welding, riveting

be taken when such processes are carried outand burning. The precautions to
aboard ship.
4.The meaning of the lerms, block co-efficient,
deadweight, density, relating density, principle of Archimedes,displacement
floatation,

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of water on draught, frecboard and fresh water allowance

clfect of density
The marinc hydromcter and its Uscs.
tighting appliances.
S.Care and maintenancc of all lifc saving and firc
lights and sound signalling apparatus.
and second rule.
6. Computation of areas by Simson'sfirst
Cargo Operations andStability
immersion scales to
1. Use of displacement and tones per centimeter
deteminc weight of cargo or ballast from draughts or freeboard. Load line
marks. Buoyancy. Reserve buoyancy. Understanding of fundarmental actions
to be taken in the cvent of partial loss of intact buoyancy.
2. General understanding with definitions of centre of gravity, stable,
unstable and neutral cquilibrium, centre of buoyancy, metacentric height,
righting lever and righting moment.
3. The use of stability and hydrostatic data supplied to ships, use of
stress tables and stress-calculating equipment. The effect of adding and
removing weights. The danger of slack tanks. Security of hatches.
4. Rigging a ship for loading and-scharging cargo, the use of
derricks, winches and cranes. "lining up" pipelines on oil products carriers.
5.The stowage, separation and dunnaging of cargoes including bulk
cargoes, limber cargoes, grain cargoes, ro-ro cargoes. Causes of sweating,
and precautions to be taken before, during and after stowing to
prevent
damage by sweat.

6.A knowledge of the safety

Joading and discharge of bulk oil,precautions
to be taken during the
chemicals and other dangerous
commodities. Calculations of weight capacities taken up by part cargoes and
of space remaining, conversion of
weight measurement of cargo into space
measurement and vice versa.

7The making and use of cargo plans.

8.Ventilation and systems of holds and tanks.
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9. Precautions to be taken before entering
spaces. The carriage of passengers and livestock.
void
associated
10. Knowledge of the anti- pollution procedures and all
cquipment.

Ocean and offshore Navigation

1.Practical problems on mean latitude and Mercator sailing.

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2. The use of the traverse tables to obtain the position of the ship
and the run recorded
any time, given compass courses, variation, deviation
effects of
by log or calculated by time and estimated speed, allowing for the
windand current, if any.
3. To find the latitude by meridian altitude of a heavenly body, above
or below the Pole, latitude by observation of Polaris.
4. From an observation of any heavenly body near or out of the
meridian, to find the direction of the position line and a position through
which it passes.

5. Toobtain a position by the use of position lines obtained from two

or more observations given altitudes or a zenith distances, with or without
run.

6. To find the true bearing of a heavenly body, the compass eror and
thence the deviation of the magnetic compass for the direction of the ship's
head.

7. To calculate the approximate time (to the nearest minute) or the

meridian passage of a heavenly body; to calculate an approximate altiude
for setting on the sextant to obtain the meridian altitude of a heavenly body.

8.Great circle and composite great circle sailing, Use of Gnomue

charts.

9. Position fixing, fixed and variable errors, area of probability.

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without run. observations of any type, with or

CoastalNavigation
1. Given variation and the deviation of the
error, to convert true courses into compass coursesmagnetic
and vicecompass or gyro
omnle deviation card, to extract the deviation versa. Given a
thence to convert true courses
into magnetic and compass courses. The tind the compass courses between
rwo positions. The effect of current on speed. Allowance for
compass course steered, the speed of the ship and direction and leeway. Given
rate of the
cument, to find the true course made good and to find the course to steer
allowing for a current. Given the course steered and distance run, to
determine the set rate of the current experienced between two positions.
2. To fix a position on a chart by simultaneous cross
bearings, by
bearing and range, by positional information from radio aids to navigation or
by any combination, applying the necessary corrections. The use of lattice
charts.

3. To fix the position by bearings of one or more objects with the run
between, allowing for a current and to find1the distance at which the ship
will pass off a given point. The use of position lines obtained by any
method. including terrestrial position lines and position circles. Use of
ransit bearings.
4. Elementary knowledge of passage planning and
Landfalls in thick and clear weather. The selection of suitable execution.
anchorage,
aPproaching anchorage and entering narrow waters. The use of clearing
narks and horizontal and vertical danger angles. Distance of
sighting lights.
5. To find the time and height of high and low
water at standard ports
and at secondary pors by tidal differences, using Admiralty
vOlume J. The use of tables and tide curves to find the time at Tide Tables,
at agivern time specified height or the which the tide
height or the tide at agiven time and
thence the approximale correctionto be applied to
heights of shore objects. soundings or to charted
6The interpretation of a chart or
gven abyut buoys, plun; particularly the intormation
lights, radio beacons and other navigational aids, Depth
 and height contours; tidal streams; traffic lanes and
Recognition of the coast and radar responsive targets, separation
chart ZOnes.
Depths and nature of bottom. Use of soundings. correction.
Meteorology
1. The pinciples of pressure measurement. The use of standard
datum. Knowledge of the aneroid and precision aneroid barometer and the
barvgraph.
2. The principles of the thermometer, maximum and minimum
thermometers. Sea and air temperature observations and precautions to be
taken. The principle of the hygrometer, observations to obtain relative
humidity. Cars and attention given to instruments.

3. The Beaufort wind scale,Methods of estimating direction and force

of wind at sea, taking into account the factors affecting the appearance of the
sea.

4. Aknowledge of the mean pressure distribution. Daily and seasonal

changes in atmospheric pressure. Prevailing winds. Local and regional
effects of heating and cooling. Land and se;-breezes Monsoons. Katabatic
winds.

5. The characteristics of, and weather associated with, the principal

pressure systems, eg anticyclones, depressions, permanent and semi
perrnanent high and low pressure areas. Relationship between pressure
distribution and wind. Air masses and their properties. Buys Ballot's law.
6. Use of barormetric observations at a single station in conjunction
with weather signs.

7.Water vapour in the atmosphere, evaporation, condensation,

precipitation; meaning of saluration, relative humidity, dew point,
clementary knowledge of atmospheric stability and lapse rate. Formation
and classification of clouds, fog, mist, dew and haze.

7. A knowledge of the types of weather messages promulgaled oy

Meteorological Organizations for shipping. Coding and decoding messages
Dy the uSe of Sections I,II,I|| and purts 5 and 6 of Section IV of the
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Metcorological Office's Ships Code and Decode Book. Aknowledge of the

gencral structure of weather reporting, c.g. sclccted ships, weather ships,
ship stations.
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the proof and safe

1, The rigging of ships, methods of ascertaining ropes.
working loads of ropes including synthetic fibre and wire
2. Stowage and securing of cargoes. Regulations and
recommendations
affecting their carriage.

3. Preparations for getting under way. Duties príor to proceeding to

sea. Making harbour. Entering a dock. Berthing alongside quays, jetties, or
other ships and securing tobuoys with special reference to the after end of a
ship.
4. Helm orders. Conning the ship, Effects of propellers on the steering
vicinity of pilot vessels
of a ship. Stopping, going astern, manoeuvring in the
and other craft. Picking up a pilot. Turming short round. Emergency Man
maneouvres. Bringing a ship to single anchor in an emergency.
overboard. SAR procedures.

of navigational watch
5. A proper knowledge ofthe principles International Maritime
keeping at sea and at anchor as laid down by
Organization. Duties of the Deck Officers in port.

6. Drills and musters.Organization of emergency parties.

7. Anchors,cables; their use and stowage.
8. Elementary knowledge of ships' machinery. Knowledge of the use
of alldeck appliances including emergency steering gear.
9.The use and care of rocket and line-throwing apparatus, EPIkDS
and SARTS.

10. Use and upkeep of logs and sounding appliances.

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 of fire appliances including the smoke helmet
use and careapparatus. The fire wallet.
11. The breathing
self-contained
and content and application of the Collision
knowledge of the concerned with safe navigation.
12. Afull those Annexes
and of position of.handling asailing craft, but
be placed in the
Regulations
(Candidatesshallnotrecognize the lights caried by such
a craft and to have
to to the direction of the
shall be expected possible maneuvers according
knowledge of her
wind).
Signals and awareness of penalties for
distress
13. General use of and Maintenance Manual.
Manual
misuse SOLAS Safety
contents and use of MSA "Merchant Shipping
14.A knowledge of the
Admiralty "Notices to Mariners".
Notices" and
buoyage.
15. JALA systems of
Practices for the Safety Merchant Seamen.
16. Code of Safe Working
pelorus (bearing plate) or other
17. To use an azimuth mirror, sextant for taking vertical and
bearings. To use a
instruments for taking both on and off the arc. To correct a
horizontal angles; to read a sextant
or more of perpendicularity, side
sextant into which has been introduced one
of a sextant.
or index errors. To find the index error

chronometers.
18.The care, winding, rating and comparing of
gyro compass and
19. Use, care and limitations of the magnetic and
associated equipment, including automatic pilot.
20.Toread and understand a barometer, thermometer, hydrometet id
Office shall be
hygrometer. The instruments supplied by the Meteorological
taken as standard.

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Signals
andIreceive signals in the following, namely: -
1. To send

(i) Morse-code by flash lamp up to six words per minute:

and

(ü) International Code of Signals.

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Principles of Navigation
1. The shape of the earth, Poles, equator,
meridians, parallels of
latitude, position by latitude and longitude, Direction, bcaring, distance,
units of measurement, Difference of latitude, difference of
longitude,
departure, mean latitude, difference of maridonal parts and the relationship
between them.

2. The celestial sphere, definitions of the celestial sphere and apparent

motion on the celestial sphere. Declination. Azimuth Sidereal hour angles.
The position of the body on the celestial sphere; azimuth with altitude or
declination with sidereal or local hour angle. The ising culmination and
setting of heavenly bodies.
3. Solar system. Earth-moon system. Planetary motion. Earth's
rotation and movement in orbit. Mean sun. Ecliptic. First point of Aries.
Equinox and solstice. Sunrise and sunset twilight.
4. Tim. Greenwich and other standard time. Zone time. Mean time.
Apparent time. Sidereal time. Equation of time. Relationship between
longitude and time.

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5. Local hour angle of a heavenly body in time and arc. Greenwich

hour angle of sun, moon, planets and Aries.
6. Corection of sextant altitudes; dip, refraction, horizontal parallax,
in altitude, semi-diameter and augmentation.
7.Geograplhical position of a heavenly body. A circle of position and
its practical application, i.e. position line and Intercept.
8. Simple properties of Mercator and gnomonic charts. Latitude and
longiude scales. Measurement of distances. Rhumb lines, Great circles and
composite great circle tracks.
9. The relationship between the tides and Lhe phases of the moon,
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5. Local hour angle of a heavenly body in time and arc. Greenwich

hour angle of sun, moon, planets and Aries.
6. Correction of sextant altitudes: dip, refraction, horizontal parallax,
in altitude, semi-diameter and augmentation.
7. Geographical position of aheavenly body. A circle of position and
its practical application, i.e. position line and Intercept.
8. Simple properties of Mercator and gnomonic charts. Latitude and
Longitude scales. Measurement of distances. Rhumb lines. Great circles and
composite great circle tracks.

9. The relationship between the tides and the phases of the moon.
10. Principle of position fixing by measurement of difference of
distance from two or more fixed points. The hyperbolic lattice on
navigational charts. Theoretical consideration of modern navigation system
such as GPS.

11. Properties of the free gyroscope. Relationship between applied

force and precession. Drift and tilt. Outline principle of developing a North
seeking instrument by gravity control.

12. Basic principles of position fixing by satellite.

Mathematics (Pure and Applied)
Algebra. -Definitions and processes. Theory of indices. Simple equations
and protblems leading to simple equations. Developments of formulae.
Transposition and evaluation. Fractions. Factors. Simultaneous equations of
leading to
the first order involving Iwo or three unknowns and problems cquations.
S)AullaieDus equations. The problems eading o quadratic
Construction
(Gtaphs. Axes of reference. kectangular and polar co-ordinates.
functions. Linea,
of
afid reading of statistical graphs and diagrams. Graphs change, maximum
algebraic and irigononeric ( to 360, gradient, rate of
Simple problcms.
and ssitimum points. Katio, proportion and variation.

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