ENSH Access Contest study plan

Map the full regulatory syllabus into a one-page checklist covering COLREGs, SOLAS, MARPOL, load line, tonnage and certification topics

State the collision-regulation steering and sailing rules for head-on, crossing and overtaking situations and apply them to 15 written scenarios

Identify the lights, shapes and sound signals required for power-driven vessels, sailing vessels, fishing vessels and vessels at anchor

Explain the hierarchy of international conventions versus national implementing law and where the ENSH access requirements sit

Summarize the SOLAS chapters relevant to life-saving appliances, fire protection and radio equipment in your own words

Classify the types of distress alerts and the correct order of use for GMDSS equipment in a written table

Describe the actions of the person in charge after abandoning ship, including muster, headcount and survival craft boarding

Explain MARPOL Annexes I to VI and name the discharge restrictions each imposes

Transmit and receive a MAYDAY, PAN PAN and SECURITE call in the correct format on a VHF simulator or with a partner

Use the standard phonetic alphabet and numerals fluently when spelling call signs and positions

Demonstrate correct channel discipline, including calling, reply, working channel shift and release procedures

Write out a distress message for a simulated flooding casualty without consulting notes

Fix a position by three bearings and by bearing plus distance on a training chart and check the cocked hat

Convert between true, magnetic and compass bearings using variation and deviation from a worked deviation table

Plot a course to steer and a dead-reckoning position allowing for set and drift of the tidal stream

Identify the main chart symbols, depths, dangers and buoyage regions on a sample chart

Interpret a synoptic chart: identify highs, lows, fronts, isobar spacing and expected wind direction and strength

Decode a shipping forecast or coastal forecast and state the practical implications for a small vessel

Explain the Beaufort scale and estimate wind force and sea state from observed conditions

Describe the formation of sea breeze, fog and squalls and the action to take for each

Demonstrate or describe berthing, unberthing and springing off a quay under wind and current in a written passage plan

Explain anchor selection, scope calculation and the procedure for anchoring and weighing in a seaway

Describe man-overboard recovery under power, including the Williamson turn and the reach-turn-reach method

Identify the parts of a rope, common knots and their uses, and the safe working load of mooring lines

List the contents of a liferaft, the signals for summoning help and the survival actions for cold-water immersion

Describe fire-fighting principles: the fire triangle, classes of fire, extinguisher selection and boundary cooling

Explain the procedure for reporting a pollution incident and the use of the oil record book

Deliver a short spoken English briefing on an emergency scenario using standard maritime phrases

Review every checklist item left pending from weeks 1 to 7 and close the gaps

Complete two full timed mock examinations under exam conditions and mark them against the answer key

Re-drill the three weakest topics identified in the mock results

Consolidate MARPOL discharge rules, garbage management and anti-fouling and ballast-water obligations into one revision card