Egypt Maritime COC Deck study plan

Reconstruct the IALA Region A buoyage rules from memory and sketch every buoy type with its light characteristic, topmark and preferred channel side.

Compute a 6-hour DR plot from a single observed position using course steered, speed through water, set and drift, and state the expected accuracy of the result.

Explain the difference between a safe water mark, a landfall buoy and a leading line, and identify when each is used on an approach.

Convert charted bearings and courses between true, magnetic and compass using deviation tables and annual variation change, showing every arithmetic step.

List the contents of a berth-to-berth passage plan and identify which sections are mandatory under SOLAS V/34 and which are company-specific.

Apply the COLREG Part B Steering and Sailing Rules to at least ten written encounter scenarios, stating the give-way or stand-on vessel, the required action and the rule number for each.

Draw the lights and shapes for power-driven vessels under way, at anchor, aground, restricted in ability to manoeuvre, constrained by draught and not under command.

Build a watchkeeping handover checklist that covers position, traffic, machinery status, weather, orders outstanding and standing orders acknowledgement.

Explain how to plan a passage through a traffic separation scheme, including inshore zone use and crossing angle requirements.

Describe the bridge resource management actions a watchkeeper takes when a close-quarters situation develops, including when to call the master.

Calculate GM from a known displacement, KM and KG, then recalculate after adding or removing weights at stated heights using the moment method.

Interpret a hydrostatic table and a deadweight scale to determine draught, trim and displacement for a given loading condition.

Work through at least six trim problems using the change-of-trim formula, including shifting weights forward and aft and the effect on both draughts.

Apply the IMDG Code segregation table to a set of packaged dangerous goods and state the required segregation for each pair.

Describe the checks made before accepting a container for loading, including CSC plate validity, lashing plan and stack weight limits.

Operate the GMDSS equipment fitted to a typical vessel: VHF DSC, MF/HF DSC, NAVTEX, EPIRB and SART, stating the correct channel or frequency and the distress procedure for each.

Transmit a mayday, pan-pan and securite call in the correct format, including the distress message content and the silence periods observed.

Explain the GMDSS sea areas A1 to A4 and identify the minimum equipment carriage requirement for each.

Decode International Code of Signals single-letter and two-letter flags used for distress, urgency and manoeuvring, and state when Morse signalling is still appropriate.

List the bridge equipment checks and communications tests carried out before departure and at the daily and weekly intervals required.

Reduce a sextant altitude to an observed altitude using index error, dip, refraction and semi-diameter, and plot a single intercept on a plotting sheet.

Take and reduce a meridian altitude of the sun to obtain latitude, and state the conditions under which a meridian altitude is unusable.

Interpret a synoptic chart: identify fronts, pressure systems, isobar spacing and the expected wind direction and strength using Buys Ballot's law.

Explain the formation of sea breeze, land breeze, and the local effects of a tropical revolving storm, including the dangerous and navigable semicircles.

Describe how tide, current and swell affect a vessel at anchor and alongside, and state the sources used to obtain tidal predictions.

Summarise the obligations placed on the master and company by SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW, MLC 2006 and the ISM Code, naming the certificate or record that evidences each.

Explain the survey and certification cycle for a cargo vessel, including the roles of class society, flag state and port state control.

Describe the actions and notifications required after a pollution incident, an injury on board and a collision, in the correct sequence.

Identify the principal structural members of a hull and explain how the vessel's watertight subdivision and damage control measures limit flooding.

Explain the purpose of the ISM Code's emergency preparedness requirements and how a muster list and station bill are used.

Plan a search using the expanding square, sector search and parallel sweep, selecting the pattern from the datum, search area and number of units.

Describe the on-scene coordinator's duties during a SAR operation and the information required in a distress relay.

Explain the master's obligations under SOLAS V/33 when responding to a distress at sea, and the circumstances in which deviation is justified.

Describe abandonment procedures, the launching and operation of a lifeboat and liferaft, and the equipment carried in a survival craft.

Apply the COLREG rule on conduct of vessels in restricted visibility to a written scenario and state the safe speed considerations.

Complete a timed mock examination under exam conditions and mark it against the answer key, recording the score per domain.

Re-work every question answered incorrectly in the mock, stating the underlying rule or formula rather than only the correct answer.

Re-drill the three weakest domains with a focused 45-minute session each, using fresh questions.

Recite the key figures and limits from memory: stability criteria, GMDSS frequencies, COLREG light arcs, MARPOL annexes and certificate validity periods.