DGS GP Rating Exit Exam case studies

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The GP Rating (General Purpose Rating) Exit Examination is the pre-sea assessment a trainee sits at the end of an approved General Purpose Rating course in India, under the regulatory framework of the Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping). The credential is the entry point for a person joining a merchant ship as a rating rather than as an officer: it signals that the candidate can carry out basic deck work, assist in the engine room, and - critically - survive and respond correctly in an emergency. The DGS GP Rating Exit Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,415 words.

Fog Contact Dead Ahead: Lookout Reporting on a Steady Bearing

At 03:20 you are the bridge lookout on a 4,500 GT general cargo ship inbound to Kandla at 7 knots. Visibility is about 200 m in fog and the radar is on the 3-mile range.

712 words, about 4 min 2

Main Engine Lube Oil Pressure Falling on Watch

You are the engine-room rating on the 08:00–12:00 watch of a 12,000 dwt product tanker. The main engine is a slow-speed diesel running at 118 rpm.

644 words, about 3 min 3

Coal Cargo Heating: Rising CO in No. 2 Hold

Your ship is a 32,000 dwt bulk carrier loaded with 26,000 t of Indonesian steam coal in five holds. Loading finished 30 hours ago at Taboneo anchorage in intermittent rain; hold 2 was trimmed with coal that had been lying in the stockpile exposed to rain for two days.

679 words, about 3 min 4

Accommodation Fire at Berth: Cabin B-14

At 22:40, on a 1,800 TEU container ship berthed at Chennai, you are walking along the B-deck accommodation alleyway when you smell hot plastic and see light grey smoke seeping from under the door of cabin B-14, a two-berth cabin. The door handle is warm.

709 words, about 4 min 5

Enclosed Space Casualty in No. 2 Double Bottom

During hold cleaning at anchor, the bosun sends a deckhand into the No. 2 double-bottom ballast tank to clear a blocked suction; the tank was not gas-tested and no permit was issued.

671 words, about 3 min