CLASS II

MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE GENERAL 90 Hrs

EKG 1 - Technology of materials (Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs) -

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Metallurgy of Steel and Cast Iron, Properties and application of material used in machinery on
board ships, Destructive and non-destructive testing of material, Engineering processes used in
construction and repair, Materials and welding.

- Metallurgy of Steel and cast Iron / Properties and application of materia used in Machinery on
board ship.

- Destructive and Non-destructive Testing of Materials -----------------------------------

- Engineering processes used in Construction and Repairs. --------------------------------

New materials / welding techniques Latest trends.

EKG 2 - Physical & chemical properties of fuel & lubricants (Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs) -

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Production of Oils from Crude Oil, Properties and characteristics of fuels and lubricants,
Shore side and shipboard sampling and testing, Interpretation of test results, Contaminants
including microbiological infection, Treatments of fuels and lubricants including storage,
centrifuging, blending, pretreatment and handling.

EKG 3 - Construction details (Teaching Hours: 39 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Construction details and where applicable the manner of attachment to ship, principles
involved and operation Surveillance & Performance assessment of :
(a) water gauge, thermometer, salinometer, ammeter, water meter, pressure gauge and
other meters and gauges commonly used by engineers on board ship.
(b) All auxiliary machineries of engine room including associated systems, pumps,
pumping and piping systems, oily water separators.
(c) Thrust blocks, shafting, bearings, stern tubes, and propellers, shipside fittings.
(d) steering gear, stabilisers.

(e) Refrigeration machinery, deck machinery.

(f) Auxiliary boilers and steam plant.
(g) Auxiliary compression ignition engines and associated plant.
(h) turbo-electric, diesel electric, gas turbine drives.

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EKG 4 - Start Up and Shut down of Auxiliary Machinery (Teaching Hours: 33 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Start up and shut down of Auxiliary Machinery, including associated system: Air compressors
and compressed air systems, Hydraulic power system, Types of auxiliary boilers, Auxiliary
steam system, Safety valves, Boiler water levels, Use of 'Sea water in Boilers', Use of 'Fresh
Water in Boilers', Boiler Water Testing, Boiler Water Treatment, Auxiliary Steam turbines,
Boiler defects, Boiler and Steam turbine survey and repairs, Evaporators, Thermal fluid
heating system

a) Safe and efficient operation, Surveillance & Performance assessment of electrical

machines and systems.

b) Requirements, including operations and maintenance of pumps and pumping systems

including bilge, fire main, ballast, sewage & sludge systems.

c) Refrigeration, working principles of air conditioning, cargo and domestic refrigeration

plants. Refrigerants used in the marine refrigeration plants, green house effects and
future refrigerants. Air conditioning including psychometric process for heating,
cooling and humidification.
d) Steering gear systems, single failure criteria of steering gear Surveillance &
Performance assessment.

e) Operation and testing of pneumatic hydraulic and electric control systems.

f) Functions and Mechanism of Automatic Control for auxiliary machinery: Generator
distribution system, Steam boiler, Oil purifier, Refrigeration system, Pumping and
piping system, Steering gear system, Cargo-handling equipment and deck machinery.

g) Operation of cargo handling equipment and deck machinery.

h) Operation of fresh water systems, fresh water generating systems and its performance
assessment.
i) Shipboard Personnel & Resource Management & emergency preparedness.

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CLASS II
MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE MOTOR 90HRS

EKM 1 - Design of Marine machinery (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
a. Design features and operating mechanisms of marine diesel engines,
b. Marine gas turbines and
c. Marine steam boilers.
d. Technical communications for design.

EKM 2 - Operations of marine machinery (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

(a) Propulsive characteristics of diesel engines and gas turbines, including speed, output
and fuel consumption. Operating limits of the propulsion plants.
(b) Safe and efficient operation and surveillance of, main propulsion plant and its systems
and services. The determination of shaft power and recognition of irregularity in the
performance of the machinery and plant. Operation, monitoring and evaluation of
engine performance and capacity.
(c) Analysis and interpretation of information gained from monitoring equipment.
Operation of gearing, clutches, air compressors.
(d) Planning and scheduling of engine operations.
(e) Functions and mechanism of automatic control of main engine.
(f) Safety of engine equipment, systems and services.

EKM 3.1 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 39 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Engine components
(a) Interpret static and dynamic loads and stresses, identifying service limitations of diesel
engine components.
(b) Evaluate different fabrication methods of diesel engine components, including:
Welding, forging, utilizing composite materials, plasma-spraying, laser hardening and
use of ceramics and other special materials.
(c) Identify two and four stroke operating cycle forces, couples, and moments, relating
these to design principles of: Crankshafts, bedplates, foundations, cross heads.
(d) Explain out of balance gas and inertia forces, couples, and moments, and relate these to
flywheels, balance weights, and first/second order balancing, and hull vibration.
(e) Explain factors contributing to torsional vibration, and identify methods of minimizing
or eliminating harmful effects of critical speeds.
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 (f) Evaluate the calibration of: Pistons, cylinder liners, piston rings, bearings, crankshafts,
to identify wear patterns, limits, and means of correction
(g) Specify alignment and adjustment criteria of: Crankshafts, chain drives, gear drives,
integral thrust bearings, crossheads
(h) Compile specified working clearances and limits of all bearings, sliding surfaces, and
interference fits of a typical diesel engine, using engine builders' manuals.
EKM 3.2 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs)

Engine Lubrication
(a) Identify diesel engine lubricant types, properties, and applications. Outline principles of
diesel engine lubrication. Contamination and deterioration of diesel engine lubricants -
Discuss the sources/ causes types, and effects of contamination.
(b) Describe typical testing and treatment methods, and Interpret typical results of testing,
giving appropriate actions which should be undertaken.
(c) Describe, using diagrams, the distribution of lubricating oil to diesel engines, in
particular the: Guides and crosshead bearings of slow speed diesel engines, Top end
bearings of medium speed engines, Bottom end bearing, Main bearings, Camshaft
drives, showing direction of flow, typical clearances, and stating normal operating
parameters.

EKM 3.3 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs )
Fuel Injection
(a) Explain why atomization and penetration of fuel and the turbulence of air are essential
to optimum combustion in a diesel engine.
(b) State typical injection pressures and viscosities for different grades of fuel.
(c) Describe how and why fuel pumps, camshafts, and injectors are altered for varying fuel
types.
(d) Describe, with the aid of simple sketches, the difference between constant and variable
injection timing of fuel, showing materials, principal parts, methods of operation and
adjustments of common types of fuel pump.
(e) Compare injection requirements for slow speed, medium speed, and high speed diesel
engines, including pilot injection and pre-combustion chambers.
(f) Identify common service faults, symptoms, and causes of combustion problems,
specifying appropriate adjustments, including methods of fuel pump timing.
(g) Summarize Occupational Health & Safety aspects of handling and testing fuel injection
systems.
(h) Explain, using relevant diagrams and stating normal operating parameters: Fuel valve
cooling arrangement and Uni-fuel and dual-fuel systems (for high/medium viscosity
fuel types)
(i) Discuss the atmospheric pollution aspects of diesel engine combustion, and give
methods which reduce this pollution (especially SOx and NOx reduction).

EKM 3.4 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs )
Scavenging and Supercharging
Evaluate the need for scavenging diesel engines, Compare methods of scavenging diesel
engines, Specify methods of providing pressurized air for combustion in diesel engines,
Assess pressure charging methods for diesel engines, Assess pressure charging methods for
diesel engines, Examine the working principles of turbochargers, Assess lubrication and
cooling requirements of turbochargers, Analyze typical faults and identify appropriate

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EKM 3.5 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs )
Starting and Reversing
(a) Describe starting procedures of diesel engines for power generation, propulsion, and
emergency use.
(b) Explain starting and maneuvering requirements/sequences for direct coupled reversible
and geared propulsion diesel engines, for fixed and controllable pitch propeller
applications
(c) Describe, with labeled diagrams to indicate major components, typical maneuvering
and reversing systems for propulsion diesel engines
(d) Compare different methods of reversing direct coupled propulsion diesel engines
(e) Identify common faults and identify appropriate actions to be undertaken with typical
diesel engine starting and maneuvering systems
(f) Compare the different methods of utilizing diesel engines for ship propulsion, including
- Direct coupled, reversible slow and medium speed engines and Clutched and geared
reversible and unidirectional medium speed engines with a fixed pitch propeller,
Clutched and geared reversible and unidirectional medium speed engines with a
controllable pitch propeller, and Diesel electric drive.

EKM 3.6 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )
Cooling systems
(a) Analyze the problems that may arise in cooling water spaces of diesel engines.
(b) Evaluate common methods of diesel engine cooling water treatment.
(c) State the importance of maintaining diesel engine thermal efficiency and evaluate
thermal loads on engine components.
(d) Justify cooling media selection and state the advantages and disadvantages of various
diesel cooling methods.
(e) Evaluate the tests used in the control of diesel engine cooling water treatment.
(f) Enumerate the normal operating limits for diesel engine cooling water treatment.
(g) Interpret the implications of out of limit readings from water treatment tests and state
the corrective procedures which should be undertaken.
(h) Itemize the sources and types of contamination of diesel engine cooling water and
explain the effects of these contaminations on the reserves of treatment chemicals.
(i) Compare the procedures which may be used to counter contamination of diesel engine
cooling water.
(j) Explain, using relevant diagrams and stating normal operating parameters, typical
methods of cooling:
(k) Medium and slow speed diesel engine pistons, Exhaust valves, Cylinders,
Turbochargers, Cylinder heads.

EKM 3.7 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

Diesel Engine Control and Safety

EKM 3.8 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )
Diesel Engine Emergency Operation
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EKM 3.9 - Start up and Shut down main and auxiliary machinery, including associated system;
(Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

Multi-engine Propulsion Arrangement

CLASS II
MARINE ELECTRO TECHNOLOGY

MET 1 – Automatic Control Engineering and Safety Devices

(Teaching Hours: 10 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
(a) Introduction - Open and closed control loops, Process control. Essential components in
process control loops.
(b) Sensors and transmitters - Resistance temperature devices. Thermocouples. Flow and
pressure measurement. Level measurement. Ambient temperature compensation.
Viscosity measurement. Torque measurement. Force balance transmitters. Oil/water
interface and oil in water monitoring. The pneumatic flapper/nozzle system. Pneumatic
20 – 100 kPa, analogue 4 to 20 mA signals, Pneumatic pilot relays, Control air supply.
Operational amplifiers. Electrical supply.
(c) Controllers and Basic Control Theory - Disturbances and time delays and means to
reduce them. Two step, proportional, integral, and derivative control actions.
(d) Final Control Elements - Diaphragm operated control valves. Flow/lift characteristics of
control valves. Control valve actuators and positioners. "Fail - safe", "fail - set"
strategies. Wax element valves. Electrically operated valves.
(e) Control Loop Analysis - Temperature control systems. Level control systems. Pressure
control systems. Split range and cascade control. Single, two and three element control.
(f) Governors - Need for governors. Governor terms, concepts and operation. Hydraulic
governors. Digital governors, Power sharing. Governing systems.

MET 2.1 – Design features and system configuration of automatic control equipment and
safety devices (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
General Requirements
(a) Electrical equipment designed for land use is often not suitable for use in ships.
(b) As far as possible, all materials should be non-flammable explains where flame
retardant materials may be used.
(c) Meaning of the term flame retardant
(d) Angles of heel and trim at which machinery should be capable of operating.
(e) Effect of temperature changes on - Electromagnetic devices, Generator voltage.
(f) Common maximum temperatures of air and sea water used for design purposes.
(g) Axis of a rotating machine should not be placed athwart ships unless so designed.
(h) Need to periodically check the security of all electrical connections.
(i) Requirements regarding the provision of electrical power and lighting for normal
operation and for an emergency.

MET 2.2 – Design features and system configuration of automatic control equipment and
safety devices (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs )

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DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Main Engine
(a) Control Theory - Changing set points. Basic control system design. First order and
second order systems. Transfer Functions. Control system stability. Natural frequency
and control systems. Time lag and time constant. System response.
(b) Tuning - System response. Control loop tuning. Ziegler-Nichols, Cohen-Coon tuning
methods.
(c) Signal Transmission Systems - Digital communication bus and fibre optic signal
transmission systems
(d) Final Control Elements - Control valve trim. Selecting control valves and their
actuators. Valve sizing.
(e) Electronic PID Controllers - Single loop digital controllers. Manual and automatic
tuning of electronic controllers.
(f) Monitoring & Control Systems - Boiler water level control. Advanced boiler
combustion control. Diesel engine cooling control, Main engine control for FP and CP
propellers. Alarm and monitoring systems. Programmable logic control and SCADA
(supervisory control and data acquisition); Data logging and data transfer.
(g) General requirements of automatic control equipment and safety devices - Monitoring
system, Safety system, System independence, Local control, Failure mode and effect
analysis, Power supply.
(h) Remote control – Diesel propulsion, Control - electronic, electro-pneumatic,
electro-hydraulic or pneumatic, malfunctions – alarm, engine slow down, engine stop.
(i) UMS Systems - Concept of Unattended Machinery Spaces (UMS). Requirements of
UMS. Bridge control. Testing regime for UMS.
(j) Software version control, construction and use of computer network on ships for
bridge-based, engine room-based and commercial applications.

MET 2.3 – Design features and system configuration of automatic control equipment and
safety devices (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Generator and distribution system:
a) Instrumentation and Safety in Generator and Distribution system,
b) Auxiliary Diesel Generator Alarm and Shut Down,
c) Automatic Starting of Propulsion Auxiliaries.

MET 2.4 – Design features and system configuration of automatic control equipment and
safety devices (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Steam Boiler
(a) Following failures will have alarms and display –
1) Feed water high salinity,
2) High water level,
3) Boiler pressure high and low,
4) Super heater outlet temperature high,
5) Fuel pump low outlet pressure,
6) Heavy fuel temperature high and low (or high and low viscosity),
7) Uptake high temperature,
8) Control system power failure,
9) Atomization steam / air pressure low.

(b) Following failures will have alarms-

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 1) Display and automatic shutdown of boiler – low water level,
2) Supply air pressure failure,
3) Ignition or flame failure.

MET 3.1 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 12 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Three Phase A.C. Motors –
(a) Construction,
(b) principle of operation of 3-phase induction motors,
(c) Design features of star and delta motors,
(d) Starting,
(e) speed controlling and braking methods of 3-phase induction motors,
(f) Load-torque characteristics and protection.

MET 3.2 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Three Phase Synchronous Motors –
(a) Construction.
(b) Principle of operation.
(c) Load characteristics,
(d) Power factor improvement with synchronous motors.

MET 3.3 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Effect of varying frequency and voltage of A.C. Motors –
(a) Speed,
(b) Temperature,
(c) Torque,
(d) Power output and Starting time,
(e) Current.

MET 3.4 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment
for electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Motor control and protection –
(a) D. C. Motors
(b) A. C. Motors

MET 3.5 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) motor speed control –
(a) Gate driving characteristics with high current,
(b) High frequency,
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(d) Advantages of IGBT in varying motor speed control.

MET 3.6 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Motor speed control by Thyristors
(a) Application of thyristors in motor speed control

MET 3.7 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Three Phase Generators –
(a) Construction.
(b) Salient and cylindrical rotor types,
(c) Shaft generators,
(d) Excitation methods,
(e) Automatic voltage regulation,
(f) Synchronization,
(g) Parallel operation,
(h) Generator trouble shooting.

MET 3.8 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Three Phase Transformers –
(a) Construction Polarity,
(b) Configurations in Star and Delta combinations,
(c) Open delta configuration.

MET 3.9 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment for
electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Distribution –
(a) Main switchboard construction and configuration.
(b) Short circuit protection - fuses,
(c) main circuit breakers,
(d) the generator air circuit breaker,
(e) Protection co-ordination,
(f) Distribution configuration,
(g) Electrical equipment for tankers and hazardous areas and safety systems.

MET 3.10 – Design features and system configuration of operational control equipment
for electrical motors (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Emergency Power –
(a) Automatic starting arrangements for the emergency generator,
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(c) Essential and non essential circuits,
(d) Batteries.

MET 4 – Electronics, Power Electronics (Teaching Hours: 12 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
(a) Semiconductor Devices –
1. Uni-junction transistor, The Bipolar transistor, operation and characteristics, bias
circuits, AC and DC current gain, data sheets.
2. Field Effect Transistors, operation. Thyristors, SCRs, GTOs, DIACs and TRIACs
operation and characteristics.
3. Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), Snubber circuits, commutation, data sheets.
4. Device applications in electronic control, surveillance and recording systems, power
supplies, rectification, smoothing circuits, stabilization, switching, amplification,
pulse shaping, clipping and clamping.
5. PMOSFET (Power metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor).
6. Design features of cycloconverter, variable frequency drives and their applications
onboard ships.
(b) Integrated Circuits –
1. Ideal operational amplifier, characteristics, types, mounting methods and markings,
advantages of ICs.
2. Practical operational amplifier, circuit configurations, CMRR, instrumentation
amplifier, 4-20mA circuit.
3. Voltage regulators, multivibrators.
4. IC applications and common circuits.
5. Data sheets.
(c) Electronic Fault Diagnosis –
1. Interpretation and use of electronic systems and subsystem circuit diagrams,
operation and maintenance manuals.
2. Electronic test equipment, method of DMM display.
3. Use of CRO as a testing and display instrument.
4. Analysis of measurement and test result on components and circuits.
5. Methods of fault detection.

MET 5 – High Voltage Systems (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
1. Design features, operational and safety requirements for marine HV system.
2. Mandatory rules for HV system in safe and flammable areas and with/ without
earthling.
3. Carrying out switching and isolation procedure.

MET 6.1 – Management of Trouble shooting and restoration of electrical and electronic
equipment to operating conditions (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Control System & Troubleshooting:
(a) Troubleshooting of electrical and electronic control equipment - Electrical safety, Test
equipment, Interpretation of circuit symbols, Logical six step trouble shooting
procedure, Generation, Prime mover electrical control, Main air circuit breaker,
Protection of generators, Electrical distribution systems, Motors, Electrical survey
requirements, Calibrate and adjust transmitters and controllers, Control system fault
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(b) Function test of electrical. Electronic control equipment and safety devices.
(c) Troubleshooting of monitoring systems - Test and calibration of sensors and
transducers of monitoring system.
(d) Software version control - Programmable logic controllers (PLC), Microcontrollers,
Digital techniques.

MET 6.2 – Management of Trouble shooting and restoration of electrical and electronic
equipment to operating conditions (Teaching Hours: 3 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Maintenance & repair of the following:
Electrical and electronic systems operating in flammable areas, Carrying out safe maintenance
and repair procedures, Detection of machinery malfunction, location of faults and action to
prevent damage.

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CLASS II

MARINE ENGINEERING PRACTICE

MEP - 01: Theory of maintenance. (Teaching Hours: 39 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
Theoretical knowledge of Marine engineering practice and maintenance of machinery.
Methods of dealing with wear and tear of machinery, both electrical and mechanical.
Alignment of machinery components. Correction of defects.
Detection of machinery malfunction, location of faults and action to prevent damage -
Unplanned maintenance.
Temporary or permanent repairs in the event of breakdown:
(a) Failure of cross-head bearing/ main bearing/ bottom end bearings of main engine
(b) Breakage of chain drives of main engine
(c) Breakdown on turbo chargers
(d) Breakdown of main air conditioning and fridge system
(e) Collapse/ failure of multiple boiler water tubes.

MEP - 02: Practice of maintenance. (Teaching Hours: 15 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
a) Management and conduct of ship maintenance by planned maintenance and preventive
maintenance as per ISM Code. Theory of condition monitoring and its application
onboard ships. Principles of tribology and its practices.
b) Planning and execution of dry docking and other major repairs. Manageable breakdowns
and emergency repairs.
c) Planning and execution of safe maintenance activity and repair procedures taking into
account technical, legislative, safety procedurals specification, appropriate plan,
specification of materials and equipment available for maintenance and repairs.
d) Risk assessment and evaluation before commencement of maintenance activity.
e) Destructive and non destructive testing.
f) Major contamination of main L.O. sump – Action/ handling/ rectification.
g) Severe flooding of engine room bilges – Action/ handling/ rectification.
h) Trials and restoration of the plant after repairs. Safe working practices.
i) Inspection and Adjustment of Equipment relevant to Marine Engineering.

MEP - 03: Marine Engineering practice – Theoretical & Practical Knowledge.

(Teaching Hours: 06 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:
a) Classification society and class certificates,
b) Statutory certification of ships,
c) Surveys for maintenance and renewal of class and statutory certificates.

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CLASS II

SHIP CONSTRUCTION & NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

NA 1 - Structural strength. (Teaching Hours: 09 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Hydrostatics, density, relative density, pressure on an immersed plane, centre of pressure, load
diagram, shearing force on bulkhead stiffeners.

Displacement, TPC, Coefficients of Form, wetted surface area, similar figures, shearing force
and bending moment.

Calculation of area, volume, first and second moments, Simpson’s rules, use of intermediate
ordinates.

NA 2 - Transverse stability. (Teaching Hours: 09 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Centre of Gravity, effect of addition/removal of masses, effect of movement of masses,

suspended mass.

Transverse Stability, calculation of BM, Metacentric diagram, inclining experiment, free

surface effect, stability at large angles of heel, cross curves of stability, Angle of Loll stability
of wall sided vessel.

NA 3 – Trim or Longitudinal stability. (Teaching Hours: 09 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Longitudinal BML and GML, Centre of flotation and its calculation. Moment to change trim
by one centimeter.
Trim: Changes due to adding or removing fuel, ballast or cargo. Changes due to alteration in
density of sea water. Changes due to bilging of compartments, Using the Lost Buoyancy and
Added Mass methods. Dynamical Stability, SOLAS, ILLC Convention requirement,
Forces on rudder and stress in rudder stock. Heel when turning, including effect of centrifugal
force and of force on rudder.

Factors affecting trim and stability and measures necessary to preserve trim and stability. Effect
on trim and stability of a ship in the event of damage to, and consequent flooding of, a
compartment and countermeasures to be taken. IMO recommendations concerning ship
stability

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NA 4 – Resistance and propulsion. (Teaching Hours: 12 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Resistance and propulsion. Resistance and Fuel Consumption, Propeller and Power, Rudders &
Damage Control. Various Types of resistance, Geometry of Propeller, The law of
corresponding speeds. Froude's law of comparison. Simple problems on the prediction of full
scale resistance from model experiments. Elementary treatment of propeller and simple
problems on pitch, pitch ratio, apparent slip, wake velocity, Thrust and Power. Bulbous Bow,
Sea trials and interpretation of data recorded. Effects of fouling.
Drag and Lift of Propeller, Problems on propellers involving the use of wake factor, Effective
Power, Delivered Power, Propulsive & Quasi Propulsive coefficient, Propeller efficiency,
Bollard Pull, Computation of thrust and Power, Cavitation No, Cavitation Tunnel test of
Model propeller, Co relation between Model and Full Propeller, Vibration in ships.
Ducted Propeller, Voith Schneider Propeller, Water Jet Propulsion.

Factors affecting trim and stability and measures necessary to preserve trim and stability. Effect
on trim and stability of a ship in the event of damage to, and consequent flooding of, a
compartment and countermeasures to be taken. IMO recommendations concerning ship
stability.

NA 5 – Ship Construction (Teaching Hours: 21 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Ship construction:
Fundamental principles of ship construction and measures necessary to preserve trim and
stability, Nomenclature of ship parts, Ship Types and Terms, Stresses in Ship Structures, Ship
Dynamics, Hydrostatics, Displacement, Stability during dry docking and stability during
grounding, Forces on ship under various conditions, including the effect of panting and
pounding. Construction of all parts of steel ships. Use of high tensile steel and aluminum.
Structural fire protection arrangements. Dry docking. Design features of ships for general and
specialized trades.

Life saving equipment Operation and handling gear for lifeboats and life rafts. Ship
measurement and classification. Meaning of 'classed' and 'unclassed' ships. Common terms
used in measurement of modern steel ships. Common terms used in tonnage measurement e.g.
gross tonnage, net tonnage.

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CLASS II

SHIPS SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & PERSONAL CARE

SSEP - 1.0 - Legislative requirements and measures to ensure safety of life at sea and
protection of the marine environment …Continued. (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Knowledge of relevant International Maritime Law embodied in international agreements and

conventions - United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS), International
Maritime Organization (IMO), World Health Organization (WHO), Introduction to
International Labour Organization (ILO), Treaties, conventions, protocols, rules and
regulations, List of IMO Conventions & Authorities & Regulations.

National Legislation for implementing International agreements and Conventions.

SSEP - 1.1 - Legislative requirements and measures to ensure safety of life at sea and
protection of the marine environment...Continued. (Teaching Hours: 12 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

(a) Certificates and other documents to be carried on board ships by international

conventions (as per SOLAS Annex 1) and how they may be obtained and period of their
legal validity.
(b) Responsibilities under the relevant requirements of the international convention on load
lines.

(c) Responsibilities under the relevant requirements of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea - Brief description of International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea, Obligation - to carry out surveys and maintain validity of certificates, to maintain
records and rights of master.

(d) Responsibilities under the relevant requirements of the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships - Annex I, Annex II, Annex III, Annex IV, Annex V,
Annex VI.

SSEP - 1.2 - Legislative requirements and measures to ensure safety of life at sea and
protection of the marine environment…Continued. (Teaching Hours: 12 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

(a) Maritime declarations of Health and the requirements of the International Health
Regulations – WHO’s International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR), WHO’s Guidelines
for drinking water quality, International Medical Guide for ships (IMGS) and IMO’s
Medical First Aid Guide (MFAG)

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(b) Responsibilities under International Instruments Affecting the Safety of the Ships,
Passengers, Crew or Cargo:
(i) ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) (To be covered in SSEP-04)
(ii) Convention on the International Regulation for Preventing Collisions at Sea
(COLREG) 1972

(iii) International Convention on Salvage 1989; Lloyd’s Standard Form of Salvage

Agreement (LOF 2000)

(iv) Convention on Limitation of Liability of Maritime Claims 1976

(v) International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to Bills
of Lading (Hague-Visby Rules)

(vi) Charter parties

(vii) Marine Insurance, General Average and P & I Club

SSEP - 1.3 - Legislative requirements and measures to ensure safety of life at sea and
protection of the marine environment. (Teaching Hours: 15 Hrs )

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Methods and aids to prevent pollution of the environment by ships

(i) List of Conventions, Sources of Marine Pollution, Effects of Marine oil spills and
Noise
(ii) International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water
and Sediments
(iii) International Convention for the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships
(AFS) 2001
(iv) Regulations for prevention of oil pollution as per Annex I of 73/78
(v) Regulations for control of pollution from noxious liquid substances carried in bulk as
per Annex II of MARPOL 73/78
(vi) Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in
packaged form as per Annex III of MARPOL 73/78
(vii) Requirements covering the carriage of dangerous goods by sea as per Chapter VII of
the SOLAS Convention
(viii) Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships as per Annex IV
of MARPOL 73/78
(ix) Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships as per Annex V
of MARPOL 73/78
(x) Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution as per Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78.

SSEP - 02 - Safety and security of the vessel, crew and passengers. (Teaching Hours: 6 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

(a) Life Saving Appliances Regulations (SOLAS) - Life-Saving appliances and arrangements
(Chapter III of SOLAS) and Life-Saving Appliance Code.
(b) Organization of fire and abandon ship drill.
(c) Maintenance, functions and use of Life Saving Appliances, Fire-Fighting and other safety
systems.
(d) Actions to protect and safeguard all persons on board in emergencies; rescue of persons
from a vessel in distress or from a wreck; and Man-overboard procedures.
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 (e) Action and means to limit damage and salve the ship following fire, explosion, collision
or grounding – Contingency plans for response to emergencies and Procedures for
abandoning ship.
SSEP - 03 - Develop Emergency and Damage Control Plans and Handle Emergency
Situation. (Teaching Hours: 9 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

Methods and Aids for Fire Prevention, detection and extinction - Fire -fighting equipment.

SSEP - 04 - Use Leadership and Managerial Skills. (Teaching Hours: 15 Hrs)

DETAILED SYLLABUS:

(a) Knowledge of shipboard Personnel Management and Training - Engineer and Manager,
Human Resource Management, Training and Development, Maintenance Management.
(Not to be Covered Separately)
(b) Knowledge of International Maritime Conventions and recommendations and related
National Legislations - The ISM Code, STCW Convention, ILO’s MLC 2006.
(c) Ability to apply task and workload management – Communication, Team building,
Planning and co-ordination, Personal assignments, Time and resource constraints,
Prioritization.

(d) Knowledge and ability to apply effective resource management - Allocation, assignment
and prioritization of resources, Effective communication on board and ashore, Decisions
reflect consideration of team experience.

(e) Knowledge and ability to apply decision-making techniques - Management processes and
functions, Negotiating skills, Situation and risk assessment, Identify and generate options,
Select course of action, Evaluation of outcome effectiveness.

(f) Development, implementation, and oversight of standard operating procedures - Project

planning and controlling.

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