Flag State and Classification Society Surveys: Certificates, Survey Cycles, Conditions of Class Preparing the Ship with 280 Practice Questions

Know every certificate, every window, every due date. This workbook explains how merchant ships are surveyed and certified, from the flag state's responsibilities to the surveyor's closing meeting on board. It is written for deck and engineer officers, cadets, superintendents, technical managers and anyone preparing for an examination on ship surveys and certification. FORTY-NINE LESSONS IN NINE PARTS >The core of the book follows the subtitle. Survey cycles: initial, annual, intermediate, periodical, renewal and additional surveys, the three-month windows, how renewal dates are set, the extensions allowed, and bottom inspections and dry-docking. Class survey cycles: class notations, annual and intermediate class surveys, the class renewal survey, continuous survey, machinery surveys, the Enhanced Survey Programme and thickness measurement. Conditions of class: what they are, due dates and postponement, suspension, withdrawal, reinstatement and transfer of class. Preparing the ship: reporting damage, repairs and conversions, changes of flag or owner, planning the survey year, records, preparing tanks and spaces, testing equipment, dry-dock preparation, working with the surveyor and closing out findings. Every lesson has a short explanation, a key-points box, two worked examples, a practical exercise, the mistake to watch for, a tip for the job and four practice questions with answers. Date questions are worked step by step, so you learn to find anniversary dates, survey windows and new expiry dates for yourself. 280 PRACTICE QUESTIONS >INSIDE THE BOOK 49 lessons with 110 figures, including step-by-step drawings of key procedures 280 practice questions in 14 sets, each answer explained 10 case studies with model answers 6 reference tables: certificates, survey windows, renewal dates, extensions, class cycles and kinds of finding 5 example forms: survey plan, findings tracking list, damage report, tank preparation checklist and extension request >This is an independent study aid. The conventions, your flag Administration's requirements and your classification society's rules always govern, and some survey intervals depend on the ship's design and the society's rules.