Maritime QuestionsSafety & Emergency

Your examiner asks: "Beyond simply assigning each crew member a survival craft and station, what specific individual duties must the muster list assign in more detail?"

A. The muster list must assign SPECIAL DUTIES to individual crew members appropriate to an emergency, going beyond just "report to lifeboat station X" — examples include: closing watertight doors, fire doors, valves, scuppers, sidescuttles, skylights, portholes and other similar openings on the ship; stopping ventilation fans; preparing and provisioning survival craft and other life-saving appliances ready for launching; general preparation of other survival craft equipment; mustering of passengers (where carried); use of communication equipment; and manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires. These duties must be assigned to named individuals so there is no ambiguity in an emergency about who is responsible for each critical action.
B. The muster list only ever needs to show which survival craft each person is assigned to, with no requirement to assign any more specific individual duty such as closing watertight doors or manning fire parties.
C. Special duties such as closing watertight doors are the sole responsibility of the chief engineer personally and are never delegated to or assigned to any other individual crew member on the muster list.
D. Muster list special duties apply only to passenger ships; cargo ship muster lists are limited exclusively to survival craft assignment with no other individual duties permitted.
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You're asked to test a deck crane grab after electrical repairs nearby. As the grab is hoisted, what should have happened first?
A. Nothing — a test lift can proceed immediately after repairs
B. Testing should wait until cargo operations begin
C. The area within the grab's swing radius should be cleared of personnel before the lift
D. Only the crane operator needs to be aware the lift is happening
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A toolbox talk held before a lifting operation should explicitly cover which of the following?
A. Who must remain clear of the exclusion zone while the lift takes place
B. The lunch schedule for the deck team
C. Only the weather forecast for the next watch
D. The cargo manifest for the next port
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