Chief Mate & Master Unlimited Orals Revision Guide — Free MCA Syllabus Cards

A free, growing library of bite-size revision cards for the Chief Mate and Master Unlimited oral exams — management-level competencies, built from the real MIN 653 Amendment 1 syllabus. The verb changes from 'basic awareness' at OOW level to 'monitor and control' at this level — these cards reflect that.

Subject-Matter Revision (MIN 653, Management Level)

• SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM & MLC in Depth — full Load Lines, Ballast Water Management, MAIB reporting, pilotage/towage obligations
• Magnetic Compass — Parts, Coefficients A–E & Corrections
• Gyro Compass — Principles & Errors

Bridge Resource Management & Command

• PACE: The Escalation Framework Behind 'Challenge and Response' — includes the ICS Bridge Procedures Guide's explicit note that a challenge and response approach is not undermining the Master's delegated authority

Decision Simulator — Real Command-Level Scenarios

• Ali Ka — challenging a pilot's developing plan on the River Thames (MAIB 6/2024)
• Ruyter — when it's the Master's own fitness for watch you need to challenge (MAIB 11/2018)

Test Yourself

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