Interview Engineer on Board

THIRD ENGINNER INTERVIEW


01.) What is the responsibilities of Third Engineer ?

The responsibilities of Third Engineer are :

• Generator engine included their alternator.
• Fuel oil and lubrication oil purifier.
• Boiler and accessories.
• Air compressor.
• All various pumps on board.
• Incinerator ( if there ).
• Bunkering, etc.

02.) How if your engine can not to starting ?


If our engine can not to starting may be :

• Low voltages of battery ( if use battery ).
• Insufficient pressure on air starting bottle ( if use air starting )
• No fuel oil came to engine.
• Low compression on cylinder room.
• Piston ring broken.
• Wrong or bad viscosity of lubrication oil, etc.

03.) What happen if your engine have high consumption of lubrication oil ?

If our engine have high consumption of lubrication oil may be :

• There are leaking on pipe lines, packing or seals.
• High pressure on crankcase.
• Oil ring piston worn or broken.
• Leaking on lubrication oil cooler tubes.
• Retainer piston pin release or loose.
• Scratched on cylinder liner, piston or oil piston ring, etc.

04.) How if there low pressure of lubrication oil on your engine ?

If there low pressure of lubrication oil on our engine may be :

• There are leaking on suction or discharge lines.
• Insufficient lubrication oil on sump tank or crankcase.
• Plugged or restricted on filter or lubrication oil cooler.
• By pass valve of lubrication oil cooler not in function.
• Regulator valve not in properly function.
• Lubrication oil pump worn or broken, etc.

05.) What chase if there too high temperature on fresh water cooler ?


High temperature on fresh water cooler usually cause :

• Dirty or plugged on fresh water cooler.
• Insufficient fresh water on expansion tank.
• Leaking on gasket cylinder head.
• Fresh water thermostat not in function.
• Restricted at sea chest or strainer of sea water cooling pump.
• Fresh water pump worn or broken, etc.

06.) Your auxiliary engine is knocking, what are you doing ?


When our engine is knocking, we shall check for :

• Tap clearance of inlet and outlet valve.
• Inlet or outlet valve broken or worn.
• Piston ring broken.
• Timing of fuel oil injection pump.
• Detonation on one or more cylinder.
• Circlip of piston pin broken or loose, etc.

07.) How do you know if one of the cylinder engine not in properly working ?


We have indication if one of the cylinder engine not in properly working are :

• The colors of exhaust smoke are very black.
• No burning on that cylinder if we check from compression valve.
• Engine rpm less then normal condition.
• Temperatures of exhaust and cooling water on that cylinder are too low.
• Low Pmax on the mean cylinder, etc

08.) What are you daily work or maintenance ?


Our daily work are :

To make all machinery and equipment ready for operation.
To make maintenance and minor repair if necessary.
Checking for lubrication oil level of M/E, A/E, gearbox, Air Compressor, etc.
Checking for fresh water cooler level at expansion tank.
Checking any leakage to all pipe lines, pay more for fuel oil pipes.
Drain water from air starting bottle.
- Cleaning engine room, etc


09.) What are you weekly maintenance ?

Our weekly maintenance are :

• Cleaning or change fuel oil filters.
• Cleaning or change lubrication oil filters.
• Cleaning all sea chests and strainers. Put a grease to all moving parts.
• Checking battery voltage and top up water battery level, etc.

10.) What are you monthly maintenance ?

Our monthly maintenance are :

• Cleaning lubrication oil cooler.
• Cleaning fresh water cooler.
• Checking for non return valves air compressor.
• Changing lubrication oil crankcase if necessary ( following PMS )
• Readjust tappet clearance inlet and outlet valves if necessary ( following PMS )
• Cleaning intake air filters.
• Checking carbon brushes of alternator.
• Changing lubrication oil of governor, rocker arm, fuel pump, etc.

11.) What will you do, if the run generator suddenly on trouble ?


If the run generator suddenly on trouble, I will :

• Starting the other generator or emergency generator.
• Change the load to the normal generator.
• Reduce rpm to the idle speed.
• Checking and indicate what is the trouble.
• Stop the generator that on trouble.
• Repair it if necessary.
• Inform it to Chief Engineer.

12.) If you on duty and there are the fire on engine room, what do you do ?


If the fire on engine room, my action are :

• Press fire alarm.
• Inform to Master and Chief Engineer if there are the fire on engine room.
• Try to attack the fire by portable fire extinguisher ( dry chemical or foam ).
• If the fire can not to be handle, prepare fire pump and emergency fire pump.
• Attack the fire by according instruction from Master or Chief Engineer.
• If the fire still can not to be handle, the last effort we use CO2 system. Before
• starting CO2 system all ventilation and water tight door must be close and
• ensure there are no body in engine room.

13.) What is the ISM Code ?

ISM Code means the International Management Code for the safe operation of Ships and for pollution prevention.
The objective of the Code are to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or lose of life and avoidance of damage to the environment in particular to the marine environment and to property.


14.) What kinds of engine department checklist ?


Engine department checklist are :

• Main engine condition checklist.
• Generator condition checklist.
• Steering gear condition checklist.
• Arrival / departure checklist.
• Bunkering plan checklist.
• Inert gas system checklist ( if there ), etc.

15.) How are to starting operation of diesel engine with the air start ?


To starting operation of diesel engine with the air start are :

• Open the indicator valves and then blow the diesel engine by air star, once time.
• Close the indicator valves.
• Set up the fuel oil lever or governor level to ”start” position.
• Supply air for starting engine.
• Check for : lubrication oil pressure, fuel oil pressure, cooling water pressure
• Engine rpm, vibration, abnormal noise or sound, etc.
• Increase engine rpm as required and carry out normal checking