LIST OF QUESTIONS ON ECDIS ASKED BY VETTING INSPECTORS AND PSC’S DURING MY SERVICE AS

JUNIOR OFFICER:

1) COMPANY POLICIES ON ECDIS CARRIAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION

2) COMPANY POLICIES ON PAPERLESS NAVIGATION
3) COMPANY PROCEDURE REGARDING DISPLAY MODES OR SETTING OF ECDIS DURING DAY
AND NIGHT
4) VARIOUS TYPE OF DISPLAY MODES/ ENC FORMAT DESCRIPTION OF S-52,S-63 ETC
5) HOW WILL YOU PROVE DATA DISPLAYED IS OFFICIAL
6) AIO OVERLAY AND ITS FUCTION AND OPERATION, PROCEDURE WHEN YOU SWITCH ON OR
OFF.
7) WHAT IS SCAMING, SHOW ON ECDIS, USE AND WHEN YOU SWIITCH ON OR OFF
8) ENC CELLS FILE NAME GB27012 WHAT GB OR 2 STANDS FOR
9) HOW WILL YOU PROVE THAT YOU HAVE ORDERED ALL ENC FOR THE INTENDED VOYAGE
AND NO CHARTS HAS BEEN LEFT OUT?
10) WHAT IS THE GREY SHADES AND VERTICAL LINES APPEARING WHEN ZOOMING IN OR OUT
ON THE ENC MEANS
11) PROVE THAT YOUR ECDIS IS UPDATED TO PRESENTATION LIBRARY 4.0 BY DISPLAYING
CHART1 (GET NAVIGATING OFFICER TO LEARN THE PROCEDURE, INSPECTOR GETS ANNOYED
WHEN DONE BY LOOKING AT PAPER)
12) HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND SMPLIFIED SYMBOLS
13) BE FAMILIAR AND ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE WITH EACH AND EVERY POINTS MENTIONED
IN ECDIS FAMILIARISATION AND ECDIS PREARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CHECKLIST
14) WHAT THE FUNCTION OF AUTOLOAD/ COMPILATION SCALE
15) DEMONSTRATE THE CORRECT DISPLAY/SCALE OF ENC FOR NAVIGATION
16) METHODS OF POSITION FIXING/ PARALLEL INDEX/ AND THEIR DEMONSTRATION
17) SETTING OF ANTIGROUNDING ALARMS/ WHICH IS ANTIGROUNDING SECTOR OR VECTOR
18) SETTING OF POSTION SHIFT GPS(HDOP)
19) ACTIONS DURING SENSORS FAILURE GPS,SPEED LOG ETC
20) BACKUP ARRANGEMENTS INCASE OF ECDIS FAILURE
21) HOW YOU MANAGES NAVTEX MESSAGES (DNT REPLY DIRECTLY “AUTOMATIC DISPLAY”
EVEN YOU HAVE THAT, SHOW HIM THE FILING SYSTEM OF NAVTEX MESSAGES PROPERLY
SEGREGATED WITH STATION, MESSAGES SIGNED, CANCELLED MESSAGES ETC. SAME GOES
WITH SATC)
22) SAFETY SETTINGS IN ECDIS DISPLAY (DIFFENCE BETWEEN SAFETY CONTOUR AND DEPTH)
23) HOW YOU USE DEPTH SHADES FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSE// GOOD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
ISOLATED DANGER SYMBOL, ITS CONDITIONS AT WHEN AND HOW IT WILL BE DISPLAYED
24) WHAT THE CHANGES EFFECTIVE IN PRESENTATION LIBRARY 4.0
25) DEMOSTRATE OR DISPLAY CATZOC OF ENC// HOW YOU APPLY CORRECTION TO DEPTHS(UKC
CALCULATION TO INCLUDE ACCURACY CORRECTION)
26) DO YOU APPLY ANY POSITIONAL CORRECTION TO YOUR PLOTTED POSITION IF ANY? IF YES
HOW ?
27) WHAT IS DATE DEPENDANT SYMBOL/ VIEW DISPLAY, HOW ITS DISPLAYED ON ENC
28) DO YOU STILL USE IMO ECDIS DATA PRESENTATION AND PERFORMANCE CHECK (NO, IMO
TEST WAS DESIGNED FOR PRESENTATION LIBRARY 3.4 NOW THE ECDIS IS UPGRADED TO
PL4.0 WHICH REQUIRES TEST BY CHART1 METHOD REQUIRED ONCE AFTER UPGRADATION).
29) RADAR OVERLAY FUNCTION AND USE?
30) PROCEDURE OF T&P PLOTTING AND FILING SYSTEM (AIO OVERLAY BUT ALSO MENTION
THAT YOU CROSS CHECK BY ANNUAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, KEEP FILES FOR T&P UPDATED,
AS NOT ALL COUNTRY INCORPORATE THE T&P’S IN AIO DVD)
31) ANTI COLLISION SETTING CPA/TCPA (TO BE SAME AS MASTERS STANDING ORDER)
32) DEMONSTRATION OF AIS FILTERING METHOD
33) HOW APPLY MANUAL UPDATES IN YOUR ECDIS
34) DEMONSTRATION OF SAFETY CHECKS YOU DO DURING PLANNING STAGE(MENTION ANY
LIMITATION OF ECDIS OR FUCNTION IN PASSAGE PLAN/ MARK IF POSSIBLE)
35) ROUTE CHECK FUNCTION AND ITS LIMITATION (MENTION THAT YOU ALSO CHECK THE
ROUTE MANUALLY AS WE USE TO DO IN PAPER CHARTS BY SCROLLING THROUGH THE ENC
ON COMPILATION SCALE)
36) DEMONSTRATE THE SHIP’S PARAMETER/CCRP SETTINGS ENTERED ARE CORRECT.
37) CALCULATION OF SAFTY CONTOUR(DRAUGHT+UKC-HT OF TIDE)
38) SHOW THE LIST OF CHARTS USED FOR VOYAGES AND THERE EXPIRY DATES
39) METHODS TO CROSS CHECK GNSS POSITION
40) ECDIS PLAYBACK FUNCTION (MOSTLY ASK BY INSPECTORS TO SHOW THE TRANSIT OF VESSEL
FROM PILOT TO BERTH)
41) DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU CHANGE DATUM ON ECDIS.
42) INSPECTORS ARE CHECKING LOGBOOK FUNCTIONS TO VERIFY THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY
PLOTTED THE POSITION AT THAT GIVEN TIME.
43) COMPANY POLICY TO PROTECT ECDIS FROM VIRUS, AS A NAVIGATING OFFICER WHAT
PRECAUTION YOU TAKE TO PROTECT YOUR ECDIS FROM VIRUS
44) VERIFICATION OF MARKING ON CHARTS (TO BE DONE SAME AS PAPER CHARTS)
POSITION INTERVAL, METHODS, CALL MASTER, ENGINE STATUS, ANCHOR LASHING, WHEEL
OVER, ECHO SOUNDER ETC)
45) WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO TRAIN NEW BRIDGE MEMBER FOR ECDIS? HOW DO YOU
PROCEED? (LIMITATIONS OF THE PARTICULAR ECDIS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED )
46) WHICH SYSTEM YOU PREFER PAPER OR PAPERLESS (HANDLE THIS QUESTION
DIPLOMATICALLY AND SENSIBLY)