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Admin founded Officer of the Watch in January 2016. He currently serves as Third Officer with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and holds a UK MCA II/1 – OOW Unlimited Certificate of Competency.
I appreciate it has been a while since I refreshed the content of this site. Unfortunately work and other projects have robbed me of most of my spare time. I recently received a number of enquiries asking where the Philip Ashton video answers have gone. Today I can finally give […]

Philip Ashton Videos

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The UK MCA SQA stability exams use a standard stability information booklet for both the OOW and Chief Mates/Masters Exams. You can now download this booklet using the link below to assist you with past paper completion. Please note that although this booklet states it is for Chief Mate exams […]

Stability Information Booklet

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                                                 The Institute of Marine Science, Engineering and Technology (IMarEST) supports seafarers with a Bursary scheme for students enrolling on the Sustainable Maritime Operations degree courses provided by its subsidiary MLA College.   The bursaries are designed to help students, particularly Deck Officers, from any country who want to […]

IMarEST Distance E-learning Bursaries

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Maritime Educational Foundation “A Centre of Excellence for seafarer training and industry support” FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO UPDATE SAFETY CERTIFICATES The STCW Convention 1978 has been amended by the 2010 Manila Amendments and contains new requirements for all seafarers. Seafarers are required, every five years, to provide evidence of having maintained […]

Financial Support To Update STCW Safety Certificates

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  What is an ECDIS? ECDIS stands for Electronic Chart Display & Information Systems and is a real-time decision aid. It accurately displays the vessels position and provides Navigation Officers with reliable information about both the ship’s position and its intended movements in relation to charted navigational features. An ECDIS may be accepted […]

ECDIS – Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems

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  With just over 4 months to go until the January 1st 2017 deadline for updating certification, do you know what is needed? We are still hearing from Officers and crew that they unsure of what short courses to re validate.   View the table below to understand what updating (refresher) […]

STCW Updating (Refresher) Training Guide…

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Officer of the Watch is delighted to announce a limited time special offer for both our Deck and Engineering users. You’re now entitled to an extra 20% a range of titles from Seamanship International. The discount applies to both individual publications as well as bundle offers, which are already heavily […]

Special Offer – Seamanship International

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The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for describing wind intensity based on observed sea conditions and is the primary used international scale for wind strength measurement in the marine environment.   Beaufort wind scale Mean Wind Speed Limits of wind speed Wind descriptive terms Probable wave height Probable maximum wave height […]

Beaufort Wind Force Scale

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  The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) Safety digests are collections of anonymous articles involving vessels from the merchant, fishing and small craft sectors which draws the attention of the marine community to some of the lessons arising from a variety of accidents.

MAIB Safety Digest – Volume 1 2016

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  I’m delighted to announce that on the 6th May 2016 the Marine Society won the Seatrade Awards prestigious  ‘Investment in People’ category. This was in recognition of the charity’s excellent @Sea online education programmes. The Marine Society’s award winning apps are maritime-themed e-learning courses designed specifically for seafarers to help improve their basic knowledge […]

Marine Society Wins Seatrade Award

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  THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT CODE (ISM)   Objectives The objectives of the ISM Code are; 1. To ensure Safety at Sea and the prevention of human injury or loss of life. 2. To avoid damage to the environment, in particular the marine environment and to property. To support the […]

ISM Code

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    You must always refer to your ships SMS/maintenance system and manufacturers instructions for equipment specific instructions on recharging. The following is intended as a generic guide only.   Recharging fire extinguishers Water Ensure that there is no residual pressure Unscrew the head assembly not more than one third of […]

Ships Fire Extinguishers Recharging Guidance

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