1. Personal Safety, Safe Working practices and Electrical Isolation Certificate.

2. Basic Electrical knowledge with respect to fundamental laws and components used in the
electrical circuit.
3. Various symbols used in Electrical circuits. Understanding and Tracing the Electrical Circuit.
4. Understanding of Star Delta Circuit, Boiler Control Panel Circuit ( With Relays )
5. Correct use of Multimeter, Meggar, Clampmeter etc.
6. Fault finding in the Star Delta Circuit and Boiler Control Panel.
7. Overhauling of Contactors, Electrical motor, Pressure and Temperature Switch.

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Using personal protective equipments (PPE),
overalls, safety shoes, safety glasses, insulation gloves, insulation mats, ear protections, safety
harness, safety tags, work permits, removal of fuses, and display of warning notices

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Safe isolation of equipment and associated
systems required before attending to work on such plant or equipment, including dismantling
and
re-assembling; Location of circuit breakers and fuses.

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Safe use of equipments at emergency

situation;
Emergency switchboard and distribution system; Operation of emergency generator during
emergency cases; Safe isolation of electrical short circuit.

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Voltage rating for different equipments
including
low voltage and high voltage equipments on board ships and their related measurement
testers &
techniques.

Knowledge of: Various hazards causing electric shock including electrical shocks due to
different
voltages and currents; Insulation materials; Precaution while live testing of electrical
equipments

Basic understanding of: Operation of steering gears including its starting panels.

Basic understanding of: Operation of cargo handling systems for different types of ships
including
cargo and ballast valves, ullaging systems and inert gas system

Basic understanding of: Operation of deck machineries including winches, accommodation

ladders, deck cranes, capstan, hatch covers, watertight doors

Basic knowledge of: Electrical distribution system; Power supply structure; Power
distribution
boards; Switching and protection equipments; Main circuit breakers; Cables and lighting
fixtures;
Effect of marine environment on electrical devices; Electrical equipment for tankers and
hazardous
areas and safety systems; Cables & cable marks and identification system;
Basic knowledge of: Electrical measuring instruments including DV PMMC instruments,
wattmeter, Digital meter, insulation tester, multi meter, pressure and temperature sensors,
level
transmitters and switches; Basic concept of operation of oil mist detector, fire & smoke
detector
system, oil detector and gas detector systems Voltage drop in cables
and cable shielding; Shore-supply connection procedure.

Basic knowledge of: Parallel working and sharing of generators; Manual, auto and semi-auto
synchronization of generators to bus-bar; Basic concept of A VR and governor control;
Safety and
protective systems such as under voltage, over voltage, Reverse power, under/over frequency,
over
load.

Basic knowledge of: Maintenance and repair of generators which includes maintenance and
inspection on generator winding, main exciter winding, alternators bearings, air filters and
cleaning
procedures, main terminal connections (Only Electrical Aspects of Generator)

Maintenance and repair of electric motors which includes basic principles of

maintenance and repair of the A.C. and D.C. electric motors; Motor bearings, windings and
terminals, heating and cooling systems, couplings, electromagnetic brakes, starters, speed
control
systems.

Basic knowledge of: Maintenance and repair of switchboards and their equipment including
main
and emergency switchboard and distribution panels; Circuit breakers, tripping devices,
contactors,
bus-bars.

Basic knowledge of: Circuit diagrams and drawings; Principle of maintenance of different
components of electrical machineries such as power supply, cabling and grounding,
switchboards,
terminal strips, connectors, electrical motors and brakes, limit switches; Safe isolation of
equipment before carrying maintenance; Obtaining permit to work prior to maintenance

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Parameters in flammable substances,

hazardous
area, explosion-proof type of protection of electrical equipment for gas & dust explosive area.

Basic knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Principles of ship's fire detection system
and its operation including heat, flame and smoke sensors.

Basic knowledge of: The basic transformer; Step up transformer; Step down transformer;
Loading
the secondary; Efficiency of transformer and losses; Maximum efficiency
Basic knowledge of: A.C. generator operation; Generator construction and cooling; Salient
pole
type; Cylindrical type; Generators in parallel; Synchronizing methods; Generator load
sharing;
Generator protections (Only Electrical Aspects of Generator)

Basic knowledge of: Electrical distribution system; Power supply structure; Power
distribution
boards; Switching and protection equipments; Main circuit breakers; Cables and lighting
fixtures;
Effect of marine environment on electrical devices; Electrical equipment for tankers and
hazardous
areas and safety systems; Cables & cable marks and identification system; Voltage drop in
cables
and cable shielding; Shore-supply connection procedure

Basic knowledge of: Control concepts including fundamental of open & closed-loop control
systems; Basic concept of PID controllers; Fundamental concept of Programmable Logic
Controllers.

Basic knowledge of: Electrical drive systems including electrical drives of engine room
auxiliary
machineries, deck and cargo handling equipments.

Basic knowledge of: Hydraulic and pneumatic machineries' operation principles; Basic
hydraulic
and pneumatic components; Ship application of hydraulic and pneumatic machinery
including ship
steering gears

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Various safety hazards present when working
on
shipboard electrical equipment; Electric shock; Movable (rotating) parts; Environmental
factors
like high temperature, humidity, water, fuel, gas, steam leaks, rain, wind, ship rolling or
pitching;
Lockout- Tag-out procedures.

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: working in hazardous area

Basic knowledge of: Maintenance and repair of switchboards and their equipment including
main
and emergency switchboard and distribution panels; Circuit breakers, tripping devices,
contactors,
bus-bars.

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency in: Maintenance and repair of electrical

distribution
system, switching and protecting equipments used in power distribution systems, fuses,
protective
relays (over current, thermal overload, under voltage), contactors, cables, cable marks and
identification system, lighting fixtures, fluorescent lamps, incandescent lamps and halogen
lamps,
mercury-vapor lamps and sodium-vapor lamps; Maintenance and repair of rechargeable
batteries.

Also Add following for bulk carrier staff

1. Understanding and troubleshooting of faults with water ingress alarm system in cargo holds,
with emphasize on safety of entry of void spaces/cargo holds, location of intrinsically safe
isolation zeners ( some gruesome accidents including multiple death while searching for this
on sailing ship).
2. Forward Dewatering system fault identification/trouble shooting, regulation (SOLAS)
requirement for operation remotely.
3. PA announcing system.
4. Basic trouble shooting of deck cargo cranes, limit adjustments.
5. Trouble shooting of incinerators failures.
6. Emergency wiring ( jumpers) for alpha lubricators in case of angle decoder failure.
7. Shaft potential measurement/recording/monitoring and its importance, and consequences
if incorrectly ground shaft.
8. Trouble shooting of auto back wash filter malfunction due to electrical failures.

1. Most critical would be electrical safety, with proper lock out / tag out techniques at
the beginning of any work on electrical systems.
Certainly agree. This is indeed covered anyway during the course but have now formally added this
topic on Day 1.

2. I think we need to have greater emphasis on boiler circuits of different types,

including all safety trips, cut outs and remote gauges, including DPTs and Pressure /
temperature transducers. (now only small part on day 8)
We have now devoted the entire Day 10 to the Boiler topic and have also shifted the PLC topic to Day
9 (before the Boiler topic) to aid in understanding.
We also request you to provide one or two Boiler electrical control diagrams from your vessels (having
PLC controller and / or any other type of control).

3. Would it be possible to include something on bridge control / UMS systems and

transfer of control from bridge to ER, telegraph systems, faultfinding etc.
Not too clear about the above…..is the reference made to electrical changeover….or……is the
reference made towards pneumatic circuit changeover ???
If the reference is Electrical based…..and if you wish to include this topic….then, would request you to
provide the circuit diagram/s of the Bridge control system from vessel (NABTESCO / AUTOCHIEF
System) and also the circuit diagram of E/R telegraph system.

4. It may be worthwhile to invest some time into computer networking and virus
eradication, which is sorely needed on many ships
Yes, this is a good suggestion. We can certainly do this (as mentioned above, we conduct a complete
4 days course on this topic) and have, as of now, allocated 4 hours to this topic on Day 11.
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