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    Tank Soundings: Importance

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    Deck cadets are responsible for taking tank soundings to ensure the ship's stability. Taking accurate soundings is important for safety during cargo operations. Cadets also help maintain life saving and fire fighting appliances to learn proper procedures, which teaches them about equipment functions for their license exams. During pilotage, cadets initially help prepare equipment but eventually assist on the bridge with paperwork and observing maneuvers under supervision to learn vessel operations. Accurate pilotage information and procedures are important for safety.

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    Tank Soundings: Importance

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    Deck cadets are responsible for taking tank soundings to ensure the ship's stability. Taking accurate soundings is important for safety during cargo operations. Cadets also help maintain life saving and fire fighting appliances to learn proper procedures, which teaches them about equipment functions for their license exams. During pilotage, cadets initially help prepare equipment but eventually assist on the bridge with paperwork and observing maneuvers under supervision to learn vessel operations. Accurate pilotage information and procedures are important for safety.

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    Deck cadets are responsible for taking tank soundings to ensure the ship's stability. Taking accurate soundings is important for safety during cargo operations. Cadets also help maintain life saving and fire fighting appliances to learn proper procedures, which teaches them about equipment functions for their license exams. During pilotage, cadets initially help prepare equipment but eventually assist on the bridge with paperwork and observing maneuvers under supervision to learn vessel operations. Accurate pilotage information and procedures are important for safety.

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    Tank Soundings: Importance

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    Deck cadets are responsible for taking tank soundings to ensure the ship's stability. Taking accurate soundings is important for safety during cargo operations. Cadets also help maintain life saving and fire fighting appliances to learn proper procedures, which teaches them about equipment functions for their license exams. During pilotage, cadets initially help prepare equipment but eventually assist on the bridge with paperwork and observing maneuvers under supervision to learn vessel operations. Accurate pilotage information and procedures are important for safety.

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    Tank Soundings
    Almost all deck cadets are asked to check tank soundings on a regular basis. Generally taken
    after the 0400-0800 watch (before or right after breakfast), soundings are very crucial for
    ensuring the stability of the vessel. The fact that the ships stability is dependent on the total
    ballast being carried, makes a deck cadet realise the high level of responsibility given to him.

    Taking soundings must be learnt to the highest degree of precision so that the job becomes easier
    and executed swiftly. Knowing the depth of all the tanks also saves a lot of time. At ports,
    soundings are extremely crucial to the loading and/or discharging of the cargo and should not be
    meddled with at all. Fabricating the readings can be detrimental to the safety of the ship and its
    crew.

    2. LSA/FFA Maintenance
    Thorough maintenance of the life saving appliances (LSA) and fire fighting appliances (FFA) is
    extremely important. Generally a part of the 3rd Mates duties and responsibilities, this work is
    assigned to the cadets so that they learn the procedures of noting down expiry dates, carrying out
    repair work, checking for any defects, emailing the company for ordering new products etc. In
    the process, a cadet ends up learning a great deal about how each equipment functions and also a
    lot about the lifeboats, liferafts, pyrotechnics, SOLAS Regulations etc. All such information ends
    up being extremely useful when appearing for the 2nd Mates examination.

    3. Pilotage Operations
    A cadets role during pilotage varies with the time he has spent onboard. Initially, a cadet assists
    the ratings in rigging the pilot ladder and lowering the gangway for the pilot to board, along with
    other related processes during pilotage. The process also involves learning, first hand, the precise
    construction of the pilot ladder as per Regulations (important when appearing for the 2nd Mates
    examination). Gradually, once the Master deems the Cadet to be relatively well versed with the
    vessels operations, he is called on the Bridge to assist the duty officer with the different pilotage
    paperwork, e.g. printing out and filling the pilot card, plotting the position, filling the radio log
    (under supervision), observing the steering etc.

    Importance:
    to obtain a fix of the position of the vessel

    to comply with the regulation within a specific port.

    To reduce the risk of a large scale accident

    For maritime safety purposes

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