The engineer on watch is to be in the room of the central control post and supervise the reading of all instruments, pressure gauges, devices. He must properly fulfill the orders from the bridge.
From the time to time Engineer on Duty must go to the engine room and inspect the machinery. If he detects some trouble such as vibrathion of any gearing or pump, high temperature of oil on the bearings, oil leakages from pipelines, absence of cooling water in a tank and so on, he must do everything possible to prevent damage.
Engine room watch keeping rounds are taken three times a day for a modern UMS ship. Such important characteristics as level of the lube oil in air compressors, generators, back-flush counters for automatic filters, generator and main engine scavenge and exaust temperatures fuel oil, lube oil and jacket cooling water temperatures, engine RPM( Revoluthions per minute ) and KW, soundeings of important tanks on a daily basis should be noted and recorded into the Log Book.
The Engine Cadet works assisting engineers in the room. He is required to learn the positions of valves and pipelines as well as trace them, keeping a copy of the line diagrams of the system and physically to locate the valves in the engine room.
Having received permission from the engineer in-charge before perfoming any operatic and reporting after its completion, the engine cadet assists in pumping operations, topping up cilinder lube oil daily tank from the cylinder lube oil storage tank, trating and stopping the freshwater generator, draining the fuel oil service and settling tank of settled accumulated water and draining the air bottles of settled water and checking and topping up lube oil in generators and compressors to prevent alarms.
Assisting the 4-th Engineer Duties and responsibilities, the engine cadet shouls learn timely operation of the purifiers on a weekly basis: starting and stopping, boiler samples collecthion and testing, bunering procedures, testing fuel and lube oil for water contamination, the causes of alarms and their rectification measures.
Every engine cadet should observe good housekeeping practices. A clean engine room makes is easier to detect leakages. A leaking valve can be detected early in order to prevent a massive clean-up job. Oil on decks results in slips, trips and falls and as a consequence to injuries.
Junior engineers learn from the experiences of motorman. Oiler and ratings.
The Chief engineer, a Dute Engineer and an engine cadet are to be present to take part in the maneuvering process being done by the pilot, captain and the chief officer on the bridge and deck officers located forward and aft of the shipn. The cadet’s reliamility depends on his learning the procedures of maneuvering, starting the engine:steering gear test, telegraph test, disengaging the turning gear, venting the control air for main starting air valve, blow through of the engine, closing indicator cocks and turbocharger drains. It is necessary to be ready for any extraordinaring situation.
The junior engineers are to learn the process of bunkering: testing the bunker hose (once in 6 months), testing the bunker hose crane, requesting the deck hands, to plug the deck scuppers, planning the tanks, lining up necessary valves, taking soundings of all tanks on the barge drom where the oil is being supplies, ( adjust with trim calculations). Sampling fuel during the trasfer process and regular soundings/ ullages are to be recorded.
