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without his doubts about the whole scenario. He might have been ignorant of maritime affairs but certainly not short of intelligence since he has graduated from a first class high school with honours. He quickly then appreciated the situation and decided that the whole affair smelt a rat. He therefore exited the bridge from the wing, climbed down the outside staircases to the main deck and into a pitch dark night, re-entered the accommodation and hastily went up the inside staircase to his deck and eventually to his cabin. He set aside the semaphore flags, stripped again and went to bed. The cadet was awakened by the ship’s typhoon accompanied by loud voices around the bridge area (which was on the same deck as his cabin). Glancing at his watch he registered that it was 4:00 am. Since he was instructed by the Bosun not to get involved in anything onboard unless he is expressly asked by his superiors or summoned by an Emergency signal, he curled his young body in his warm blankets and fell back to a deep sleep. At around 4:45 am his door was opened widely and the cadet jumped up to face a frightened stare of the 2nd Officer. It goes without saying what happened after the cadet decided to use his better intelligence and abandon the “signaling task”. The 2nd Officer, being positive that the cadet was at the forecastle, after some time, sent the seaman on watch to call him back. The seaman rushed back in panic reporting that the cadet was nowhere to be found at the forecastle. The 2nd Offi- 33 Dec 2008 3rd Issue cer in panic summoned the 3rd Officer back on the bridge and after they have together assessed the situation, they have concluded that the cadet must have possibly fallen overboard. They then decided to call the Chief Officer for advice, who decided to call the Master on the bridge (who was not aware of the set up arranged for the cadet). The Master of course did what he had to do after being convinced that he had a man overboard two hours behind. He went on the VHF calling Gibraltar signaling station and turned back the ship at opposite course with all search lights on and the crew summoned for a search and rescue operation. It was at this point when the 2nd Officer decided to sneak out of the bridge and look into the cadet’s cabin, hoping that no miracle will happen. But as it was, the miracle happened and the cadet was there staring at him in astonishment. The results were not pleasant for the “learned” deck officers and the bosun. The Master took the cadet’s training under his personal supervision from that point onwards, in order to protect him from the angry “conspirators”. As a matter of fact, he was “secretly” proud of the young lad and he saw a great potential in him in having a bright seafaring career. He was right. Lesson to be learned: Never underestimate other people’s intelligence. Article Provided by - Capt. Joseph Josephides - MN CYPRUS
3rd Issue Dec 2008 C o l l e a g u e s W o r k i n g o n b o a r d Onboard <strong>Training</strong> Program for Crew Operator Assistants We have mentioned many times the importance of training and surely this does not only apply to seamen but also to employees based ashore and more specifically in this instance crew operations. In June this year a program was put into motion that is directed at Crew Operator Assistants and more specifically to all those assistants who do not have any seagoing experience. The program is entirely voluntary, but we must say, that we were pleased to see how many volunteers we had. The duration of the stay is one week on board ships trading in our area. So far 19 persons from our Limassol headquarters have been on board and another 16 are waiting to go. The program has been suspended for a short period over the festive season and also to wait for calmer seas. Before “signing on” a briefing is given by the In-House <strong>Training</strong> co-ordinator/Senior Operator and supplied them with an “Induction Check List & Program”. The purpose of this book is to help ensure that they follow a structured program, and further to make the best use of their time on board, in order to gain the desired knowledge. Their experience while on their one week voyage gives them a taste of what truly a seaman’s life is all about. They observe at first hand deck and engine operations, and even take part in some of the daily work on deck, in the engine room and to generally observe operations at port during unloading and loading. Time was also spent on the bridge with the master and deck officers sometimes giving them companionship during their bridge watch duties. Sharing meals with all the crew gave both sides the opportunity to discuss the day to day issues that concern all seamen whatever their rank while on board. All of this could not be done while in the office and behind the computer. Here are a few quotes that we have taken from some of their reports, and also included some snap shots of the times they had on board. We think it says it all… “The main advantage was to see a wonderful seamanship and to act as a seaman’’ “It was very helpful to see how the bunkering procedure and even the ballast taking procedure is carried out’’ “I really admire seamen now because I could not understand it being separated 34
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