二副面试英语

下面收集了一部分问题，可供参考。

1. Can you tell me about your education background and working experience? (Omitted) Please r efer to the same questions for the master.

2. Can you tell me about your last vessel? (Omitted) Please refer to the answers to the same ques tions to the master or chief officer.

3. What are your responsibilities as a Second Officer?

The Second Officer is the navigational officer and sometimes also medical officer on board. Besid es, the Second Officer shall assist the Chief Officer. His duties may include the following:

(1) Navigation watch keeping (from 1200 to 1600, and from 0000 to 0400);

(2) Chart and navigational publication corrections;

(3) Passage plan making;

(4) Usually working as the designated communications officer;

(5) Maintenance of communication equipment, instruments and spare parts on board the ship;

(6) Care of all the basic navigation equipment and instruments, including magnetic compasses, g yrocompasses, gyro repeaters, rime changes, depth sounders and course recorder.

(7) Maintenance of inventories of the stationery

(8)Medical duties, and Some other work designated by master or Chief Officer.

二副应该能用自己的语言流利地说出自己的职责。

4. Please briefly describe the procedure of dealing with navigational warnings.

Firstly, I shall register the navigational warnings in the Register Book and record the warning num ber in the card. Secondly, I shall select the charts that are affected by the warnings. Then I shall us e pens, scissors and glues to fix permanent notices. I shall also use pencils to fix tem- porary and preliminary notices. The charts are to be corrected according to all the concerned warnings. Whe n I correct the chart, I shall frequently consult the geographical index.

5. Can you describe the charts correction procedures? Please refer to the same question for the Master.

Firstly, the Second Officer has to make sure that he has received the latest Notice to Mariner and that he has to write the notice request on time. The Master shall make emergency request if the l atest is not received.

Secondly, the Second Officer has to record the Notice to Mariner on the correction logs on time a ccording to the chronological order.

Thirdly, when correcting the chart, he has to make sure that the last small correction has been ma de on the chart. Erasure should never be made when deleting information crossed through. Inst ead, series of short double strokes should be used while correction fluid should not be used. Alw ays insert information before you delete any information. 任何海图和维护海图是二副最重要的职责之一，对于海图更新的有关程序是考官经常考到的题目，一定要好好准备。关键是如何用自己的话表述出这个复杂的过程。

6. Who should draft the passage plan on board? What are included in passage plan? When you m ake the passage plan, what information do you need?

Usually, the passage plan should be prepared by the Second Officer and approved by the Master. During passage, when an error or mistake is found about the passage plan, it should be reported t o the Master first and corrected afterwards by the Second Officer. But during voyage the passage