Seamamship & Life Saving Appliances
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The official GTU curriculum for Seamamship & Life Saving Appliances (subject code 4341803) as prescribed for ETC · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 12 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4341803)Unit 1 Ropes, types and Construction 1.a Types of Ropes and construction
- 1.1. Ropes – Vegetable fiber ropes, construction, coiling, faking, cheesing down, whipping, Opening a new coil. Characteristics, care and maintenance Steel wire rope.
- 1.2. Construction, special types, coiling, cutting, opening a new coil, care and maintenance. Synthetic fiber ropes – material used, construction, special characteristics and care of synthetic ropes.
Unit 2 Blocks, tackles and cargo work 2.a Blocks 2.b Tackles 2.c Cargo Work
- 2.1. Blocks – Parts of block, types of blocks, overhauling blocks, Marking. Tackles, parts of tackles, types of tackles, powergained.
- 2.2. Cargo works – Accident prevention when working cargo, Draft marks, Load lines, Hatch covers, preparing ship for sailing, Ventilation of cargo during the voyage. Tank and Bilge soundings.
Unit 3 Duties and Ship maintenance
- 3.1. ships department- Time, Watches and Bells. Bridge duties. Lights and signals for power driven ships under way, Ships at anchor, Ships not under command, ship ran aground.
- 3.2. Ship Maintenance – Chipping, scrapping, painting, paint brushes,paints, types of paints, painting defects, Maintenance of wooden decks, Caulking.
Unit 4 Life saving appliances 4.a Life saving appliances 4.b Pyrotechniques.
- 4.1. Life saving appliances - Life buoys, Life jackets, Life boat, Marking on a life boat, Parts of life boat, Davits, Types of davits, Life boat equipment and their uses – open type lifeboat - partially enclosed lifeboat – fully enclosed lifeboat - Inflatable life raft and its equipment, Rigid life raft.
- 4.2. Pyrotechnics – Hand flares, Rocket parachutes, Buoyant smoke signals.
Unit 5 Abandon ship and Emergency equipments 5.a Abandon ship signals. 5.b Emergency equipment’s.
- 5.1. Abandon ship – Emergency signal, Abandon ship signal, Life boat launching Survival at sea, Search and Rescue.
- 5.2. Breathing apparatus Self-contained, bellow type,emergency escape.
- 5.3. Thermal protective aid.
- 5.4. Immersion suit.
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