Yurii Sushchenko

1. Replacement of pumps (high and low pressure, cooling), turbines, exhaust manifolds, coolers (oil and water), gaskets, seals, rubber seals and rings, replacement of bolts, studs, nuts.
2. Replacement of filters (oil, fuel, air). Cleaning, washing, seats, pipes, flange connections, flat surfaces, aluminum gaskets between the cover and the engine body, blowing out pipes (water, oil, fuel, air systems) of the components and structures of marine engines.
3. Cleaning, washing machine parts and mechanisms. Processing parts to free size with hand tools.
4. Manufacturing blanks for gaskets from various materials. Carrying out work on preparation for installation of auxiliary mechanisms, pipelines, valves.

5.Fuel operations.

1. Distribution and control of work for the working personnel.

2. Keeping watch in the engine room, preventive maintenance, control, regulation, setting operating parameters and servicing all engine room equipment with special attention to the main engine, auxiliary engines and mechanisms, boiler plant, compressors, various pumps, desalination, light and heavy fuel oil separators, oil separators, bilge separators.

3. Maintenance, repair of the hydraulic system. As well as other vital mechanisms, systems for the life of the crew and technical support of the vessel. And repair of all the above mechanisms.

4. Head of maintenance and repair of equipment: diesel generators, pumps, lifting equipment, compressor units, replacement of piston rings, various repairs of pumps.

5. Metalworking of parts: Disassembly, defect detection, repair, installation of shaft lines, bearings, propellers, compressors, gearboxes, refrigerators, auxiliary deck mechanisms with alignment tolerances.
6. Processing of supporting surfaces, foundations, wedges, gaskets.
7. Defect detection, repair, installation of heat exchangers, valves, other ship devices
8. Adjustment and commissioning of deck mechanisms.
9. Start-up and maintenance of auxiliary mechanisms, devices and heat exchangers during sea trials, detection of defects and their elimination.

My duties included:
- supervising and participating in the operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment and machinery on board the vessel;
- providing fuel and other requirements of the engine room, maintaining records and accounting;
- performing technical supervision of the installation, maintenance and repair of the vessel's machinery and mechanisms in order to ensure compliance with specifications and regulations;
- inspecting and performing maintenance and emergency repairs of engines, machinery and auxiliary equipment;
- maintaining a watch in the engine room, observing and recording the performance of engines, machinery and auxiliary equipment.

Practical skills:
1. perform carpentry;
2. perform joinery;
3. perform painting;
4. perform rigging work;
5. comply with the rules of keeping a ship's watch;
6.ensure that the vessel is kept on a given course, monitor the operation of course indicators and the steering gear;
7. carry out technical operation of the steering, cargo,
mooring and towing gear;
8. perform mooring operations in accordance with the ship's schedule within the competence of the watch sailor;
9. use of control and measuring devices and tools;
10. prepare spaces, cargo holds and decks for
accommodating passengers and cargo;
11. accept and deliver cargo;
12. place and secure cargo;
13. supervise shore sailors and workers during cargo handling operations;
14. clean holds and clean deck after unloading;
15. ensure proper level of transport safety;
16. use means to ensure the survival of the vessel;
17. observe fire safety and electrical safety regulations;
18. provide first aid in case of electric shock
19. act in accordance with the ship's alarm schedule;
20. give the general alarm signal;
21.seal holes, cracks and other water leaks in the ship's hull, piping systems, bulkheads in various ways, reinforce watertight bulkheads;
22.use ship's individual and collective
personal protection and rescue equipment, carry out work to rescue people on the water;
23.detect and localize fires, extinguish fires
with various fire extinguishing agents;
24.use fire-fighting equipment, means and inventory on the ship;
25.use the lifeboat device, row, steer the boat;
26.take over and hand over the ship's watch;
27.observe environmental safety.

Practice skills:
1. Management and operation of ship power engineering and its control systems;
2. Operation and maintenance of marine pumps and auxiliary equipment;
3. Ship repair organizations and technologies;
4. Operation of ship automation;
5. Ensuring the operability of electrical equipment.

Primary skills:
1. Alarm actions;
2. Struggle for the survivability of the vessel;
3. Use of rescue equipment and personal protective equipment;
4. Actions as part of a deck crew when setting and removing anchor from a vessel, mooring operations and towing;
5. Performing deck work;
6. Keeping watch at the helm and maintaining proper observation of the vessel and its surroundings, recognizing lights, signs and sound signals;
7. Launching lifeboats and life rafts;
8. Application of the rules for maintaining a running and mooring watch.
9. Performing loading and unloading operations in the positions of rank and file personnel.

The objectives of educational practice are:
1. Study of the device used on board the vessel, terms and definitions,familiarization with the operating techniques of ship devices;

2. Study of the watchkeeping procedure while the vessel is underway and when it is moored and at anchor;
3. Acquisition of skills in steering and execution of commands given to the steering wheel in Russian and English;
4. Study and practical application of various watchkeeping methods;
5. Familiarizing students with the specifics of the chosen profession;
6. Acquisition of primary professional skills and abilities in performing the duties of a deck crew rank and file;
7. Mastering the specifics of crew work;
8. Instilling skills for working in a work collective.