USCG Exam PracticeWatch duties, terminology, and instrumentation
Before an oncoming watchstander formally assumes an engineering watch, what must occur?
- A. The oncoming watchstander signs the engineering log and relieves immediately upon arrival in the space
- B. The watch engineer on the bridge verbally authorizes the relief
- ✓ The oncoming watchstander is fully informed of the plant lineup, equipment out of service, abnormal readings, and standing orders, then tours the space and checks actual machinery condition against the logsCorrect
- D. The chief engineer must be present in the engine room to witness the relief
Why C is correct
NAVEDTRA 14104 §1-1 specifies that the oncoming watchstander must be fully informed of the plant lineup, any equipment out of service, any abnormal readings or ongoing evolutions, and any standing orders; must tour the space; and must check actual machinery condition against the logs before formally relieving. Nothing is taken for granted or assumed unchanged.
Cited:NAVEDTRA 14104 §1-1