What is the SafeSeas Assessment Generator?

To obtain a UK Certificate of Competency, candidates need to sit an assessment, often known as the “orals”. This consists of 2 parts – part A which is a computer based assessment and part B which is the orals.

In part A of the assessment, there are 15 questions in the assessment, 9 of these are from the following topics and you must score the following:

• International Collision Regulations – 90%

• IALA buoyage systems – 90%

• Navigational procedures – 80%

There are 6 further questions, which can be from any of the following topics, and you must score a minimum of 50%:

• Cargo work;

• Emergency procedures;

• Communication;

• Seaworthiness;

• Regulations; and

• Ship Handling, Meteorology, Safety and Security.

The SafeSeas Training Assessment Generator will allow you to practice answering these styles questions. You can write your answers, checking them against the model answers.

The Generator draws from a bank of over 350 real UK MCA questions, that are split into the different Standards of Training, Watchkeeping and Certification for seafarers (STCW) subjects. The Generator will produce a new assessment every time, meaning you can practice a different assessment every time.

The Generator mimics the UK MCA part A assessment and contains the same numbers of questions as you would have in part A of the MCA assessment.

New questions are added on a monthly basis and the database is checked to ensure all questions are still relevant and in line with the syllabus.

The other way you can use the Generator by practicing answering the questions out loud as though you are in the one-to-one assessment with the UK MCA examiner and then checking your answer. During part B of your assessment, you can be asked questions on any part of the UK MCA syllabus, however, you are pretty much guaranteed to have questions on COLREGS, including rule of the road and lights and shapes. You will probably also be asked about buoyage and navigational procedures.

Alongside adding new questions every month, we have plans to further expand our offering and making the part B assessment more like an orals assessment. Stay tuned for more information.

Want to try a free assessment? Have a go here!

For £2.99 a month, you will have 30-day unlimited access to the Generator. You can sign up here.