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Bunker and Draft Survey Course

Bunker and Draft Survey Course

Written by: William George
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 Looking for your next adventure in your Maritime Career? Consider learning about Draft Surveying.

Thank you for your interest in my Draft and Bunker Surveying Course.

We can do this course remotely via email with individual Zoom, Team, Skype or WhatsApp appointments as needed. I am located at the Greater Seattle, Washington, USA area. For example 9am to noon my time is 6pm to 9pm in Germany. In Australia your time can be is 19 hours ahead of my time or 10am your time will be 3pm the day before my time. Because there is a limited number of hours a day I must also limit the number of students enrolled.

The full price is $1,500US for 35 hours in classroom training at MITAGS-West, Seattle, Washington, USA, including materials in class with other students.

You can save $1,000US and the cost of travel and lodging by studying remotely. As a remote student, you save money by reducing my overhead costs as well as getting my individual instruction as needed by appointment via Zoom, Teams, Skype or WhatsApp. Remote students will need to be able to print their training materials as well as scan and email their lessons for grading. Upon successful course completion students will be sent a Certificate of Completion. Arrangements for payment are done via PayPal.

My live course is done in 5 days. I am planning on doing the next course in late Spring of 2022 however you can become a remote student now for only $500US.

To apply for enrollment as a Remote Student please send your full contact information:

WilliamEGeorge@gmail.com

Best regards,

William E. George
William E George and Associates LLC

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The first lessons are with the UN ECE Draft Survey Code:

Surveyor's Qualifications
Vessel Documents
Draft Survey Instruments
Draft Survey Proceedures

My Workbook Lessons:

Correcting Apparent Drafts to True Drafts

Calculating M/M/M

1st Correction to Displacement for Trim

2nd Correction to Displacement for Trim

Correcting Displacement for Harbor Water Density

Ballast and Freshwater Tanks

Oil Tanks
Surveying
Complete Draft Survey Problems

Start and Finish Loading
Start and Finish Discharging
Deadweight Surveys
Bunker Surveys
Barge Draft Surveys without Hydrostatic DataCopyright William George
Episodes
  • LESSON 18: Barge Draft Surveying

    LESSON 18: Barge Draft Surveying
    Jan 30 2021
    Congratulations, this is the last lesson of the course. After listening to the Podcast while viewing the Notes and the WORKBOOK do the calculations needed to complete the two Barge Draft Survey Calculations, Start an Finish so that you can determine the cargo loaded using Imperial and Metric Units. You should also review the API Manual I sent you that covers Barge Draft Surveys.

    Please note: I have also provided the correct answers for the two Barge Draft Surveys, Start and Finish. Feel free to check you work as you go, the job will show you the way. You will learn by doing!
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    24 mins
  • LESSSON 17: Discharging Draft Survey Project, Start and Finish

    LESSSON 17: Discharging Draft Survey Project, Start and Finish
    Jan 29 2021
    By now you should be able to use the Ballast and Fresh Water Tanks as well as the Oil Tank Tables because they both require the same method to correct for List and Trim to determine a Volume of a Tank. You should also know how to do the Volume corrections for Temperature using the Tables required to determine the Volume Correction factors. I also provided all blank work form for you. Make as many copies of the forms as needed. For this project use the same Hydrostatic Data you did for the vessel with the LBP of 220 meters, however I changed the problem and I want you to use a LBP of 185 meters and the the position of the draft marks as noted with the drafts.

    Please note: I have also provided the correct answers for this Project, Start and Finish. Feel free to check you work as you go, the job will show you the way. You will learn by doing!
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    7 mins
  • LESSON 16: The DEADWEIGHT SURVEY

    LESSON 16: The DEADWEIGHT SURVEY
    Jan 28 2021
    A Deadweight Survey is done normally when only the Surveyor attended the Finish of loading a dry bulk cargo.

    The procedure is basically the same as a Draft Survey except there is no Corrected Light Displacement. All tanks must be sounded and corrected for list and trim. The Light Ship Weight and Constant must be determined from the vessel's approved loading manual. Any other miscellaneous weights other than cargo must be idenified such as an anchor on the bottom.

    For this project refer to your work in the preceding exercise. Use the Finishing Ballast calculations and the Starting FO and DO calculations along with the Finishing Drafts and water density to determine the Cargo Weight by Deadweight Survey.

    To determine the Cargo Weight by Deadweight Survey the following form should be used:

    Corrected Loaded Displacement
    -FO & DO
    -Ballast & FW
    -Light Ship
    -Constant
    Any other identifiable Weights
    Cargo Weight by Deadweight Survey

    The only difference between a Draft Survey and a Deadweight Survey should be between the Ship's Published Constant and Light Ship Weight and the ACTUAL Ship's Constant and Light Ship Weight which you were not able to determine. Remember in a Draft Survey the Values of Ship's Constant and Light Ship Weight are included in Start and Finish Surveys so they are canceled out when finding the difference between the Loaded and Light Conditions.
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    11 mins
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