Моя будущая специальность эс «судовождение»

1. Read and learn the following words and expressions:

Maritime Shipping Technologies - Морские технологии судоходства

Ship Power Plant Maintenance - Эксплуатация судовых установок

to be in demand - пользоваться спросом

to have a calling for - чувствовать призвание к …

Sailing Directions - лоция

Basics of Ship’s Steering - основы управления судном

Global Marine Satellite System - глобальная морская система спутниковой связи

Navigational Aids Maintenance - эксплуатация навигационных приборов

to be responsible to smb./ for smth. - быть подотчетным кому-л./ отвечать за что-л.

Deck Department - служба эксплуатации

Seaworthiness - мореходность, мореходные качества

offices-in-charge - старший начальник

to perform one’s duties - выполнять свои обязанности

to comply with - исполнять, подчиняться

to keep watch - нести вахту

to relieve - сменять

to plot the course - прокладывать курс, наносить на карту

to take bearings - брать пеленги

Log Book - вахтенный журнал

to wind [waind] (wound, wound [waund]) - заводить (механизмы)

2. Find English equivalents in the text and complete the sentences:

1. Мне посчастливилось учиться…

2. Штурманы ведут вахтенный журнал.

3. …является жизненно важным для штурмана.

4. Он всегда должен быть готов заменить капитана.

5. … в котором содержится подробный отчет…

6. Являясь одним из самых важных…

7. На судах, плавающих под иностранным флагом, старпом отвечает за…

8. … мы будем заходить во многие иностранные порты.

3. Read the text and try to understand it:

MY FUTURE OCCUPATION

I’m lucky to study at Maritime Shipping Technologies and Navigation Department which is one of the most popular in our Sevastopol National Technical University. My department consist of three faculties. Mine is called Navigation and Ship Power and it trains specialists in two fields: Navigation and Ship Power Plant Maintenance.

I have chosen to become a navigator because though new for our University this profession is in great demand. It attracts many young men as shipping industry is well developed in Sevastopol.

Being one of the most important fishing and shipping ports of Ukraine, our native city requires many specialists in this field.

My other reason for entering this department is that my father as well as my grandfather is a seafarer. So it has become a tradition for men in our family to go to sea. May be that’s why I’ve had a calling for this profession since my early childhood.

Apart from being hard and sometimes risky and even dangerous, the work of a seaman is rather well paid and, of course, honoured and romantic.

It is not easy at all to study at our department. We’ve got a lot of things to study to become experienced and skilled specialists. We do many subjects necessary for our future profession: Marine Law, Navigation, Sailing Directions, Basics of Ships Steering, Astronomy, global Marine Satellite System, Navigational Aids Maintenance… As shipping is an international industry, we’ll call at many foreign ports. For this reason we are also taught the English language to be able to communicate properly in case of necessity or urgency.

All this knowledge is of vital importance for a navigator as he’s a person of great responsibility on the ship. Navigators are part of the Deck Department on board ship. We call navigators according to their rank: the Master (Captain), the Chief Officer (First Mate), the Second Officer (Second Mate), the Third Officer (Third Mate), the Fourth Officer (Fourth Mate).

The Master is responsible for seaworthiness and economical operation of his vessel, for the safety of crew, cargo and equipment on board. He has a full authority over all persons on board his vessel, and he must be an experienced navigator.

The Chief Officer is the Master’s main assistant and the head of the Deck Department. He is an officer-in-charge in the absence of the Master and must be always ready to replace the Master and to perform his duties. He is responsible to the Master for the management and supervision of the Deck Department. On foreign-flag ships the Chief Officer is responsible for the loading, stowage, and discharge of all cargo carried by the vessel. He also ensures that the personnel of his department know and comply with all safety rules and regulations.

All Deck Officers must keep watch at the navigating bridge. They may not leave it when on watch and they relieve each other every four hours. Every navigator must know how to define the ship’s position, plot her course on the chart and take bearings. They must ensure that the latest corrected charts and navigational publications are available on board. They are responsible for care and maintenance of magnetic and gyrocompasses, care and winding of the ship’s chronometers and clocks. Moreover, navigators keep the Deck Officer’s Log Book which is full of accurate account of the navigation and activities of vessel at sea and in port.

And of course the ship’s officers are all responsible for maintenance of good order and discipline on board their ship.

Now you see that it is not an easy work waiting for me, but I don’t regret having chosen this profession and I hope to become a Master of a large tanker one day.