Officer Of The Watch (OOW) Training Cards

These cards have been developed to help candidates establish a solid foundation of knowledge for the OOW oral exam. The cards have been split into colour coded topic groups of:

• Legislation and Publications
• Checklists and Emergency Checklists
• IRPCS (Rules of the Road)
• Lights and Shapes
• Buoyage
• Flags

How to use the cards:

• Each card is double sided with the topic and questions on the forward face and the answers to the questions on the reverse face. The aim is to be able to answer the questions yourself before checking the answers on the reverse face.
• If you get an answer wrong put that card to the side and re-test yourself again before putting the cards away. After a certain number of times you will remember!
• If you have no knowledge of a topic on a card this is an indication that more study and revision is needed on that particular topic
• These cards have been developed to be used by yourself, with a study partner or a study group.