LESSON 11: Culmination of Steps 1 to 5

Now that you have done all 10 exercises in Steps 1 to 5 completely by hand using a calculator, try to build a spread sheet that will do the same to check you work. To be a true professional you must be able to do these calculations by hand, however all the professional Surveyors I know these days has a laptop or tablet that helps them to do the job faster and more accurately. Sorry it is not my job to teach you how to use or make a spreadsheet. I you would prefer not to make your own spreadsheets, that is OK with me. We will still keep doing the next Steps of the Workbook manually.

Looking forward to what is next. So far you should now be able to determine the entire weight of the vessel from its observed condition, however we still need to sound all the tanks, voids spaces, engine room bilges, and cargo bilges to determine the weights to deduct from the observed condition to get a weight that represents the loaded and light conditions for only the Cargo, Light Ship and Constant. The difference between the Loaded and Light Conditions will be the Cargo Loaded or Discharged.

We will also cover when the time is correct how to do a Deadweight Survey, a Bunker Survey, and a Draft Survey of a Barge without Hydrostatic Data by the time you finish this course.

This will all be taught in a Step by Step manner covering how to determine the weight of Ballast and Fresh Water Tanks, Oil Tanks and Miscellaneous Weights.