🔍 Key Concepts

• Role of an owner’s or future ship’s Senior Officer during builder’s sea trials • Difference between operating the vessel vs observing and documenting performance • Who is responsible for reporting issues to owners vs. regulatory bodies during trials

💭 Think About

• Think about who is actually in charge of physically operating and testing the ship during builder’s trials: the shipyard crew or the future ship’s officers? • Consider what is safest and most appropriate: Should a Senior Officer jump in and help run systems, or focus on watching how they perform? • When you spot a deficiency on builder’s trials, who is your primary channel for reporting it: your future employer/owner, the regulatory inspectors, or the shipyard personnel?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify whether a Senior Officer’s main duty is hands‑on operation or independent observation and reporting. • Distinguish between reporting to owner’s representatives and reporting directly to regulatory bodies – which is normally the Senior Officer’s job at this stage? • Eliminate any options where the Senior Officer’s role would blur accountability for trials results between shipyard and owner.