ABE Task 10.4.A

Safe working practices and personal shipboard safety

MMA Method

In order to satisfy NVIC 18-14 Task 10.4.A , MMA students must:

NVIC Method

See NVIC method.

STCW Competence Knowledge, Understanding, and Proficiency

Apply occupational health and safety precautions

ABE-C4.1 Working knowledge of safe working practices and personal shipboard safety including permit to work systems

Condition Behavior Standard

On a vessel or in a laboratory or workshop,

the candidate describes safe working practices and personal shipboard safety including permit to work systems.


The candidate describes procedures for and spaces that require a permit to work, including:

  1. Hot work
  2. Confined spaces; and
  3. Other policies that require a permit to work such as working aloft or over the side.