PS Tasks

PS - personal survival tasks

NVIC 08-14

No. Task Description Mapping
1. 1.1.A Identify and describe types of emergency situations MT‑1111
2. 1.2.A Identify and describe the types of lifesaving appliances carried on ships MT‑1111
3. 1.3.A Describe the equipment carried in survival craft MT‑1111
4. 1.3.B Demonstrate the use of survival craft equipment LB‑0201
5. 1.3.C Identify and describe equipment carried in survival craft MT‑1111
6. 1.4.A List the location of personal lifesaving appliances aboard ship MT‑1111
7. 1.5.A State the value of training and drills MT‑1111
8. 1.6.A Describe the importance of head cover, layers, and woolen or insulating clothing MT‑1111
PS‑0301
9. 1.7.A Describe how to enhance chance of successfully coping with emergency situations MT‑1111
10. 1.8.A List actions to take upon hearing the Abandon Ship signal MT‑1111
PS‑0301
11. 1.9.A List actions to take when required to abandon ship via lifeboat and life raft LB‑0201
MT‑1111
12. 1.10.A List actions to take when the survival craft is in the water LB‑0201
MT‑1111
13. 1.11.A List actions to be taken by an individual in the water LB‑0203
PS‑0301
14. 1.12.A List initial actions to take aboard a survival craft to enhance the chance of survival LB‑0201
MT‑1111
15. 1.12.B List actions to take aboard a survival craft at sea to enhance chances of survival LB‑0201
MT‑1111
16. 1.13.A List the main dangers to survivors PS‑0301
17. 1.14.A Don a lifejacket PS‑1 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
18. 1.14.B Don an immersion suit PS‑2 in LB‑0203
LB‑0203
19. 1.14.C Enter the water in a life jacket PS‑3 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
20. 1.14.D Enter the water in an immersion suit PS‑2 in LB‑0203
LB‑0203
21. 1.14.E Right an inverted inflatable life raft SCRB‑1 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
22. 1.14.F Demonstrate ability to swim PS‑5 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
23. 1.14.G Demonstrate ability to tread water PS‑6 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
24. 1.14.H Board a life raft from the vessel MT‑1111
25. 1.14.I Board a life raft unassisted from the water PS‑7 in PS‑0301
PS‑0301
26. 1.14.J Deploy a sea anchor LB‑0201
27. 1.14.K Simulate activating pyrotechnic devices LB‑0201
MT‑1111
28. 1.14.L Operate a portable VHF radio LB‑0201
MT‑1111
29. 1.14.M Simulate activation of an EPIRB LB‑0201
MT‑1111
30. 1.14.N Simulate activating a SART LB‑0201
MT‑1111