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 |
