NVIC 14-14 Task 5.6.B

Apply occupational health and safety precautions

ABD-C2.1 Working knowledge of safe working practices and personal shipboard safety including lifting techniques and methods of preventing back injury

On board ship, or in a laboratory,

the candidate demonstrates lifting techniques and methods of preventing back injury.

The candidate demonstrates:

1. Proper lifting procedures;
2. Proper procedures to set down a load; and
3. The use of back support or movement limiting devices.