Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for diving operations using SCUBA
- Equipment is checked and prepared for a SCUBA diving operation and defective equipment is marked and removed from service by the person in charge of the diving operation.
- PPE and diving equipment appropriate to the type and duration of the dive are donned in the correct sequence.
- A dive plan is prepared, the necessary tools selected, a risk assessment conducted and the dive recorded by the person in charge of the diving operation.
- Perform open-water diving operations using SCUBA
- Open-water diving operations to a maximum depth of 30 metres are undertaken using SCUBA according to accepted industry occupational diving guidelines.
- Decompression procedures are followed.
- Diver's tender duties are undertaken in a SCUBA operation according to accepted industry occupational diving guidelines.
- Effective communication is established and maintained.
- Maintain an effective work relationship in a dive team
- Complete activities after SCUBA dive