Elements and Performance Criteria
- Complete pre-dive safety checks
- Identify occupational hazards
- Support diving operations
- Pre-dive plan is devised in consultation with divers to identify hazards and contingencies
- Diver is briefed to establish and confirm the procedures to be used during the diving operation
- Equipment is used to supply the diver with a safe and suitable working environment
- Checks are made as required in the pre-dive plan
- Records describing checks made and events occurring above water are kept
- Dive procedures used on the surface are followed according to the pre-dive plan
- Assistance is provided to diver in monitoring dive times and dive frequency
- Monitor the physical condition of the diver and provide assistance, as required
- Signs and symptoms of injury and other information relevant to the situation are monitored on a continuous basis and used to assess the diver's physical condition
- Assistance appropriate to the diver's physical condition is provided to minimise injury or harm
- Decompression procedures are applied, as required, to minimise the risk of an adverse medical condition
- Store and maintain diving equipment