Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Plan diving operations

1.1 Determine dive objectives

1.2 Assess number and type of dives to develop a dive program that will meet objectives

1.3 Determine equipment and personnel required for dive operations

1.4 Consult appropriate people about the dive objectives and proposed program

2. Prepare for diving operations

2.1 Obtain equipment and personnel required for dive operations

2.2 Obtain appropriate notification and consents for dive plans

2.3 Check equipment condition

2.4 Send faulty equipment for repair or replacement

2.5 Assess requirements for and source consumables

2.6 Check personnel for competence and possession of a current medical clearance

2.7 Develop safety and emergency procedures for the dive program

2.8 Conduct a safety hazard analysis and risk assessment

3. Conduct dive

3.1 Establish communications procedures for all dives

3.2 Perform pre-dive checks

3.3 Complete assessment of environmental factors before entering the water

3.4 Conduct dives within the parameters of the special dive plan, including entry, descent, working on dive objective and exit

3.5 Amend dive procedures within enterprise requirements, codes of practice and personal authority in light of dive conditions, and any changes to dive objectives

3.6 Monitor dive conditions and suspend or cancel dives where safety or equipment operation considerations warrant

3.7 Suspend dives where personnel have completed allowed number of dives according to no-decompression limit tables

3.8 Remove equipment from site at completion of dives

3.9 Log dives

Carry out dives according to Australian Standard

4. Debrief diving team

4.1 Review procedures and outcomes after dive

4.2 Amend procedures and dive plans

4.3 Record dive debriefing

5. Check and store equipment

5.1 Check dive equipment for condition and operation

5.2 Send faulty equipment for repair or replacement

5.3 Test and store equipment

5.4 Record equipment use

6. Review diving program

6.1 Review dive plan in light of debriefing, outcomes achieved, risk assessments and safety analysis and future requirements

6.2 Record and report review conclusions

7. Respond to diving incidents

7.1 Monitor dive operations to identify potential or actual incidents

7.2 Suspend or cancel dive operations where potential or actual maladies have been identified

7.3 Ensure a rescue plan has been developed for all dives and that the plan has been communicated to the dive team as part of the pre-dive briefing

7.4 Apply diver first aid to injured or distressed personnel

7.5 Notify emergency authorities where assistance is required

7.6 Review procedures and dive plan in light of risks identified and potential or actual malady

7.7 Record all incidents on the enterprise register