Application
Completion of this and other diving units may lead to further accreditation in occupational diving by industry and/or regulatory authorities. Check with the relevant industry or regulatory body for specific requirements. All enterprise or workplace procedures and activities are carried out according to relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements, including occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines, maritime and occupational diver codes of practice and procedures and ecologically sustainable development (ESD) principles. Equipment operation, maintenance, repairs and calibrations are undertaken in a safe manner that conforms to manufacturer instructions. Appropriate personal protectiveequipment (PPE) is selected, checked, used and maintained. |
Prerequisites
Apply first aid | ||
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Enter and leave the water | 1.1. Prevailing weather and water conditions are considered when assessing the safety of diving operations and a decision on whether to continue the dive is taken. 1.2. Procedures when entering and leaving the water from the dive platform meet accepted diving guidelines and are in accordance with normal dive practices. 1.3. Signals to the dive platform prior to descent and following ascent are conducted according to normal dive practices. |
2. Identify and harvest underwater and land seafood catch | 2.1. Targeted seafoodand other aquatic products are identified and harvested legally and safely. 2.2. Catch is handled in a way that maintains maximum quality, and according to enterprise and industry operating procedures. 2.3. Catch is landed according to enterprise and industry operating procedures. |
3. Assist in lifting and handling | 3.1. The limitations and suitability of winches with hydraulic and air motors for use on the surface and under water are understood and applied. 3.2. The correct signs and signals are used during winch operations. 3.3. Lifting equipment and ropes of the correct type and safe working load are selected and rigged, using the correct mechanical advantage for the load being lifted. 3.4. Lifting bags are properly secured and used to raise an object and the load is restrained so that ascent is controlled. 3.5. Slings, ropes and lifting bags are inspected and maintained and pre- and post-dive checks on lifting devices are carried out. |
4. Use basic hand tools and auxiliary equipment underwater | 4.1. A range of basic hand tools is used to complete simple tasks under water. 4.2. Auxiliary equipment is used in underwater operations according to established safety standards and enterprise procedures. 4.3. Tools are inspected for defects, maintained appropriately or set aside for repair, if necessary, and stored correctly after use. |
5. Apply underwater search and survey techniques | 5.1. A range of underwater search and survey techniques is used to locate targeted items. |
Required Skills
Required skills |
assessing weather conditions for safe diving operations attaching slings, ropes and other connection equipment communicating with the diver's tender prior to entering the water, during the underwater work and on leaving the water entering and leaving the water handling and landing targeted seafood and other aquatic species identifying and harvesting targeted seafood and other aquatic species maintaining tools, propulsion devices and auxiliary equipment searching and surveying underwater signalling during lifting and handling activities using auxiliary equipment underwater using tools underwater. Literacy skills used for: following dive tables reading diving information and instruments. Numeracy skills used for: performing calculations for diving operations. |
Required knowledge |
diving signals lifting equipment used in the wild catch sector, including its suitability and limitations lifting signals local weather and sea conditions methods for entering and leaving the water quality procedures for handling and landing seafood and other aquatic products safe working loads and mechanical advantages targeted seafood species tools used in the wild catch sector underwater search and survey techniques use of auxiliary equipment. |
Evidence Required
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit | Assessment must confirm the ability to: assess weather conditions before undertaking a dive assist in lifting and handling activities enter and leave the water according to standard dive procedures harvest and land targeted seafood and other aquatic species search and survey under water for targeted items use basic tools and auxiliary equipment under water use dive signals when communicating. Assessment must confirm knowledge of: common maintenance procedures diver communication systems local climatic conditions seafood harvesting procedures seafood species common to the enterprise or industry search and survey techniques. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment is to be conducted at the workplace or in a simulated work environment. Resources may include: diving equipment fisheries legislation relating to harvesting suitable diving environment tools used in the wild catch sector underwater auxiliary equipment. |
Method of assessment | The following assessment methods are suggested: observation of practical demonstration practical exercises written or oral short-answer testing. |
Guidance information for assessment | This unit may be assessed holistically with other diving units. |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements may include: | business or workplace operations, policies and practices ESD principles, environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control fisheries or aquaculture regulations, permits and licences health and welfare of aquatic animals Indigenous land rights and cultural activities maritime and occupational diving operations, safety at sea and pollution control OHS hazard identification, risk assessment and control. |
OHS guidelines may include: | appropriate workplace provision of first aid kits codes of practice, regulations and/or guidance notes which may apply in a jurisdiction or industry sector enterprise-specific OHS procedures, policies or standards hazard and risk assessment of workplace, maintenance activities and control measures induction or training of staff and contractors in relevant OHS procedures and/or requirements to allow them to carry out their duties in a safe manner OHS training register safe lifting, carrying and handling techniques safe systems and procedures for outdoor work, including protection from solar radiation, confined space entry and the protection of people in the workplace systems and procedures for the safe maintenance of property, machinery and equipment, including hydraulics and exposed moving parts the appropriate use, maintenance and storage of PPE. |
ESD principles may include: | improving energy efficiency increasing use of renewable, recyclable and recoverable resource managing environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control managing sustainable fisheries or broodstock/seedstock collection requirements such as size limits, quotas, season restrictions, population dynamics, fishing impacts, reducing by-catch, fisheries management strategies and maintaining biodiversity managing, controlling and treating effluents, chemical residues, contaminants, wastes and pollution preventing genetically modified organisms and live cultured or held organisms from escaping into environment protecting native and protected flora and fauna, marine or land parks or areas, adhering to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), the Ramsar Convention, World Heritage and other international treaties for which Australia is a signatory reducing emissions of greenhouse gases reducing energy use reducing use of non-renewable resources. |
PPE may include: | buoyancy vest or personal floatation device (PFD) personal locator beacon or Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) sun protection (e.g. sun hat, sunscreen and sunglasses) |
Dive platform may include: | holding cage or culture structure jetty platform shore or beach vessel. |
Diving guidelines may include: | Australian standards codes of practice guidelines OHS regulations other regulations. |
Seafood and other aquatic products may include: | aquatic reptiles and amphibians crustaceans fish molluscs ornamental species and other invertebrate sea urchins and sea cucumbers seaweed and sponges and other aquatic plants. |
Legally may include: | harvesting that may be constrained by state/ territory or commonwealth fisheries legislation covering: area method quota size species. |
Landed may include: | by hand catch bag gaff net. |
Lifting may include: | air bag block and tackle boom capstan chain hoist crane. |
Slings may include: | multiple leg pulley single strop. |
Tools may include: | cold chisels files hacksaws hammers knives netting needles open and ring spanners screwdrivers shackle spanners shifting spanners. |
Auxiliary equipment may include: | pressure cleaners remotely operated vehicles underwater propulsion devices: shark-proof cages underwater scooters. |
Sectors
Unit sector | Diving operations |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. |
Licensing Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor