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Commercial diving/Act as a standby Diver

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Relevance: Scuba diving (Some outcomes - OC SCUBA surface and in-water standby)), Surface supplied diving (all outcomes - SSDE surface and in-water standby), Surface oriented wet bell diving (all outcomes - SSDE bellman and surface standby).

Required outcomes:

  1. Dress in as standby diver
  2. Complete all pre-dive checks
  3. Connect all relevant diving equipment
  4. Respond to emergencies, including constant communication with Diving Supervisor during deployment
  5. Follow the umbilical of a distressed diver in order to locate him
  6. Follow the emergency procedure to recover a distressed diver
  7. Maintain constant communication with Diving Supervisor during deployment

This is a practical module. The assessment will continue until the learner has demonstrated competence on more than one(three or more?) consecutive occasions. Assessment may be done by a supervisor appointed by the school to assess these skills.

Dress in as standby diver

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Complete pre-dive checks

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Connect diving equipment

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Check gas pressure gauges

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Communicate diver readiness progress

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Respond to emergencies under the direction of the supervisor

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Locate the distressed diver

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Recover the distressed diver

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(Also assist diver in difficulties.)

Communicate with supervisor

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(also use initiative when communications fail)