Commercial diving/Act as a standby Diver
Appearance
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:
- Dress in as standby diver
- Complete all pre-dive checks
- Connect all relevant diving equipment
- Respond to emergencies, including constant communication with Diving Supervisor during deployment
- Follow the umbilical of a distressed diver in order to locate him
- Follow the emergency procedure to recover a distressed diver
- 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
[edit | edit source]Complete pre-dive checks
[edit | edit source]Connect diving equipment
[edit | edit source]Check gas pressure gauges
[edit | edit source]Communicate diver readiness progress
[edit | edit source]Respond to emergencies under the direction of the supervisor
[edit | edit source]Locate the distressed diver
[edit | edit source]Recover the distressed diver
[edit | edit source](Also assist diver in difficulties.)
Communicate with supervisor
[edit | edit source](also use initiative when communications fail)