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Commercial diving/Respond to emergencies

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Relevance: Scuba diving (partial - OC SCUBA), Surface supplied diving (partial - OC SSDE), Surface oriented wet bell diving (full).

Required outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate the diver’s standard first response to breathing apparatus malfunctions including free flow and restricted flow of main breathing gas supply
  2. Demonstrate the diver’s standard first response to flooding of the helmet or full-face mask
  3. Demonstrate the diver’s standard first response to a snagged or fouled umbilical
  4. Demonstrate the diver’s standard first response to severed or pinched umbilical
  5. Demonstrate the recommended procedure to be taken by diver and surface crew for loss of gas/air supply or contaminated breathing gas
  6. Demonstrate the recommended procedure to be taken by the diver and surface crew for loss of voice communications, including the use of line signals
  7. Demonstrate correct procedure for deployment as standby diver to assist a working diver, including trapped or fouled diver or diver’s umbilical
  8. Simulate the recovery and management of a conscious incapacitated diver with minor or serious injury
  9. Simulate the recovery and management of a breathing, unconscious incapacitated diver, including potential contaminated breathing gas, near drowning, convulsions
  10. Simulate the recovery and management of a non-breathing unconscious incapacitated diver, including a dry or flooded breathing apparatus
  11. Simulate the recovery and management of a diver who has had a rapid ascent including blow-up and emergency ascent
  12. Simulate the recovery and management of a diver who has potential decompression illness including rapid ascent or omitted decompression
  13. Simulate the recovery and management of a diver during DP run off including yellow (amber) and red alert
  14. Demonstrate the management of a diver of a diver in the event of adverse fluctuations in the temperature of the suit water
  15. Demonstrate the procedures to recover a distressed diver to the diving stage or wet bell
  16. Follow emergency plans

Respond to breathing apparatus malfunctions

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Respond to flooding of the helmet or full-face mask

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Respond to a snagged or fouled umbilical

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As diver, respond to a snagged or fouled umbilical
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As bellman, respond to a snagged or fouled umbilical of the working diver
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As surface standby diver, respond to a snagged or fouled umbilical of the working diver
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As diver's attendant, respond to a snagged or fouled umbilical
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Respond to a damaged umbilical

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Respond to a severed airline
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Respond to a severed comms cable
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Respond to loss of air supply or contaminated breathing gas

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As diver, respond to loss of breathing gas supply
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As diver, respond to contaminated breathing gas supply
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As bellman, respond to loss of main breathing gas supply to the bell
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As bellman, respond to contaminated main breathing gas supply to the bell
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As surface panel operator, respond to loss of main breathing gas supply to the bell or diver
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As surface panel operator, respond to loss of main breathing gas supply to the bell or diver
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Respond to loss of voice communications

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Respond to emergency as standby diver

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Deploy as standby diver
Remain ready for immeadiate deployment while the working diver is in the water
On instruction from the supervisor, lock into hat, report to supervisor ready to enter water
On instruction from supervisor, enter water and complete in-water checks. Report status to supervisor.
On instruction from supervisor, follow diver's umbilical and descend to distressed diver
Provide running commentary of progress during dive.
Trapped or fouled diver or umbilical
(diver still communicating)
Free diver's umbilical from snags if applicable, reasonably practicable, and diver is known to be responsive.
As far as reasonably practicable, ensure own umbilical does not snag.
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Unresponsive diver
(diver not communicating)
On sighting diver, report what can be seen regarding hazards and condition of diver.
On reaching diver, assess responsiveness of diver, evidence of breathing and general condition of diver as may be visible
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Recover a conscious incapacitated diver with injuries

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Recover a breathing, unconscious diver

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Recover a non-breathing diver

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Recover a diver after a rapid ascent

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Recover a diver with potential decompression illness

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Respond to a DP runoff alert

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Respond to Amber/Yellow DP alert
Respond to Red DP alert

Respond to temperature fluctuations in suit heating water supply

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Respond to a loss of suit heating water supply
Respond to excessively hot suit heating water supply

Recover a distressed diver to the bell or stage

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Follow emergency plans

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Respond to emergencies by following the emergency plans described in the operations plan or operations manual List the classes of emergency for which an emergency plan should be in place before a diving operation Reasonably foreseeable emergencies that are not covered by standard emergency procedures should be allowed for in diving operation planning. These are generally plans which would vary depending on the circumstances of the operation. Examples include:

  • Lost diver: At some sites this is not possible, at others the procedures required for search and recovery may vary considerably depending on the geography of the site and the mode of diving.
  • Man overboard: Procedures will largely depend on the vessel or platform, and the personnel responsible for responding, which may not be the dive team.
  • Deteriorating environmental conditions: Some sites may be subject to unusual environmental hazards. Risk may be to the diver, or the whole team.
  • Job-specific emergencies: Some operations involve hazardous materials or equipment.
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