Commercial diving/Surface-supplied diving

Relevance: Surface supplied diving, Surface oriented wet bell diving.

Required outcomes:

1. Discuss the advantages, applications and limitations of air and mixed gas diving, including nitrox, heliox and trimix and the use of oxygen for accelerated in-water and surface decompression
2. Describe equipment inspection and testing requirements for SSDE
3. Discuss the important of planned maintenance and repair of surface supplied diving equipment
4. Discuss minimum personnel requirements for surface supplied diving operations
5. Describe individual and diving team responsibilities for surface supplied diving
6. Discuss breathing gas planning and supplies for surface supplied diving operations, including primary gas supply, bailout, reserves and medical oxygen
7. Discuss minimum gas requirements for surface supplied diving operations, including bailout, reserves and medical oxygen