Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan diving operations
- Objectives of dive are determined to enterprise guidelines, to diving standards and occupational health and safety guidelines.
- Number and type of dives to complete objectives are assessed to develop a dive program.
- Equipment and personnel required for dive operations are determined.
- Appropriate people are consulted about the dive objectives and proposed program.
- Prepare for diving operations
- Equipment and personnel required for dive operations are obtained.
- Appropriate notification and consents for dive plans are given and obtained.
- Equipment condition is checked to legislative, manufacturers', enterprise and code of practice requirements.
- Faulty equipment is sent for repair or discarded.
- Consumables requirements are assessed and sourced.
- Personnel are checked for competence and possession of a current medical clearance.
- Safety and emergency procedures for the dive program are developed to enterprise requirements and codes of practice.
- Conduct dive
- Personnel and equipment are transported safely to dive site.
- Communications procedures are established for dives in remote areas.
- Pre-dive checks are performed to enterprise requirements and codes of practice.
- Final assessment on environmental factors is completed before entering the water.
- Dives are completed to procedures, safe working practices, defined objectives, enterprise requirements, codes of practice, legislation.
- Dives are conducted within the parameters of the special dive plan, including entry, descent, working on dive objective and exit.
- Dive procedures are amended within enterprise requirements, codes of practice and personal authority in light of dive conditions, and any changes to dive objectives.
- Dives are suspended or cancelled where safety or equipment operation considerations warrant.
- Dives are completed to objectives or suspended where personnel have completed allowed number of dives.
- Equipment is removed from site at completion of dives.
- Dives are logged to enterprise and legislative requirements and codes of practice.
- Debrief diving team
- Procedures applied during dive and outcomes of dive are reviewed by dive team promptly after dive.
- Procedures and dive plans are amended to enterprise requirements or codes of practice to reduce dive risks including safety and diver health, and improve dive efficiency and effectiveness.
- Dive debriefing is recorded to enterprise and legislative requirements and codes of practice.
- Check and store equipment
- Dive equipment is checked for condition and operation to manufacturer's instructions, enterprise requirements and codes of practice.
- Faulty equipment is sent for repair or discarded to enterprise requirements.
- Equipment is stored to manufacturers' and enterprise requirements.
- Equipment use is recorded to enterprise, manufacturers' and legislative requirements.
- All equipment is tested according to statutory requirements.
- Review diving program
- Respond to diving incidents
- Dive operations are continually monitored to identify potential or actual maladies.
- Dive operations are suspended or cancelled where potential or actual maladies have been identified.
- A rescue approach is developed where required to enterprise requirements, or codes of practice.
- Diver first aid is applied to injured or distressed personnel.
- Emergency authorities are notified where assistance is required.
- Procedures and dive plan are reviewed in light of risks identified and potential or actual malady.
- All incidents are recorded on the enterprise/agency register.