This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

ability to dive

correctly take care with and handle explosive charges

employ EPT

implement firing and misfiring drills

Required Knowledge

dive equipment

dive physics

explosive hazards

explosive power tool usage on land

general occupationaldiving safety awareness

oceanography

principles of operation

relevant references and Australian Standards

safety distances

work hazards

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to attend to personal and collective safety to consider the environmental impact as part of the dive plan and to focus on the integrity of the fasteners in performing the intended role

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated during a number of work tasks where the diver fires a minimum of two charges over at a minimum two underwater work tasks into concrete masonry or steel

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the ocean supported by questioning on shore or aboard vessels

When practicable assessment should relate to the divers vocational focus

Assessment should be conducted over a time frame that allows for the safe demonstration of competency

Specific resources for assessment

Access to a complete range of diving safety and accessory equipment EPT and charges

Work task may include

Worksite data may include::

EPT may include:

Protective equipment may include:

Selecting, inspecting and preparing EPT, explosive charges and protective equipment may include:

Action to remove/reduce the risk may include:

Material or base may include:

EPT attachments may include:

Operation of EPT may include:

Hazards may include:

Environmental impact may include:

De-servicing may include: