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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare as a standby diver
   • Inspect and don diving equipment for immediate readiness
   • Confirm dive plan and reaction to incidents with dive supervisor
   • Prepare and position emergency resources in accordance with dive plan
2. Operate as a standby diver
   • Maintain situational awareness and status of deployed diver/s during dive operation
   • Respond to incidents or unplanned situations in accordance with emergency response and dive plan
   • Locate deployed diver via life line or float line
   • Ferry emergency air supplies to submerged divers
   • Recover unconscious diver in accordance with emergency response and dive plan

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include: applying relevant industry standards, and organisational policies and procedures assembling equipment interpreting orders and dive plan diving using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) in open water to 30 metres locating and recovering an unconscious diver from a depth of 20 metres to the surface performing standby diver duties.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of: dive equipment dive physics dive physiology and medicine including: heat and cold illnesses compression illnesses decompression illnesses diving descent and ascent techniques general diving safety awareness including: diving in harbours diving in tidal waters, currents and tides diving on and/or near a ship’s bottom lost/separated entrapment/foul lines marine animal threats pollution/weeds working in confined spaces general boat awareness and safety marine hazards including marine animal threats oceanography relevant industry standards and organisational policies and must include one of the following: dive plan and/or instructions/orders emergency response procedures/plan.

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