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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Define search area of ship’s hull
  2. Refurbish search site

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, organisational policies and procedures

conducting an underwater dive to search ship’s hull in accordance with dive plan, organisational procedures and search plan

locating an object (such as a mine) that is attached to a ship’s hull and is of a minimum underwater length of 30 metres during a search conducted under poor visibility (maximum of 0.5 metres) that demands the use of manual search techniques

planning to conduct a ship’s hull manual search

using search control devices in accordance with manufacturer specifications

working safely throughout dive operation.


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 and search control devices

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

marine, ship and dive hazards

oceanography

relevant industry standards, and organisational policies and procedures

relevant occupational/diving safety awareness

relevant search device manufacturer specifications

search techniques.