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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan dives.
- Prepare for the dive.
- Complete dives.
- Maintain safety and complete rescues.
- Safely approach, and negotiate obstacles and hazards to minimise risk of injury.
- Maintain buddy contact, cooperation and communication throughout dive.
- Identify problematic or emergency situations promptly, and assist buddy with rescues.
- Self-rescue from problematic or emergency situations.
- Use an alternate air source and make controlled air sharing ascents.
- Determine site, depth and duration of dives.
- Identify hazards and medical problems and assess risks associated with use of equipment, site, depth and duration of dives.
- Prepare dive plans for single and repetitive dives according to industry technical and safety criteria.
- Calculate no decompression limits and maximum operating depth.
- Use dive computer or dive tables, as required, to plan requirements.
- Select and assemble dive equipment suited to conditions and dive requirements, and check for safe working condition.
- Utilise dive computers or dive tables, as required, to finalise details of dive, according to industry technical and safety criteria.
- Confirm activity safety and emergency response procedures to ensure compliance during activities.
- Confirm protocols for communications between divers buddy and activity leaders.
- Fit and adjust equipment and exposure suit to self, in conjunction with buddy, to ensure comfort and safety.
- Complete buddy cross checks for all equipment.
- Participate in pre-dive roll call.
- Utilise techniques to enter and exit the water according to conditions and own ability.
- Execute controlled descents and ascents with buddy and equalise at appropriate times.
- Adjust and maintain positive, neutral and negative buoyancy at appropriate times during dive.
- Control underwater swimming and navigate a basic course.
- Monitor depth and time throughout dive, according to planned dive tables or use of dive computer data.
- Monitor air supply, check pressure gauges regularly and communicate supplies with buddy.
- Use techniques that minimise damage to the diving environment throughout all activities.
- Participate in post-dive roll call and ensure dive log is completed.
- Disassemble SCUBA gear on completion of dive.