Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine rescue requirements.
- Assess situation to determine appropriate response to dive incident, according to industry technical and safety criteria, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Identify and assess immediate hazards and risks to self and others.
- Determine the type of rescue required and formulate a rescue plan according to industry technical and safety criteria, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Apply diver rescue or rescues.
- Access equipment as required.
- Perform underwater search techniques to recover diver or divers.
- Administer action and perform rescue or rescues in simulated dive incidents.
- Monitor the condition of the diver or divers and provide appropriate treatment according to industry standards and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use supplemental oxygen.
- Ensure that prepared oxygen equipment meets oxygen use standards and industry technical and safety criteria.
- Comply with the standards specified in the Dangerous Goods Regulations (Class 2 - Gases) while using oxygen.
- Demonstrate that the administration of supplemental oxygen complies with industry technical and safety criteria.
- Evaluate diver rescues.