Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to work effectively as an occupational diver in the seafood industry. It includes the ability to recognise the various roles of divers in the seafood industry, comply with requirements for diving qualifications, and apply anatomic and physiological principles and laws of physics to meet and follow health and safety requirements and procedures in diving operations.
The unit applies to individuals who work in the seafood industry as occupational divers.
Occupational licensing, legislative and certification requirements apply to this unit but vary according to state/territory requirements. Occupational diving is regulated independently by each state and territory workplace health and safety authority. Users are advised to check with the relevant authority to confirm current requirements.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Apply industry knowledge to diving operations | 1.1 Identify the roles of industry, government bodies and various diving qualifications as they apply to diving work 1.2 Recognise the roles of a diver and comply with the requirements for diving qualifications in the seafood industry |
2. Apply anatomy, diving physics and physiology principles when performing dives | 2.1 Identify the relationship between the pressure, volume and temperatures of gas, and the implications of this relationship for the physical condition of divers 2.2 Apply principles of partial pressure, solubility of gases, the behaviour of light and sound under water and buoyancy principles to diving work |
3. Follow health and safety procedures in diving operations | 3.1 Identify and comply with guidelines and regulatory requirements for health and safety in diving operations 3.2 Follow correct health and safety procedures in a drill to prepare for the event of an incident or accident. |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
Skill | Description |
Numeracy | Makes calculations for diving operations |
Reading | Follows dive tables Reads and interprets diving information and instruments |
Navigate the world of work | Takes responsibility for decisions about when and how to complete tasks, and coordinates with others |
Interact with others | Uses appropriate vocabulary, including technical language directly relevant to diving operations |
Sectors
Diving (DIV)