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AS 2815.1-2008
[Superseded]Training and certification of occupational divers, Part 1: Occupational SCUBA diver - Standard
Specifies the training activities and competencies required for training and certification of occupational divers who are required to work safely and competently as members of an occupational diving team using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA). The qualification covers the activities for which SCUBA is intended to be used in on-shore occupational diving, i.e. diving involving limited exertion and minor use of tools.
Published: 25/06/2008
Pages: 34
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Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.2.1 General
1.2.2 Occupational certification
1.2.3 Working categories for occupational SCUBA divers
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Purpose
1.6 Selection criteria
2 Training course content
3 Units of competency
3.1 Diving industry and diver qualifications
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.2 Anatomy, physiology and diving physics
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.3 Health and safety in diving operations
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.4 Diving first aid
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.5 Compression chamber theory
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.6 Effective working relationships
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.7 Emergency procedures
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.8 Scuba equipment
3.8.1 General
3.8.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.9 Pre-dive preparations
3.9.1 General
3.9.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.10 Underwater deployment
3.10.1 General
3.10.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.10.3 Dive requirements
3.10.4 Training dives
3.11 Post-dive procedures
3.11.1 General
3.11.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
3.12 Diving work tasks
3.12.1 General
3.12.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
4 Training plans, assessment and planned experience
4.1 Developing the training plan
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Consultation with authorities
4.1.3 Compliance with occupational health and safety requirements and other Standards
4.1.4 Syllabus
4.1.5 Training records
4.1.6 Course outline
4.2 Methods of trainee assessment
4.2.1 General conditions
4.2.2 Assessment methods
4.2.3 Conditions of assessment
4.2.4 Practical work
4.2.5 Theory assessments
4.2.6 Assessment of personnel with previous diving experience
4.3 Staffing, equipment and facilities
4.3.1 Staffing
4.3.1.1 Standards of instruction and competence of instructors and assessors
4.3.1.2 Dive supervision
4.3.1.3 Other instructors
4.3.1.4 Standby diver
4.3.1.5 Minimum personnel for in-water diver training
4.3.2 Equipment and facilities
4.3.2.1 General
4.3.2.2 Trainee equipment
4.3.2.3 Pick-up boat
4.3.2.4 Training equipment for boat diving
4.3.2.5 Emergency first aid equipment
4.4 Planned experience
Cited references in this standard
AS 4005
Training and certification of recreational divers (series)
[Withdrawn]
Filling of portable gas cylinders, Part 2: Filling of portable cylinders for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) and non-underwater self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) — Safe procedures
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