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AS 2815.1:2021
[Current]Training and certification of occupational divers, Part 1: Occupational SCUBA diver
AS 2815.1:2021 provides regulatory authorities, training providers and trainees with the minimum competencies for an occupational self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diver; the minimum content of a training course for imparting these competencies to trainee occupational SCUBA divers; and assessment procedures. AS 2815.1 is particularly relevant to the training of personnel who will be engaged in underwater operations as described in the AS/NZS 2299 series on occupational diving operations.
Published: 17/12/2021
Pages: 41
Table of contents
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 Certification
1.2.3 Qualification
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Terms and definitions
1.5 Purpose
1.6 Trainee application criteria
2 Training course content
3 Units of competency
3.1 Unit 1 — Role of the occupational diver
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.2 Unit 2 — Anatomy, physiology and diving physics
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.3 Unit 3 — Health and safety in diving operations
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.4 Unit 4 — Diving first aid
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.5 Unit 5 — Effective working relationships
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.6 Unit 6 — Emergency procedures
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.7 Unit 7 — SCUBA equipment
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.8 Unit 8 — Pre-dive preparations
3.8.1 General
3.8.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.9 Unit 9 — Underwater deployment
3.9.1 General
3.9.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.9.3 Dive requirements
3.9.4 Training dives
3.10 Unit 10 — Post-dive procedures
3.10.1 General
3.10.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.11 Unit 11 — Diving work tasks
3.11.1 General
3.11.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.12 Unit 12 — Compressor use and maintenance
3.12.1 General
3.12.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.13 Unit 13 — Using dry suits
3.13.1 General
3.13.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.13.3 Dive requirements
3.14 Unit 14 — Using enriched air nitrox (EAN)
3.14.1 General
3.14.2 Unit of competency, elements and performance criteria
3.14.3 Dive requirements
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 Conformance with workplace 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 Diving 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
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Training and certification of occupational divers, Part 5: Dive supervisor
[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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