Commercial diving/Scuba diving

Relevance: Scuba diving

Required outcomes:

1. Discuss the advantages, application and limitations of open circuit scuba diving
2. Discuss the advantages, application and limitations of closed and semi-closed scuba circuit diving
3. Discuss the advantages, application and limitations of nitrox scuba diving
4. Discuss the equipment, techniques and importance of appropriate weighting, buoyancy control and diver trim in the context of scuba diving
5. Discuss equipment inspection and testing requirements for scuba diving
6. Discuss the importance of planned maintenance and equipment repair
7. Discuss minimum personnel requirements for scuba diving operations
8. Discuss individual and diving team responsibilities for scuba diving operations
9. Discuss breathing gas planning and supplies for scuba diving operations, including equipment configuration, bailout, reserves and medical oxygen
10. Discuss minimum gas requirements for scuba diving operations including bailout, reserves and medical oxygen
11. Discuss the importance and procedures of oxygen tracking
12. Describe the use of gas switching for accelerated decompression

Scuba gas planning

Gas switching for accelerated decompression

Note: Basic equipment must be fitted in somewhere. Diving suit, fins, other?