Commercial diving/Act as a Tender

Relevance: Scuba diving (all outcomes - OC SCUBA), Surface supplied diving (all outcomes - SSDE), Surface oriented wet bell diving (all outcomes - SSDE and bell).

Required outcomes:

  1. Dress in the diver and standby diver
  2. Assist the diver to enter and exit the water safely
  3. Tend a diver’s umbilical or lifeline
  4. Maintain communication with the dive supervisor
  5. Maintain constant observations of hazards in the dive environment in keeping with HIRA and the dive plan
  6. Show the ability to communicate with the diver via rope signals if voice communication fails
  7. Communicate with the diver by hand signals at the surface
  8. Demonstrate the ability to respond to emergencies as per company (dive school) procedures