AS 2815.1-2008

1 - AS 2815.1-2008 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL DIVERS - OCCUPATIONAL SCUBA DIVER-STANDARD
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 APPLICATION
6 - 1.2.1 General
6 - 1.2.2 Occupational certification
7 - 1.2.3 Working categories for occupational SCUBA divers
7 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.4.1 Dive supervisor
7 - 1.4.2 Element of competency
8 - 1.4.3 Occupational SCUBA diver
8 - 1.4.4 Open water
8 - 1.4.5 Performance criteria
8 - 1.4.6 Quick release
8 - 1.4.7 Regulatory authority
8 - 1.4.8 Occupational SCUBA diving instructor
8 - 1.4.9 Shall
8 - 1.4.10 Should
8 - 1.4.11 Unit of competency
8 - 1.5 PURPOSE
9 - 1.6 SELECTION CRITERIA
10 - SECTION 2 TRAINING COURSE CONTENT
11 - SECTION 3 UNITS OF COMPETENCY
11 - 3.1 DIVING INDUSTRY AND DIVER QUALIFICATIONS
11 - 3.1.1 General
11 - 3.1.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
11 - 3.2 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND DIVING PHYSICS
11 - 3.2.1 General
12 - 3.2.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
14 - 3.3 HEALTH AND SAFETY IN DIVING OPERATIONS
14 - 3.3.1 General
14 - 3.3.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
15 - 3.4 DIVING FIRST AID
15 - 3.4.1 General
15 - 3.4.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
16 - 3.5 COMPRESSION CHAMBER THEORY
16 - 3.5.1 General
17 - 3.5.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
17 - 3.6 EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
17 - 3.6.1 General
17 - 3.6.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
18 - 3.7 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
18 - 3.7.1 General
19 - 3.7.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
19 - 3.8 SCUBA EQUIPMENT
19 - 3.8.1 General
20 - 3.8.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
21 - 3.9 PRE-DIVE PREPARATIONS
21 - 3.9.1 General
21 - 3.9.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
23 - 3.10 UNDERWATER DEPLOYMENT
23 - 3.10.1 General
23 - 3.10.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
23 - 3.10.3 Dive requirements
23 - 3.10.4 Training dives
26 - 3.11 POST-DIVE PROCEDURES
26 - 3.11.1 General
26 - 3.11.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
27 - 3.12 DIVING WORK TASKS
27 - 3.12.1 General
28 - 3.12.2 Performance criteria for elements of competency
30 - SECTION 4 TRAINING PLANS, ASSESSMENT AND PLANNED EXPERIENCE
30 - 4.1 DEVELOPING THE TRAINING PLAN
30 - 4.1.1 General
30 - 4.1.2 Consultation with authorities
30 - 4.1.3 Compliance with occupational health and safety requirements and other Standards
30 - 4.1.4 Syllabus
31 - 4.1.5 Training records
31 - 4.1.6 Course outline
31 - 4.2 METHODS OF TRAINEE ASSESSMENT
31 - 4.2.1 General conditions
31 - 4.2.2 Assessment methods
32 - 4.2.3 Conditions of assessment
33 - 4.2.4 Practical work
33 - 4.2.5 Theory assessments
33 - 4.2.6 Assessment of personnel with previous diving experience
33 - 4.3 STAFFING, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
33 - 4.3.1 Staffing
34 - 4.3.2 Equipment and facilities
38 - 4.4 PLANNED EXPERIENCE

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.

Originated in Australia as AS 2815.1-1992.
Second edition AS 2815.1-2008.