AS/NZS 2299.3:2003

1 - AS/NZS 2299.3:2003 OCCUPATIONAL DIVING OPERATIONS - RECREATIONAL INDUSTRY DIVING AND SNORKELLING OPERATIONS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 OBJECTIVE
6 - 1.3 APPLICATION
6 - 1.3.1 Recreational diving at a workplace using compressed air
7 - 1.3.2 Recreational snorkelling at a workplace
7 - 1.3.3 Recreational mixed gas diving at a workplace
7 - 1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.5 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.5.1 Alternative ascent system
8 - 1.5.2 Activities coordinator
8 - 1.5.3 Ascent path
8 - 1.5.4 Buoyancy compensating device (BCD)
8 - 1.5.5 BCD inflation bag
9 - 1.5.6 Certified
9 - 1.5.7 Certified assistant
9 - 1.5.8 Certified diver
9 - 1.5.9 Certified EANx SCUBA diver
9 - 1.5.10 Certified mixed gas SCUBA diver
9 - 1.5.11 Close personal supervision
9 - 1.5.12 Communications device
9 - 1.5.13 Competent person
9 - 1.5.14 Compressed air
9 - 1.5.15 Confined water
9 - 1.5.16 Decompression stop
9 - 1.5.17 Direct supervision
9 - 1.5.18 Dive coordinator
9 - 1.5.19 Dive flag
10 - 1.5.20 Dive instructor
10 - 1.5.21 Dive plan
10 - 1.5.22 Dive safety log
10 - 1.5.23 Dive site
10 - 1.5.24 Dive supervisor
10 - 1.5.25 Dive team
10 - 1.5.26 Diving computer
10 - 1.5.27 Diving first aid
10 - 1.5.28 Diving medical practitioner
10 - 1.5.29 Diving operations
10 - 1.5.30 Enriched air nitrox (EANx)
10 - 1.5.31 EANx dive supervisor
10 - 1.5.32 EANx diving instructor
10 - 1.5.33 Employee
11 - 1.5.34 Employer
11 - 1.5.35 Entry level course
11 - 1.5.36 Fill station
11 - 1.5.37 Guide
11 - 1.5.38 Hazard
11 - 1.5.39 Lookout
11 - 1.5.40 Master of a vessel
11 - 1.5.41 Mixed gas
11 - 1.5.42 Mixed gas dive supervisor
11 - 1.5.43 Mixed gas diving instructor
11 - 1.5.44 Open water
11 - 1.5.45 Personal protective equipment
11 - 1.5.46 Plant
12 - 1.5.47 Rebreather
12 - 1.5.48 Recompression chamber
12 - 1.5.49 Record
12 - 1.5.50 Recreational diving certificate
12 - 1.5.51 Recreational diving at a workplace
12 - 1.5.52 Recreational snorkelling at a workplace
12 - 1.5.53 Recreational diving training organization
12 - 1.5.54 Redundant gas system
12 - 1.5.55 Redundant mask
13 - 1.5.56 Rescue personnel
13 - 1.5.57 Resort course
13 - 1.5.58 Risk
13 - 1.5.59 Safety stop
13 - 1.5.60 Self-employed person
13 - 1.5.61 Trimix
13 - 1.5.62 Workplace
13 - 1.6 DUTIES OF PERSONS
15 - SECTION 2 RECREATIONAL DIVING AT A WORKPLACE USING COMPRESSED AIR
15 - 2.1 DIVING PROCEDURES-COMPRESSED AIR
16 - 2.2 DIVE PERSONNEL
16 - 2.2.1 In-water supervision
17 - 2.2.2 Dive site supervision
17 - 2.3 DIVER EQUIPMENT
17 - 2.3.1 All equipment
17 - 2.3.2 Resort course participants
18 - 2.3.3 Entry-level certificate divers in training
18 - 2.3.4 Certified divers
18 - 2.3.5 Diving workers
18 - 2.3.6 Speciality diving equipment
19 - 2.4 PLANT
19 - 2.4.1 General
19 - 2.4.2 Cylinder filling
20 - 2.5 VESSELS, BOATS AND PLATFORMS
20 - 2.6 TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS OF DIVE COORDINATORS OR DIVE SUPERVISORS
21 - 2.7 FIRST AID
21 - 2.8 RECORD KEEPING
22 - 2.9 RISK MANAGEMENT
22 - 2.10 RECREATIONAL DIVERS IN TRAINING
22 - 2.10.1 General
22 - 2.10.2 Training, qualifications and employment of dive instructors
22 - 2.10.3 Resort courses
23 - 2.10.4 Advanced or speciality certificate training
23 - 2.11 SUPERVISION OF CERTIFIED DIVERS
25 - SECTION 3 RECREATIONAL SNORKELLING AT A WORKPLACE
25 - 3.1 ORGANIZATION
25 - 3.2 PREPARATION FOR RECREATIONAL SNORKELLING
26 - 3.3 SUPERVISION OF SNORKELLERS
26 - 3.4 EQUIPMENT FOR SNORKELLING
27 - SECTION 4 RECREATIONAL MIXED GAS DIVING AT A WORKPLACE
27 - 4.1 GENERAL
27 - 4.2 EANx DIVING ON SCUBA
27 - 4.2.1 Qualifications and experience of an EANx diving instructor
27 - 4.2.2 Qualifications and experience of an EANx dive supervisor
27 - 4.2.3 EANx divers in training
27 - 4.2.4 Diving on SCUBA using EANx
29 - 4.3 EANx DIVING USING REBREATHERS
29 - 4.3.1 General
29 - 4.3.2 Qualifications and experience of an EANx rebreather instructor
29 - 4.3.3 Qualifications and experience of an EANx rebreather dive supervisor
30 - 4.3.4 EANx rebreather divers in training
30 - 4.3.5 Diving using EANx rebreathers
30 - 4.3.6 Equipment
31 - 4.3.7 Pre-dive checks and emergency procedures
31 - 4.3.8 EANx rebreather dive safety log
31 - 4.4 MIXED GAS OTHER THAN EANx ON SCUBA
31 - 4.4.1 Training and qualifications of a mixed gas diving instructor
31 - 4.4.2 Prerequisites for trainees
32 - 4.4.3 Diving using mixed gases other than EANx on SCUBA
34 - 4.5 MIXED GASES OTHER THAN EANx ON REBREATHERS
34 - 4.5.1 General
34 - 4.5.2 Qualifications and experience of a mixed gas rebreather diving instructor
34 - 4.5.3 Mixed gas rebreather divers in training
34 - 4.5.4 Diving using mixed gas rebreathers
35 - 4.5.5 Equipment
35 - 4.5.6 Pre-dive checks and emergency procedures
36 - 4.5.7 Mixed gas rebreather dive safety log
37 - SECTION 5 DECOMPRESSION DIVING
37 - 5.1 GENERAL
37 - 5.2 DIVER SURFACE SUPPORT STATION FOR DECOMPRESSION DIVING
38 - 5.3 MAXIMUM EXPOSURES TO DECOMPRESSION DIVING
38 - 5.4 PREREQUISITES FOR DIVERS DOING DECOMPRESSION DIVING TO DEPTHS OF 40 m OR LESS ON AIR
38 - 5.5 PREREQUISITES FOR DIVERS DOING DECOMPRESSION DIVING TO DEPTHS OVER 40 m ON AIR
39 - APPENDIX A - MEDICAL DECLARATION FOR RESORT COURSE
40 - APPENDIX B - EXAMPLE OF WRITTEN ADVICE TO RECREATIONAL SNORKELLERS
41 - APPENDIX C - PREDIVE CHECKS FOR EANx REBREATHER DIVERS
41 - C1 SCOPE
41 - C2 CHECK LIST

Specifies requirements for personnel, equipment and operational procedures associated with the conduct of recreational diving, recreational diver training and recreational snorkelling at a workplace. Includes the use of air, other nitrogen/oxygen mixtures and mixed gases as breathing media, the use of rebreather units and the conduct of decompression diving.

This Standard specifies requirements and offers practical guidance for the personnel, equipment and procedures for recreational diving operations using air or mixed gases as the compressed breathing gas supplied through self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), for recreational diving operations using rebreathers and for recreational snorkelling where these activities occur in a workplace. This Standard does not apply to (a) any recreational diving using compressed air, recreational snorkelling or recreational mixed gas diving performed by persons who are not at a workplace; and (b) diving operations (including with surface-supplied breathing apparatus (SSBA)) at a workplace where the diving operations are not for the purpose of the training or supervision of recreational divers and snorkellers, for which other Standards may apply.

First published as AS/NZS 2299.3:2003.