AS/NZS 2299.4:2005

1 - AS/NZS 2299.4:2005 OCCUPATIONAL DIVING OPERATIONS - FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVING
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 OBJECTIVE
7 - 1.3 APPLICATION
7 - 1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.5 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.5.1 Production
9 - SECTION 2 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES
9 - 2.1 ORGANIZATION
9 - 2.2 OPERATIONS MANUAL, DIVE PLANS AND LOG BOOKS
9 - 2.2.1 General
9 - 2.2.2 Operations manual
9 - 2.2.3 Dive plan and risk assessment
9 - 2.2.4 Diver™s log book
10 - 2.2.5 Records
10 - 2.3 SET CONSTRUCTION
10 - 2.4 MEDICALS AND DIVE FITNESS
10 - 2.4.1 Medical certificates
11 - 2.4.2 Fitness to dive
12 - SECTION 3 PERSONNEL, TRAINING AND COMPETENCY
12 - 3.1 DIVE TEAM SELECTION CRITERIA
12 - 3.2 DIVE SUPERVISOR
12 - 3.2.1 Qualifications and experience
13 - 3.2.2 Duties
13 - 3.3 DIVE TECHNICIANS AND PRODUCTION PERSONNEL
13 - 3.3.1 Qualifications and experience
13 - 3.3.2 Duties
13 - 3.4 ACTORS AND MODELS
13 - 3.4.1 General
14 - 3.4.2 Training of actors
14 - 3.4.3 Duties
14 - 3.5 STUNT AND SAFETY DIVERS
14 - 3.5.1 Qualifications and experience
14 - 3.5.2 Duties
15 - SECTION 4 WORKPLACES, SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT
15 - 4.1 VESSELS
15 - 4.2 EXIT AND ENTRY PROVISIONS
15 - 4.3 POWER SUPPLIES
15 - 4.4 EQUIPMENT
15 - 4.4.1 General
15 - 4.4.2 Specialized equipment
15 - 4.5 BREATHING APPARATUS
15 - 4.5.1 Selection
16 - 4.5.2 Breathing gas quality
16 - 4.5.3 Air supplies for surface supplied operations
16 - 4.5.4 Auxiliary air sources for safety divers
16 - 4.5.5 Gas cylinders
16 - 4.6 COMMUNICATIONS
16 - 4.7 DIVE COMPUTERS AND DIVE TABLES
16 - 4.8 DIVER™S EQUIPMENT
16 - 4.8.1 Diving dress
17 - 4.8.2 Specifications
17 - 4.8.3 Buoyancy compensators
17 - 4.9 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
17 - 4.9.1 General
17 - 4.9.2 Oxygen resuscitation equipment
18 - 4.10 COMPRESSION CHAMBERS
18 - 4.11 DIVING BEFORE OR AFTER TRAVEL
19 - SECTION 5 ACCIDENT REPORTING
19 - 5.1 GENERAL
19 - 5.2 INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
20 - APPENDIX A - OPERATIONS MANUAL CONTENT
20 - A1 GENERAL
20 - A2 RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND COMPETENCY OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE DIVING OPERATION
20 - A3 RISK ASSESSMENT
20 - A4 PLANT USED IN THE DIVING OPERATION
20 - A5 DIVING PROCEDURES
21 - A6 DIVING EMERGENCIES
21 - A7 ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY AND OTHER HAZARDS
23 - APPENDIX B - SAMPLE SCENARIOS FOR DIVE PLAN OR LOG BOOK SELECTION AND TEAM SIZE GUIDANCE
23 - B1 SCOPE
23 - B2 MAJOR SHOOTS FOR FEATURES OR COMMERCIALS
23 - B3 MINOR SHOOTS FOR FEATURES OR COMMERCIALS
23 - B3.1 Working from a vessel at sea
23 - B3.2 Working from a pool, constructed container or shore
24 - B4 DOCUMENTARIES FOR TRAVEL, TOURISM OR HUMAN INTEREST
24 - B5 DOCUMENTARIES FOR NATURAL HISTORY
24 - B6 STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR INCOME
25 - B7 WORKING WITH MODELS

Specifies requirements for personnel, equipment and procedures for diving associated with the production of films, videos, television and photographic stills.

This Standard specifies requirements for the personnel, equipment and procedures used in occupational underwater operations associated with the production, for commercial purposes, of feature films, television, natural history visuals, corporate videos and photographic stills.This Standard is applicable to all persons involved in the production, including producers, directors, cinematographers, gaffers and department personnel, set construction personnel, underwater technicians, safety divers, stunt people, actors and stills photographers, including self-employed and freelance operators.This Standard applies to diving in water to depths not exceeding 30m.This Standard does not apply to film and photographic work carried out as part of diving operations conducted in accordance with other Parts of the AS/NZS2299 series, i.e. AS/NZS2299.1 applies for construction inspection activities, AS/NZS2299.2 applies for film and photographic work as part of professional scientific research and natural resource management activities and AS/NZS2299.3 applies for the filming and photographing of recreational diving.

First published as AS/NZS 2299.4:2005.