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Explain emergency procedures and carry out the dive attendant role for
diving on a marine farm
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain decompression
illnesses related to aquaculture diving; explain and demonstrate emergency
procedures related to aquaculture diving; explain the role of a dive attendant
for an aquaculture industry diver on a marine farm; and carry out the dive
attendant role for a dive on a marine farm.
This unit standard is intended for those personnel who are performing the
function of the dive attendant for an aquaculture industry diver, but are not
carrying out the dive.
Subfield
Seafood
Domain
Aquaculture Diving
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Prerequisites: Unit 6400, Manage first aid in emergency
situations; Unit 6401, Provide first aid; Unit 6402,
Provide resuscitation level 2; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills, and hold an Emergency Oxygen
Administration Certificate (Dan O2 or equivalent).
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Special notes
1
Industry technical requirements and safety criteria are contained within the New
Zealand Aquaculture Industry Diving Best Practice Guidelines 2004, available from
Aquaculture New Zealand, Level 1, Wakatu House, Montgomery Square, Nelson
7010 (http://www.aquaculture.org.nz). This is referred to as the Diving Best Practice
Guidelines in this unit standard.
2
Occupational Safety and Health is referred to as OSH in this unit standard.
3
Definitions
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures that are
communicated in an oral or written form. These must include the requirements of the
Diving Best Practice Guidelines.
Decompression illness refers to decompression sickness and other pressure related
ailments.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain decompression illnesses related to aquaculture diving.
Performance criteria
1.1
The explanation includes an outline of decompression illnesses.
Range
1.2
cause, effects on the body’s system, signs and symptoms.
The action and treatment for decompression illnesses are explained in
accordance with the Diving Best Practice Guidelines.
Range
emergency procedures, administration of first aid, communication
with diving doctors.
Element 2
Explain and demonstrate emergency procedures related to aquaculture diving.
Performance criteria
2.1
The explanation includes an outline of the aquaculture diving related emergency
procedures and plans operating on the marine farm.
Range
2.2
diver in distress, diver not surfacing, diver over time.
Aquaculture diving related emergency and evacuation procedures are
demonstrated in accordance with company requirements.
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Element 3
Explain the role of a dive attendant for an aquaculture industry diver on a marine farm.
Performance criteria
3.1
The communication method and signals to be used between a dive attendant
and diver are explained in accordance with company requirements.
Range
include but are not limited to – recall procedure, underwater
deployed location device.
3.2
The requirements of a pre-dive check are explained in accordance with the
Diving Best Practice Guidelines.
3.3
The dive attendant requirements for surface monitoring of the dive are
explained in accordance with the Diving Best Practice Guidelines.
Range
may include but is not limited to – dive flag, vessel control,
environmental conditions.
Element 4
Carry out the dive attendant role for a dive on a marine farm.
Performance criteria
4.1
The details of dive plan are agreed with the diver in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
time, depth, task, related hazards, communication.
4.2
The pre-dive checks are carried out in accordance with dive plan and company
requirements.
4.3
The surface monitoring of the dive is carried out, and action taken as
appropriate, in accordance with company requirements.
Range
dive duration, surface conditions, communication.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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