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