scope:

This Standard specifies the training activities and competencies required for the training and certification of dive supervisors for occupational diving operations using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) and surface-supplied underwater breathing apparatus (SSBA).

This Standard specifies the training and competencies required for the following three levels of supervisor qualifications:

(a) Occupational dive supervisor for SCUBA diving.

(b) Occupational dive supervisor for surface supplied diving to 30 m.

(c) Occupational dive supervisor for surface supplied diving to 50 m.

NOTES:

1 This Standard does not apply to supervision of diving operations conducted under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009 or state Petroleum (Submerged Land) Acts and associated regulations.

2 This Standard may be used to train and assess dive supervisors for any type of diving operation, however, for certification, it is necessary for the dive supervisor to be capable of effectively supervising the range of common general diving operations.

3 This Standard is not intended to apply to the training of dive coordinators who supervise and coordinate scientific diving conducted in accordance with AS/NZS 2299.2. The training activities and competencies set out in this Standard may be useful as guidance for such training.