Field Community and Social Services
Expiry of Diving unit standards
|
Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
|
Diving |
Diving - General |
28411, 28414, 28415 |
|
Diving - Instruction |
28423-28425, 28435, 28437 |
|
|
Diving - Occupational |
4408-4414, 4416-4431, 8589-8594, 8596, 8597, 8603 |
|
|
Diving - Recreational |
28397-28400, 28402 |
Skills Active has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
Date new versions published May 2019
Summary
Skills Active undertook analysis of currently listed Diving unit standards and identified a number that are no longer being used and have not been awarded in three years or longer. Following an open consultation process the decision was made to expire these unit standards as they no longer align with industry need.
Main changes
· All standards were set to expiring without replacement.
Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2019
Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits
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Key to review category |
|
|
A |
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
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B |
Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
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C |
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID |
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D |
Standard will expire and not be replaced |
Community and Social Services > Diving > Diving - General
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
28411 |
Complete SCUBA cylinder visual inspections |
4 |
3 |
D |
|
28414 |
Complete a dive in open water using Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) |
3 |
3 |
D |
|
28415 |
Fill high pressure cylinders designed for use in SCUBA with Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) |
4 |
3 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Diving > Diving - Instruction
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
28423 |
Instruct and assess client underwater digital photography SCUBA dives in open water |
6 |
5 |
D |
|
28424 |
Instruct and assess client underwater videography SCUBA dives in open water |
6 |
5 |
D |
|
28425 |
Instruct and assess client drift SCUBA dives in open water |
6 |
3 |
D |
|
28435 |
Instruct and assess client SCUBA dives using Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) in open water |
6 |
4 |
D |
|
28437 |
Instruct and assess client dry suit SCUBA dives in open water |
6 |
3 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Diving > Diving - Occupational
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
4408 |
Dive in open water using SCUBA equipment to 30 metres |
4 |
8 |
D |
|
4409 |
Execute surface diving procedures |
4 |
2 |
D |
|
4410 |
Use communication systems while diving |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4411 |
Demonstrate emergency procedures as stand-by diver on the surface and in the water |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4412 |
Complete underwater search, inspection, and survey using SCUBA |
4 |
2 |
D |
|
4413 |
Complete a chamber dive to 50 metres |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4414 |
Complete in-water decompression for routine dives and therapeutic operations |
4 |
2 |
D |
|
4416 |
Demonstrate knowledge of current legislation relating to safe diving operations |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4417 |
Dive with surface supplied air equipment |
4 |
5 |
D |
|
4418 |
Carry out surface procedures in a surface supplied diving operation |
4 |
2 |
D |
|
4419 |
Communicate with another diver using voice communication equipment |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4420 |
Use hand tools and lifting equipment while diving |
4 |
4 |
D |
|
4421 |
Use a chamber for recompression treatment for divers |
4 |
4 |
D |
|
4422 |
Use self-contained rebreathing systems while diving |
5 |
12 |
D |
|
4423 |
Dive in an operation using a wet bell to a maximum depth of 50 metres |
5 |
6 |
D |
|
4424 |
Use power tools, cutting and welding equipment, and lifting equipment to complete underwater work |
4 |
8 |
D |
|
4425 |
Complete underwater construction tasks while diving |
4 |
5 |
D |
|
4426 |
Operate a compression chamber |
5 |
5 |
D |
|
4427 |
Complete dive operations using a bell and/or chamber complex |
6 |
6 |
D |
|
4428 |
Respond to emergencies in diving operations using a bell and/or chamber complex |
6 |
6 |
D |
|
4429 |
Communicate with other team members during a bell and/or chamber diving operation |
4 |
1 |
D |
|
4430 |
Live and operate in saturation conditions |
6 |
7 |
D |
|
4431 |
Respond to decompression problems resulting from deep bounce or saturation dives |
7 |
6 |
D |
|
8589 |
Supervise self contained underwater diving apparatus (SCUBA) dive operations |
7 |
5 |
D |
|
8590 |
Supervise surface supply diving operations using compressed air |
7 |
12 |
D |
|
8591 |
Supervise surface supplied diving operations using mixed gas |
7 |
20 |
D |
|
8592 |
Complete underwater visual inspection of dive site |
5 |
5 |
D |
|
8593 |
Complete non destructive testing (NDT) inspections of dive sites |
5 |
10 |
D |
|
8594 |
Collect evidence from dive site |
5 |
5 |
D |
|
8596 |
Operate a remote operated vehicle (ROV) on a dive operation |
6 |
10 |
D |
|
8597 |
Act as hyperbaric operations technician |
6 |
10 |
D |
|
8603 |
Complete scientific survey work underwater |
5 |
2 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Diving > Diving - Recreational
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
28397 |
Shoot underwater digital photographs while SCUBA diving in open water |
3 |
4 |
D |
|
28398 |
Shoot underwater video while SCUBA diving in open water |
3 |
4 |
D |
|
28399 |
Complete dry suit SCUBA dives in open water |
3 |
3 |
D |
|
28400 |
Complete drift SCUBA dives in open water |
3 |
3 |
D |
|
28402 |
Complete SCUBA dives at an altitude greater than 300 metres |
3 |
3 |
D |