Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 171

171 Competence of worker—general diving work

A person must not carry out general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) unless—

(a) the person has one or more of the following qualifications—

(i) a statement of attainment for a specified VET course for general diving work that includes the type of general diving work to be carried out by the person;

(ii) a certificate for general diving work, issued by a training organisation, that mentions the subject areas covered in AS/NZS 4005.2:2000 (Training and certification of—recreational divers—Recreational SCUBA dive supervisor); and

(b) the person has, through training, qualification or experience, acquired sound knowledge and skill in relation to the following—

(i) the application of diving physics;

(ii) the use, inspection and maintenance of diving equipment (including emergency equipment) and air supply of the type to be used in the proposed general diving work;

(iii) the use of decompression tables or dive computers;

(iv) dive planning;

(v) ways of communicating with another diver and with persons at the surface during general diving work;

(vi) how to safely carry out general diving work of the type proposed to be carried out;

(vii) diving physiology and first aid.

Note—

See section 44 of the Act .