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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
171ACompetence of worker – general diving work – knowledge and
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171A Competence of worker – general diving work – knowledge and
skill
A person must not carry out general diving work unless the person
has, through training, qualification or experience, acquired sound
knowledge and skill in relation to the following:
(a) the application of diving physics;
(b) 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;
(c) the use of decompression tables or dive computers;
(d) dive planning;
(e) ways of communicating with another diver and with persons at
the surface during general diving work;
(f) how to safely carry out general diving work of the type
proposed to be carried out;
(g) diving physiology, emergency procedures and first aid.
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