Unit 9 Conducting Diving Activities Unit 9 Conducting

Unit 9: Conducting Diving Activities Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Overseeing Dives • Dive briefings and debriefings • Overseeing Boat Dives • Overseeing Shore Dives • Overseeing Specialty Diving

Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • • • Oversee and supervise various diving activities. Utilize dive leadership communication techniques. Conduct dive briefings and debriefings. Supervise boat diving activities. Conduct shore diving activities. Conduct night and other specialty dives.

Overseeing Dives Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Overseeing and direct supervision • Awareness • Evaluating conditions

Overseeing Dives (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Leadership communication • Pre-dive equipment inspections

Briefings and debriefings Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Purposes – Organize and coordinate a complex activity – Motivate good behavior – Establish rapport – Give important safety information • Gain the group’s attention and avoid distractions • Be brief

Briefings and debriefings (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Common elements of a briefing – – – Introductions Area orientation Activity schedule Instructions Communications Emergency procedures – Questions and answers

Briefings and debriefings (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Common elements of a debriefing – In training • Restate objectives • Discuss overall performance • Recognize good performance • Resolution of problems • Key points to remember • Questions and answers – For certified divers • Part of next dive briefing or a short post-dive summary

Overseeing Boat Dives Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities – Pre-departure tasks • Greet passengers • Assign accommodations and stowage • Complete paperwork and waivers • Pre-departure briefing – Pre-departure preparations • Roll call • Cylinders and heavy gear secured • Loose gear stowed • Camera equipment secured • Everything shipshape

Overseeing Boat Dives (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities – Controlling seasickness – Dive preparations • Prepare entry area • Rig lines • Display appropriate signals and flags • Deploy “deco tank” for safety stops

Overseeing Boat Dives (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities – Pre-boat-dive briefings – Entry and exit procedures – Lost gear recovery

Overseeing Boat Dives (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities – Checking divers out and in • • Cylinder counts Buddy board Roll call Open-gate entry, stern check-in • The personal touch • The cattle chute approach

Overseeing Boat Dives (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities – Diver retrieval – Open water training dives from boats – Profiling – Post-dive activities

Overseeing Shore Dives Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Site preparation • Pre-shore-dive briefings • Seasickness • Shore-based training dives • Post-dive activities

Overseeing Specialty Diving Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Night dives – Site selection – Site preparation ashore – Night diving boat preparation – Night diving equipment – Night diving briefings – Other night diving considerations

Overseeing Specialty Diving (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Limited visibility dives – Disorientation is possible – Good navigation skills are required – Emphasize buddy contact – Select calm areas – Emphasize maintaining a bottom reference • Diving in currents – Current briefings

Overseeing Specialty Diving (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Diving in currents (continued) – Drift dives – Float drift diving procedures – Anchor line drift diving – Liveboating – River diving

Overseeing Specialty Diving (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Deeper dives – Extra precautions – Deep diving supervision considerations

Overseeing Specialty Diving (continued) Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Wreck dives – Wreck diving procedures – Wreck dive briefings

End of Unit 9 Conducting Diving Activities Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Overseeing Dives • Dive briefings and debriefings • Overseeing Boat Dives • Overseeing Shore Dives • Overseeing Specialty Diving

Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: Unit 9 - Conducting Diving Activities • Oversee and supervise various diving activities • Utilize dive leadership communication techniques. • Conduct dive briefings and debriefings. • Supervise boat diving activities. • Conduct shore diving activities. • Conduct night and other specialty dives.