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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: 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.

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

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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Briefings and debriefings 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

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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Briefings and debriefings (continued) 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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Overseeing Boat Dives –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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Overseeing Specialty Diving (continued) 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

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

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

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

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

Unit 9- Conducting Diving Activities Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: 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.