514 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 30-37

Sections

30-3. Personnel Required Qualification/Training.

Training Documentation and Certification

Dive team members must maintain training documentation as per 29 CFR 1910.410, showing completion of appropriate level training. This includes dive tenders and requires copies of all dive-related training certificates.
Training can be provided by recognized schools or in-house programs adhering to ANSI/ACDE-01 or ADCI Consensus Standards. Special provisions apply for Contractor and USACE Scientific Divers.
Dive Safety Inspectors (DSIs) must have current USACE training certification and approval by the Dive Dive Coordinator (DDC) before performing duties.

Proof of Experience and Physical Readiness

Dive team members must provide proof of certification, like a diploma or ADCI card, especially for those with over five years of experience.
Contractors are responsible for showing that team members have training and experience matching the scope of work, including a minimum of one year's experience and completion of specific dives.
Divers must have completed at least four working dives with similar decompression techniques as in the dive plan, using the particular diving techniques and equipment. They must show that at least one of the four qualification dives were performed in the last nine months prior to the start of dive operations.
Team members must hold current first aid, CPR, and if applicable, emergency oxygen and AED certifications, with hands-on training evidence.

Health and Fitness Assessments

Divers are required to undergo an annual diving physical by a knowledgeable physician and receive a "Fit to Dive" statement.
The DDC must keep current files of these statements for all qualified divers and divers-in-training, and contractors must submit these statements to the DDC as outlined.
Following any serious diving-related incidents, divers must be re-examined and re-certified by a hyperbaric physician.

Snorkeler Requirements

All snorkelers and team members need certification from a recognized organization and an annual medical fitness certification by a licensed physician.
The contractor must submit the medical fitness certification to the relevant USACE authority.
Snorkeling team members must be certified in first aid, CPR, emergency oxygen, and, if available, AED usage.

Equipment Maintenance

Equipment modifications, repairs, tests, calibrations, or maintenance must be carried out by a certified technician following the manufacturer’s guidelines, with proof of training.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

30-2. To provide evidence of qualifications, divers must _____.

complete 20-hours annual training before first dive

have at least one year of snorkeling experience

have completed OSHA 10-annual diver training

have completed at least four working dives

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EM 385-1-1 Paragraph 30-3.

30-3. Personnel Required Qualification/Training.

a.  Maintain training documentation according to 29 CFR 1910.410 (29 CFR 1910 Subpart T).  Documentation must show dive team members, including dive tenders, have successfully completed training to the appropriate level (for example, SSA diver’s certificate, surface supplied mixed-gas diver certificate).  Copies of all dive-related training certificates are required.  Such training must be provided by one of the following: (30-2.a)

(1)  A commercial diving school, military school, federal government school, or an ACDE accredited school.

(2)  An in-house training program that meets the requirements contained in ANSI/ACDE-01, or in the ADCI Consensus Standards.

(3)  Training for Contractor Scientific Divers using compressed air SCUBA or SSA must be performed according to 29 CFR 1910.410 and must meet the above requirements or the training guidelines in the AAUS Standards for Scientific Diving. Training for USACE Scientific Divers must be performed according to ER 385-1-86.

(4)  DSIs must hold current USACE training certification according to ER 385-1-86. All personnel used as DSIs must be approved by the DDC prior to performing inspector duties.

b.  Proof of certification (that is, a diploma and/or official transcript) as a commercial working diver from an accredited commercial dive school or other dive- related training certificates (for example, chamber operator, saturation diver) is required for each dive team member.  An ADCI card or similar certification from an internationally recognized commercial diving organization may be substituted as proof of training for divers demonstrating more than five years of diving experience.  (30-2.b)

c.  Contractors must provide dive log evidence that each dive team member has training and experience consistent with the performance requirements of the scope of work.  (30-2.c)

(1)  As a minimum, each diver, back-up diver, and dive team supervisor must have at least one year of commercial experience in the applicable position.

(2)  Divers must have completed at least four working dives with similar decompression techniques as in the dive plan, using the particular diving techniques
    and equipment.  Divers must demonstrate that at least one of the four qualification dives were performed in the last nine months prior to the start of dive operations.

(3)  Non-divers serving as dive tenders must have previous experience and training as a dive tender.

d.  Each dive team member must have current certification in first aid and CPR (see chapter 3).  (30-2.d)

(1)  Additionally, each dive team member must have current certification in the use of emergency oxygen systems, and, if provided on the dive site, the use of an AED. See chapter 3 for AED requirements.

(2)  All classes must contain a hands-on component and may not be taken online only.  Evidence of this will be a photocopy of the certificates.  The certificate(s) must state the date of issue and length of validity.

Note.  Training in the use of emergency oxygen systems must meet the requirements of a nationally recognized training organization such as Divers Alert Network (DAN), Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), the YMCA or other recognized sources.

e.  Divers must receive an annual diving physical according to ADCI or similar standards by a hyperbaric physician (Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)) or other licensed physician knowledgeable in the physiology of diving. (30-2.e)

(1)  A “Fit to Dive” statement that each diver has been medically examined within the previous 12 months and has been determined fit and approved to dive must be signed by the examining physician.

(2)  The DDC must maintain a current file of physician “Fit to Dive” statement for all USACE qualified divers and divers-in-training.

(3)  Contractors must submit physician’s “Fit to Dive” statement to the DDC according to paragraph 30-7.a.

(4)  After any serious diving-related injury or illness such as an over-pressurization injury and/or decompression illness, divers must be re-examined by a hyperbaric physician and be re-certified as “Fit to Dive”.

f.  Snorkelers.  (30-2.f)

(1)  All snorkelers and team members must be certified as skin divers (snorkelers)
    or open water divers by a nationally recognized organization.

(2)  A licensed physician (DO or MD) must annually determine employees’ medical fitness prior to snorkeling.  This certification must be signed by a physician familiar with sports medicine and must state each snorkeler is physically and medically fit to perform snorkeling activities according to commonly accepted sports medicine guidelines.  The contractor must submit such certification to the USACE supervisor for approval or to the KO or COR for acceptance.

(3)  All snorkeling team members must be certified in first aid, CPR, emergency oxygen (O2), and if provided onsite, the use of AEDs.

g.  Equipment modifications, repairs, tests, calibrations, or maintenance must be performed by a certified technician according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. The certified technician must show proof of training.  (30-2.g)