Rescue diver
Code 7541.3
Rescue divers are divers that manage underwater emergencies. They prevent and manage problems underwater, handle dive emergencies and operate rescue equipment. Rescue divers manage diving operations in seas or waterways. They work under demanding physical conditions to rescue and retrieve people or objects.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- diving equipment
- crisis intervention
- diving operation requirements
- diving vessels systems
Skills and competences
- react calmly in stressful situations
- apply crisis management
- assist in maritime rescue operations
- dive with scuba equipment
- coordinate rescue missions
- ensure diving operations conform with plan
- implement dive plans
- interrupt diving operations when necessary
- maintain diving equipment
- perform diving interventions
- perform search and rescue missions
- comply with legal requirements for diving operations
- comply with the planned time for the depth of the dive
- display warnings around dive site
- check diving equipment
Transversal competences
- ensure health and safety of dive teams
- handle stressful situations in the work place
- provide first aid
- first aid
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- tolerate stress
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences