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Adventurous Training Diving Safety Symposium Wednesday 18 th March 2015

Adventurous Training Diving Safety Symposium Wednesday 18 th March 2015. S of D Review. BRd 2806(5) UK MILITARY DIVING MANUAL VOLUME 5 JOINT SERVICES SUB-AQUA DIVING REGULATIONS (JSSADR). S of D Review. First of 2 DST slots JSP 917 is dead long live BRd 2806(5) Published Feb 15

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Adventurous Training Diving Safety Symposium Wednesday 18 th March 2015

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  1. Adventurous Training Diving Safety Symposium Wednesday 18th March 2015

  2. S of D Review BRd 2806(5)UK MILITARY DIVING MANUAL VOLUME 5JOINT SERVICES SUB-AQUA DIVING REGULATIONS(JSSADR)

  3. S of D Review • First of 2 DST slots • JSP 917 is dead long live BRd 2806(5) • Published Feb 15 • Available to hold within branches • Read in conjunction with JSP 433 MOD Diving Safety Policy • Developed jointly over 7 months by the Joint Service Sub-Aqua Diving • Policy Advisory Committee • All parties have had the opportunity to contribute – all got 98% + • It is a living document and will be reviewed every autumn • It can be amended in the interim – DST website / Bovi Bulletin

  4. S of D Review • Regulations and Guidance • Diving at Work Regulations 1997 – Recreational Approved Code of • Practice • BSAC National Governing Body – Safe Diving • 3 Sections • Chapter 1 Governance and Structures • Chapter 2 JS Sub-Aqua Diving Practices • Chapter 3 Cadet Forces • Electronic links

  5. S of D Review • Chapter 1 Governance and Structures • SDH / ODH / CODH roles and responsibilities • Role of SofD and the DST – Breaches of Diving Safety • Open and honest reporting – learning from experience • Delivery of AP16 • Diving progression • Not here to catch you out • Aim is to get you out of the water safely at the end of the dive • Role of the JSSADC • Role of the Associations and Branches • Responsibilities of CO • Eligibility to participate (JSP 419) and essential civilians • SADS qualifications • Expeditions and MAC

  6. S of D Review • Expeds – Delivered by SADS using JSATFA process - Unaltered • MOD Approved Centres (MAC) • SI into death on a recent AT diving Exped ID requirement to look • more closely at assurance of training provision • Solution – MAC – MOD and commercial training providers • No requirement for SADS • Assured on an annual basis by DST • Gas testing - DST • 15 centres for 2015 season • Reviewed annually at Autumn JSSADPAC • AT community decision • Bids through Association reps • Evolution not revolution

  7. S of D Review 2015 MOD Approved Centres WkLocationRo/e / ServiceStatus 1. JSSADC (Plymouth) - All Cleared 2 & 3.      CJSATC (Cyprus) - Army Cleared Dive in (Cyprus) - All – EVT Cleared Kembali (Cyprus) - Army SBA / CF Cleared Viking (Cyprus) - Army UN To be cleared Apr 15 4. ASTDC (Kiel) - Army Cleared 5. Castlemartin - Army Cleared 6. Bovington - Army Withdrawn 7. JPATU (Gibraltar) - Navy (Exped only) Cleared 8. Ascension - RAF (Exped only) Cleared 9. Aqua Venture (Kenya) - Army Cleared 10. Dive Shack (Malta) - All Cleared Deep Blue (Malta) - CF Cleared 11. Scubamaster (Bahrain) - Navy To be cleared Mar 15  12. TBC (Aqaba - Jordan) - Army To be cleared May 15  -- Andark - CF (SCC) Cleared Once cleared can be used by all – Single Service funded JS centres will have some prioritisation Gib and ASI – Expeds – JSATFA & SADS required Bovington  – no funding for alternate MAC this year - replacement required 2016 Kiel closes end of 2016 season – replacement required 2017 Gib development to JSATC for 2017 using Kiel pax and equipment? Andark specific CF (SCC) requirement for 2015 delivered as a DST prog risk

  8. S of D Review • Chapter 2 JS Sub-Aqua Diving Practices • Medical Fitness to Dive – Diving at Work – Must have valid medical • Medication – check with Doctor, declare to SADS • Duties of SADS • CE marking for life support equipment and dive computers • Authorised Number of Divers for supervisors • Diver training • Sheltered Water Training Areas • Try Dives • Collective First Aid Training • Breath Hold Diving / Snorkelling • Must be listed on JSATFA

  9. S of D Review • Chapter 2 JS Sub-Aqua Diving Practices • Diving Safety Requirements • Dive Boat Safety Precautions • Emergency Medical Equipment / Dealing with Emergencies • O2 requirements* • Deep Dive Planning – 60m (40-50m OIC JSSADC, 50+ HR brief) • Safety Margins – BSAC • Diving Depth Limits • Build up Dives • Decompression Regimes – Risk • Availability of Chambers – 2 man / 2 compartment – 6 hours* • Ascension Island dispensation

  10. S of D Review • Chapter 2 JS Sub-Aqua Diving Practices • Diving Gas Regulations – Part 2 DSO(AT) • Nitrox Diving • Trimix Diving • Mixed Gas Supervision • Rebreather Diving – Reinstated for 2015 season • Exercise after diving– minimum 2 hours break • Sub-Aqua Incidents • SADS remains responsible for the casualty - H/O emergency services • Thereafter duty of care – suitably qualified and empowered individual • to remain with casualty until completion of treatment • Diving Records • Adaptive Training Programme

  11. S of D Review • Chapter 2 JS Sub-Aqua Diving Practices • Diving Gas Regulations – Part 2 DSO(AT) • Nitrox Diving • Trimix Diving • Mixed Gas Supervision • Rebreather Diving – Reinstated for 2015 season • Exercise after diving– minimum 2 hours break • Sub-Aqua Incidents • SADS remains responsible for the casualty - H/O emergency services • Thereafter duty of care – suitably qualified and empowered individual • to remain with casualty until completion of treatment • Diving Records • Adaptive Training Programme

  12. S of D Review • Safety developments in 2015 • 30m+ diving - increase in number of days before break from 3 – 4 • days - Agreed • 3 dives in 24 hour > 3 dives in calendar day – under consideration • Reduction in Air Depth from 50m to 40m (All diving not just AT) • Standardisation of risk for all divers • +ve will remove requirement for chambers for shallower dives • -ve will require chamber on site for deeper dives which might • effectively preclude deep diving

  13. S of D Review And then there are some things I just can’t regulate against!!! Questions ?

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