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4.11 Bell Diving Supervisor (Offshore)
Entry Requirements:
The entry requirements of a BELL DIVING SUPERVISOR are:
� Be a Minimum of 24 years old
� Hold a suitable offshore bell/saturation diving qualification
� Have at least three years experience as a bell diver
� Have carried out a minimum of 400 hours locked out of a bell
� Have satisfactorily completed a suitable bell diving supervisor training scheme
� Have acted as a trainee air diving supervisor on at least 10 offshore commercial air dives
(unless already qualified as an offshore air diving supervisor)
� Have logged at least 350 hours offshore over at least 90 working days as a trainee bell
diving supervisor (If already qualified as an offshore air diving supervisor this requirement
is reduced to at least 150 hours offshore over at least 45 working days as a trainee bell
diving supervisor)
� Have logged at least 360 panel hours working as an LST or assistant LST
� Be considered suitable by their employer
Competences:
The competences required of a BELL DIVING SUPERVISOR are the following:
� All of the competences required of an offshore air diving supervisor
� All of the competences required of an assistant LST and LST
PLUS
4.11.1 Administrative Procedures
� Be familiar with all relevant published codes, guidance notes, safety notes or
memoranda affecting bell diving
4.11.2 Routine Operations
� The ability to efficiently run all types of diving operations
� The ability to supervise and have a sound working knowledge of:
– bell launching systems
– use of guidewires and weights
– cross hauling
– constant tension devices
– umbilicals
� The ability to supervise the operation and control of:
– diving bells
– compression chambers
– ancillary equipment
– the bell mating trunking
– medical locks
EDTC Competence Standards March 2003 Page 21