DEFWDV028 — Employ explosive power tools in an underwater environment
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What an assessment for DEFWDV028 must cover
35 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare to use EPTs under water
- 1.1Identify and analyse work task and worksite data to determine EPT specific requirements
- 1.2Identify obstructions and other hazards to determine risks and to manage appropriate risk control measures
- 1.3Develop work plan consistent with dive plan
- 1.4Select, inspect and prepare EPTs, explosive charges and protective equipment in accordance with work plan
- 1.5Secure EPTs and explosive charges safely to and from dive site
2 Operate EPTs under water
- 2.1Determine safe work area and confirm location of other divers prior to commencing work task/s in accordance with work plan
- 2.2Ensure material or base set-out intended for explosive fasteners complies with detailed drawings and work plan specifications
- 2.3Install EPT attachments and chamber EPT charges in accordance with manufacturer specifications
- 2.4Secure EPTs and explosive charges on self in accordance with operational and safety procedures
- 2.5Operate EPTs under water safely and manage identified risks
- 2.6Check fastener penetration for angle, depth and integrity of base in accordance with work plan
- 2.7Clear and render safe EPTs in accordance with manufacturer specifications
3 Complete underwater EPT operations
- 3.1Minimise environmental impact arising from use of EPTs and recover waste products
- 3.2Complete EPT and protective equipment post-dive serviceability checks in accordance with manufacturer specifications, report defects, as required, and stow in accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
- 3.3Record explosive charge usage in accordance with organisational procedures.
Performance evidence
- applying relevant legislation, standards, and organisational policies and procedures
- applying underwater risk control measures and work plan requirements
- developing underwater explosive power tools (EPT) work plan, including managing identified risks
- firing at least two charges into concrete, masonry or steel
- handling explosive charges and protective equipment safely
- maintaining records according to organisational policies and procedures
- using EPTs safely underwater in accordance with work plan
Knowledge evidence
- dive equipment
- dive physics
- dive physiology and medicine, including: • compression illnesses • decompression illnesses • heat and cold illnesses
- diving descent and ascent techniques
- general diving safety awareness, including: • diving in harbours • diving in tidal waters, currents and tides • diving on and/or near a ship’s bottom • entrapment/foul lines • lost/separated • marine animal threats • pollution/weeds • working in confined spaces
- oceanography
- organisational policies and procedures
- principles of underwater EPT operation
- relevant EPT safety distances
- relevant explosive hazards and control measures
- relevant legislation and standards
- relevant underwater workplace hazards and control measures
- self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), surface-supplied and/or closed-circuit breathing apparatus (CCBA) operating techniques
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What does an assessment tool for DEFWDV028 need to cover?
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Related units
- DEFWDV018 — Act as a standby diver
- DEFWDV019 — Conduct an underwater search of a ship's hull
- DEFWDV022 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (HeO2) in open water to a maximum depth of 60 metres
- DEFWDV023 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (N2O2) in open water to a maximum depth of 50 metres
- DEFWDV024 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (O2) in open water to a maximum depth of 10 metres
- DEFWDV025 — Dive using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in open water to a maximum depth of 30 metres
- DEFWDV026 — Dive using surface-supplied breathing apparatus (SSBA) in open water to 30 metres
- DEFWDV027 — Employ air-lift devices under water
- DEFWDV029 — Employ hand tools in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV030 — Employ power tools in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV031 — Employ thermal cutting and welding tools (non-load bearing) in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV034 — Perform non-technical structural inspections under water
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