Scientific Dive Plan Application

SCIENTIFIC DIVE PLAN APPLICATION

All Dives must be planned around the competency of the least experienced diver. Before conducting any diving operation under the auspices of Texas A&M University, the Dive Supervisor for the proposed project must formulate a dive plan that addresses the following items below. This dive plan must be approved by a qualified Diving Safety Officer, one additional DCB member outside the Dive Supervisor’s department, and the University Scientific Diving Administrator (Director-Environmental Health and Safety Department. Dive plans can be formulated for extended periods not to exceed one year. If locations, techniques, environmental conditions or personnel do not change, additional dive plans are not required for the duration of the approved time period.

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1.) Environmental Factors: Locations(s) Expected Conditions Currents Visibility Depths Habitat Type Bottom Type Anticipated Hazards

2.) Planned Diving Activities (be specific in your descriptions) Proposed Work (specific)

Proposed Time Period (dates) Diving Equipment and Gasses Diving Platforms Estimated Working Depths and Bottom Times Estimated #Dives/Day/Diver Method of tracking Nitrogen in Divers USN Tables, Computers, (specific brands) Estimated Total Number of Dives

3.) Will any planned dives require decompression, and if so what decompression gasses and means of tracking nitrogen or oxygen will be used? Scientific Dive Plan Application (cont.)

4). Attach a completed Diving Accident Management Plan which include the following items: a. Name, telephone number and relationship of emergency contact for each diver b. Nearest two operational recompression chambers and phone numbers c. Nearest two hospitals, distances to them and phone numbers d. Available means of transportation and phone numbers.

5. Divers and qualification relevant to the proposed dive plan. * Note: All Divers must have current diving accident insurance (DAN or equivalent). The Dive Supervisor is required to be certified as a Rescue Diver and be certified as an oxygen Provider by a nationally recognized diving organization.

Position Name Agency DSO Physical DAN DSO Cert. Depth cert. exp. date Insurance Approval P.I. Dive Supervisor

List any additional personnel and the appropriate information on the back of this page if extra space is needed.

6.) The Dive Supervisor shall maintain a copy of the approved dive plan application with an emergency action protocol plan at the dive site(s). Additionally, an Oxygen Kit and an approved First Aid Kit are required at the dive site(s). The Dive Supervisor is to initial this paragraph indicating an understanding and compliance with these requirements.

Required Signatures:

Texas A&M University Diving Safety Officer

Second Diving Control Board Member

TAMU Scientific Diving Administrator Mr. Christopher M. Meyer