Pay: $24-$25 an hour, depending on Experience.
Please send resume to: careers@c3ees.com
SCOPE and PURPOSE
The Dive Tender reports to the Dive Supervisor and is assigned by either the Dive Supervisor or designated diving person in charge to perform various duties, which may include diving.
RESPONSBILITIES
- Prepare and support the dive until its completion.
- Assist the Diver in dressing and undressing.
- Confirm the diver’s equipment is functioning properly and inform the Diving Supervisor that the diver is ready.
- Tend the diver’s umbilical (keeping at least one hand on the umbilical at all times) and be aware of the diver’s depth and location at all times.
- Support any in-water decompression as required.
- Set up and operate all equipment as directed by the supervisor or his representative.
- In the event he is assigned a task for which he does not consider himself qualified either by training and/or experience, he/she shall immediately inform the Diving Supervisor or his representative.
- Perform routine maintenance on diving equipment.
- Repair such equipment as he is qualified to checkout to repair.
- Assist in top-side work as directed or required.
- Be alert for and immediately report conditions which may be hazardous or unsafe.
- Maintain certification in first aid and CPR.
- Properly operate a decompression chamber as required for decompression or treatment. As a decompression chamber operator, he/she shall be responsible for:
- Maintaining the proper depth in the chamber as required by decompression schedule or treatment protocol.
- Maintaining a proper ventilation schedule so oxygen and carbon dioxide levels remain with safe limits.
- Decompress or treat the Diver in accordance with the schedule as directed by the Diving Supervisor.
- Maintain communication with the chamber occupants.
- Properly complete all paperwork as required by employer policy and/or governmental regulations.
- While operating the chamber, the Dive Tender shall not be assigned to any other task.
- Before being exposed to hyperbaric conditions, the Dive Tender must be medically certified as “fit to dive”.
- Perform limited tasks as a diver when directed by the Diving Supervisor. A Dive Tender that dives shall be subject to the duties and responsibilities of a diver within the limitations of his assignment.
- When required, ride the chamber with the diver during decompression or treatment. This inside Dive Tender must be familiar with and alert for the systems of oxygen toxicity.
- Report any recent medical treatment or illness so that a proper determination can be made concerning fitness and/or ability to dive to the Dive Supervisor.
- Immediately report all symptoms or suspected symptoms of DCS to the diving supervisor as early and accurately as possible.
- Report any defect or malfunction of the diving equipment provided for the diving operation to the Dive Supervisor
- Maintain a diver logbook documenting all hyperbaric exposures.
- Read, understand and comply with all employer’s policies and applicable governmental regulations, as they relate to their qualifications or performance while engaging in diving operations.
ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS
Regardless of other duties, Dive Tender has a responsibility to follow CEES production, safety, and quality procedures.
REQUIREMENTS (Education/Training)
- Association of Diving Contractors (ADC) accredited school
- ADCI Entry-level/tender diver certification card
- TWIC, SafeGulf / PEC, API RP2D Rigging, Water Survival, First Aid/CPR with Emergency Oxygen.
- High school graduate or equivalent and not less than 18 years old