Description

This qualification reflects the roles of individuals who work as senior deckhands or occupational divers on a commercial fishing vessel in the fishing sector of the seafood industry. In these roles, these individuals have responsibility for a range of fishing operations and may perform dives or vessel operations.
The environments in which these individuals may work include:
fishing vessels
charter vessels
aquaculture farms using wild caught broodstock or seedstock.
All work is carried out to comply with workplace procedures, according to state/territory health and safety, food safety, biosecurity and environmental regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
Some SFI and imported units in the elective bank are subject to licencing, legislative or certification requirements, including:
occupational diving is regulated independently by each state and territory workplace health and safety authority. Users are advised to check with the relevant authority to confirm current requirements.
the MAR units that appear in the elective bank are subject to licencing and regulatory requirements. These units must be implemented in line with the MAR Maritime Training Package and Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) requirements
the TLI licencing units must be implemented in line with the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.