Training
- Ice divers should be skilled in the use of drysuits, choice of thermal insulation, buoyancy control and weighting, and should be competent and experienced with the specific equipment they will use.
- If lifelines are used, both divers and tenders must be competent to use them.
Other skills required by the ice diver include:
- How to impact the underside of the surface ice if the diver's weight belt falls off for any reason and the diver ascends uncontrollably and rapidly.
- How to deal with a frozen air-supply system using a redundant back-up system.
- What to do in the event the diver loses contact with the line or the line tender does not get feedback from the diver in response to signals given to the diver.
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