Safety Services Specialist
About The Position
The Safety Services department aims to enhance safety within the diving industry through risk mitigation, training, education, and technical support. This broad role supports current and future projects, including strategic planning for new initiatives requiring creative thinking, serving as an expert in safety products and training aids, providing outreach in education and safety development programs, and participating in the development of new risk mitigation, education, and recompression chamber training modules. The position involves managing routine tasks and new programs, with the potential for adaptation to match the candidate's abilities and development in areas requiring higher knowledge and experience. The title and salary are negotiable based on candidate capabilities.
Requirements
- Appropriate bachelor’s degree (or higher)
- Certified scuba diver - a professional scuba diving rating is desired.
- Hyperbaric facility safety officer, operator or technician
- DAN First Aid Instructor or appropriate equivalent
- Dive safety officer.
- Occupational health and safety officer
- Scientific Diver certification (AAUS or equivalent)
- Trainer of scuba diving or related first aid provider programs.
- Field experience in first aid
- Experience in the operation of medical, recompression and/or commercial diving hyperbaric facilities
- Experience in, or exposure to, diving safety functions, including related non-diving activities.
- Experience in underwater activities other than recreational diving
- Experience in dive shop, boat, or pool operations
- Published or written articles for the diving and/or hyperbaric fields
- Presentations on any of the above or related topics
- Support and implementation of training programs
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in the recreational diving industry or in the diving hyperbaric medical field.
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Willingness to learn skills outside of existing training and experience.
- Highly proficient in English
- Spanish as at least a second language would be beneficial.
Nice To Haves
- recognized training or certification in some of the following: Certified scuba diver - a professional scuba diving rating is desired. Hyperbaric facility safety officer, operator or technician DAN First Aid Instructor or appropriate equivalent Dive safety officer. Occupational health and safety officer Scientific Diver certification (AAUS or equivalent)
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and support DAN’s international safety initiatives and programs.
- Provide expertise in safety products, including technical specifications of current products and evaluations of potential new products.
- Monitor and analyze safety trends within the dive industry to provide input into program development.
- Provide advice and respond to inquiries and communications in risk assessment, training, diving safety, relevant technology and diver recompression treatment practices and facilities.
- Develop new and revise existing e-learning courses.
- Administer current and new eLearning systems.
- Edit, produce, and contribute to written content on dive safety topics. This may include compiling and editing newsletters, safety guides, and reports. This may include collaboration within the department, or in collaboration with other departments and outside experts.
- Generate, distribute, and analyze surveys to support program improvement.
- Update and maintain databases of service providers, instructors, dive safety officers, and recompression chambers.
- Teach students in the range of Safety Services programs.
- Facilitate external communications on safety and training through social media and other outreach initiatives.
- Organize interdepartmental collaborations for internal and external events such as DEMA.
- Present safety and training topics on public and professional platforms.
- Represent Divers Alert Network at assigned conferences, meetings, and industry events.
- Perform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
