Hand Signals

1. Hand Signals HS/1 May 2007

2. We will cover • The Need For Hand Signals • Compulsory Signals • Optional Signals • Practice • Summary HS/2

3. The need for hand signals • “The silent world” • Speech requires specialised equipment • Facial expressions obscured by mask • Clarification is difficult • Hand signals must be clear and unambiguous

4. Compulsory Signals You HS/3a

5. Compulsory Signals Me HS/3b

6. Compulsory Signals O.K. HS/3c

7. Compulsory Signals O.K. on surface HS/3j

8. Compulsory Signals Something wrong HS/3g

9. Compulsory Signals Something wrong HS/3g

10. Compulsory Signals Up HS/3d

11. Compulsory Signals Down HS/3e

12. Compulsory Signals I have no more air HS/3f

13. Compulsory Signals I have no more air HS/3f

14. Compulsory Signals I am on reserve HS/3h

15. Compulsory Signals Danger HS/3i

16. Compulsory Signals Danger HS/3i

17. Compulsory Signals Stop HS/3k

18. Compulsory Signals Distress HS/3l

19. Compulsory Signals Distress HS/3l

20. Compulsory Signals No signal on surface HS/3m

21. Compulsory Signals Night Dive HS/3n

22. Optional Signals Out of Breath HS/4a

23. Optional Signals Out of Breath HS/4a

24. Optional Signals Direction HS/4b

25. Optional Signals Assemble HS/4c

26. Optional Signals Assemble HS/4c

27. Optional Signals Negation HS/4d

28. Optional Signals Negation HS/4d

29. Optional Signals Negation HS/4d

30. Optional Signals Slow down HS/4e

31. Optional Signals Slow down HS/4e

32. Optional Signals Accelerate HS/4f

33. Optional Signals Failure to understand HS/4g

34. Optional Signals Failure to understand HS/4g

35. Optional Signals Vertigo HS/4h

36. Optional Signals Cannot equalise HS/4i

37. Optional Signals Cannot equalise HS/4i

38. Optional Signals Cold HS/4j

39. Optional Signals Cold HS/4j

40. Optional Signals Tying HS/4k

41. Optional Signals Tying HS/4k

42. Optional Signals Tying HS/4k

43. Summary • The Need For Hand Signals • Compulsory Signals • Optional Signals HS/5