Line Pull Signals Table 8-2

Question 1

From Tender to Diver

1 Pull
2 pulls
3 Pulls
4 Pulls
2-1 Pulls
3-2 Pulls
4-3 Pulls

Answer 1

From Tender to Diver

1 Pull - “Are you all right?” When diver is descending, one pull means “Stop.”
2 Pulls- “Going Down.” During ascent, two pulls mean “You have come up too far; go back down until we stop you.”
3 Pulls - “Stand by to come up.:
4 Pulls - “Come Up”
2-1 Pulls - “I understand” or “talk to me”
3-2 Pulls - “Ventilate”
4-3 Pulls - “Circulate”

Question 2

From Diver to Tender

1 Pull
2 pulls
3 Pulls
4 Pulls
2-1 Pulls
3-2 Pulls
4-3 Pulls

Answer 2

From Diver to Tender

1 Pull - “I am alright.” When descending, one pull means “Stop” or “I am on the bottom.”
2 pulls - “Lower” or “Give me slack.”
3 Pulls - “Take up my slack.”
4 Pulls - “Haul me up.”
2-1 Pulls - “I understand” or “Talk to me.”
3-2 Pulls - “More Air.”
4-3 Pulls - “Less air.”

Question 3

Searching Signals (Without Circling Line)

7 Pulls
1 Pull
2 Pulls
3 Pulls
4 Pulls

Answer 3

Searching Signals (Without Circling Line)

7 Pulls - “Go on (or off) searching signals.”
1 Pull - “Stop and search where you are.”
2 Pulls - “Move directly away from the tender if given slack; move toward the tender if strain is taken on the life line.”
3 Pulls - “Face your umbilical, take a strain, move right.”
4 Pulls - “Face your umbilical, take a strain, move left.”

Question 4

Searching Signals (With Circling Line)

7 Pulls
1 Pull
2 Pulls
3 Pulls
4 Pulls

Answer 4

Searching Signals (With Circling Line)

7 Pulls - “Go on (or off) searching signals.”
1 Pull - “Stop and search where you are.”
2 Pulls - “Move away from the weight.”
3 Pulls - “Face the weight and go right.”
4 Pulls - “Face the weight and go left.”

Question 5

Special Signals From the Diver

1-2-3 Pulls
5 Pulls
2-1-2 Pulls

Answer 5

Special Signals From the Diver

1-2-3 Pulls - “Send me a square mark.”
5 Pulls - “Send me a line.”
2-1-2 Pulls - “Send me a slate.”

Question 6

Emergency Signals From the Diver

2-2-2 Pulls
3-3-3 Pulls
4-4-4 Pulls

Answer 6

Emergency Signals From the Diver

2-2-2 Pulls - “I am fouled and need the assistance of another diver.”
3-3-3 Pulls - “I am fouled but can clear myself.”
4-4-4 Pulls - “Haul me up immediately.”

Question 7

All emergency signals shall be answered as given expect which one?

Answer 7

4-4-4