§ 63 Diving operations
Surface-oriented diving, bell diving and saturation diving at onshore facilities shall be carried out in a prudent manner.
Bell diving and saturation diving at onshore facilities shall be carried out in compliance with requirements in the Facilities Regulations and in the Activities Regulations.
In respect of surface diving:
- a pressure chamber shall be accessible at all diving sites,
- diving teams shall consist of at least four qualified people with documented competence/certificates (diving leader, diver, back-up diver and tender (line/hose guide)),
- procedures shall be prepared that clearly describe technical, operational and health conditions for normal operation, emergencies and emergency preparedness situations,
- training in the use of emergency and preparedness procedures shall be documented, and
- requirements shall be set for annual health checks of divers, and the employer shall have a system for medical follow-up of divers.
Section last changed:
01 January 2014