Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Diving Operations Safety Transitional Regulations (SOR/2015-5)
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Regulations are current to 2024-06-20
SCHEDULE 1(Paragraph 3(4)(a))Procedures
1 The procedures manual for a diving program must contain the standard operating procedures to be followed in any diving operation that will be part of the diving program and must include
(a) the procedures for any consultations with the person in charge of any craft or installation from which the diving operation is conducted;
(b) the procedures to be followed by each person involved in a dive that will be part of the diving program, including a diver, stand-by diver, pilot, attendant and supervisor;
(c) for each depth and each type of dive, the procedures for
(i) conducting the dive, taking into account
(A) local meteorological and sea-state conditions, and
(B) hazards such as strong currents, man-made structures and activities, other than diving, being conducted in the vicinity,
(ii) the selection of the appropriate breathing mixture, decompression tables and treatment tables to be used in the dive,
(iii) the use, inspection and maintenance of the diving plant and equipment, including communications and signalling equipment, to be used in the dive,
(iv) the lowering and recovering of a diver and the launching and recovery of any skip, diving bell, diving submersible or ADS to be used in the dive,
(v) the completion of the diving operations logbook referred to in paragraph 8(5)(m) and subsection 49(1), including sample entries, and
(vi) the making of a decision to begin, continue, interrupt or end the dive, including any conditions to be taken into account in the determination; and
(d) a sample of the pre-dive checklist to be followed.
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