150Duties of diving supervisors

150 Duties of diving supervisors

(1) The duties of a diving supervisor for a diving operation are—

(a) to ensure that the diving operation is carried out—

(i) as far as reasonably practicable without risk to the health or safety of anybody taking part in it or of anyone else who may be affected by it; and

(ii) in accordance with the law; and

(iii) in accordance with the accepted DSMS for the operation; and

(iv) in accordance with the relevant diving project plan; and

(b) to countersign entries about the operation in divers' log books; and

(c) if there is an operator for the diving project—to report to the operator, during the operation, any of the following—

(i) the death of, or serious personal injury to, a person;

(ii) the incapacitation of a person that prevents the person from performing work for a period of 3 or more days;

(iii) an event that could reasonably have led to a consequence of the type mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii);

(iv) a decompression illness;

(v) a pulmonary barotrauma;

(vi) a case of omitted decompression;

(vii) an occurrence for which the standby diver is deployed for an emergency, except for the purposes of training, exercises or drills;

(viii) a failure of life support equipment or man riding equipment.

(2) A diving supervisor must not fail to carry out a duty imposed on the diving supervisor under subregulation (1).

(3) A diving supervisor, when supervising a diving operation, may give such reasonable directions to any person taking part in the operation as are necessary to enable the diving supervisor to comply with subregulation (1)(a)(i).

(4) A diving supervisor must not dive while the diving supervisor is on duty as diving supervisor.

(5) A diving supervisor for a diving operation must tell each person who takes part in the operation any instruction, in the diving project plan for the operation, that applies to the person.

man riding equipment includes any of the following—

(a) an air stage;

(b) a wet bell;

(c) a closed bell;

(d) a guide wire system.

1 If there is no operator for a diving project, another law may require the reporting of accidents and incidents.

2 Regulation 154 requires a diving supervisor to maintain a diving operations record.

Division 7—Start‑up notices

151 Start‑up notice