Diving

Diving

In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for diving and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand relevant legislation and codes of practice.

What law applies
Rights and obligations, specific regulations, specific codes

General hazards
Plant, equipment and machinery, noise, hazardous substances, manual handling

Recreational snorkelling
Managing risks, fitness, supervision, rescue, emergencies, snorkelling, moving vessels

Recreational (including technical) diving
What is recreational diving, risks of recreational diving, illnesses and conditions

Occupational diving
What is occupational diving, risks of occupational diving, log keeping

Case studies
Case studies highlighting industry best practice

Downloads

Case study - Fantasea Adventure Cruising (PDF, 563 kB)
Poster - Plan your dive, dive your plan (PDF, 1057 kB)
Alert - Recreational Diving and Snorkelling Emergencies- Operator preparedness
Alert - Recreational Diving - Equipment to minimise the risk of missing diver emergencies

Recreational diving kit

Advice regarding assessing the medical fitness of entry level certificate divers (PDF, 57 kB)
Dive safety log (PDF, 133 kB)
Medical declaration form (PDF, 81 kB)
Recreational diving and snorkelling compliance checklist (PDF, 45 kB)
Safety information for SCUBA divers (PDF, 364 kB)
Risk management process for the recreational dive industry (PDF, 67 kB)

Occupational diving kit

Example of a diver's safety log (PDF, 129 kB)
Construction diving compliance checklist (PDF, 40 kB)
Diving (other than construction) compliance checklist (PDF, 39 kB)
Proof of competence examples for the occupational diving industry (PDF, 162 kB)
Documented risk management process (PDF, 74 kB)
Example of a documented risk management process (PDF, 91 kB)

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	Print full Occupational Diving Work Code of Practice (PDF, 194 kB)

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Recreational diving kit

Occupational diving kit