Head counts
Under the Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008, anyone who uses a boat to transport people to a recreational diving or recreational technical diving site must be certain that all people on board are accounted for.
Before the boat departs for the site, ensure that:
- every person on board is counted
- a written record of the count is made.
- the count is verified
- any changes to the count during the journey (by people boarding or leaving the boat) are recorded and verified.
Before the boat departs the recreational diving site, ensure that:
- every person on board is counted
- a written record of the count is made
- the count is verified.
Where possible, use active counts (or roll calls) because they are more accurate than a head count (which should be conducted twice). A roll call involves each passenger responding when his/her name is called.
A sample of a written record made of count of all persons on board form (PDF, 172 KB) is available to show how the safety requirements for a head count could be addressed.
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