Diving and Diver Working Instructions

DIVING AND DIVER WORKING INSTRUCTIONS
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(INSTRUCTION NO: 110)

Relevant Legal Legislation
Domestic Projects:
Professional Divers/Underwater Men Regulation
Regulation on the Works to Run Employees 7.5 Hours a Day or Less in Terms of Health Rules
Registered City Port Regulation
Law of Ports No. 618
1- Before the diving, risk analysis will be carried out in order to determine the measures to be taken. It is the
responsibility of the supplier company to provide and submit to the Project Management the diving details that will
be needed during the risk analysis studies.
2- All dives will be performed under the control and supervision of a specialist who knows the diving risks and
control measures to be taken.
3- The measures specified in the following articles will be taken in the works to be carried out in high pressure places
and bathyscapes (diving rooms):
4- The divers who will carry out the diving operation will submit their diving proficiency licenses and annual health
examination reports and will give copies of them to the Occupational Safety unit to be put in the Employee's
personnel file.
5- The diver's license will comply with the Professional Underwater Men Regulation. Diver licenses taken for sportive
purposes will not be accepted.
6- The company that will perform the diving operation will obtain permission from the Provincial Port Authority
before the operation.
7- Air methods and Decompression Tables to be used in diving will belong to an internationally valid institution
(IMCA, PADI, U.S. NAVY, BRITISH NAVY, IDSA, EDTC, etc.)
8- At least two divers will dive together in each dive, and at least 1 stand-by diver will be readily available on the
deck.
9- The hookah and deep water diving equipment hoses to be used in surface-fed dives will definitely be fixed with a
life line (safety rope).
10- The works that can be done on the deck during the diving operation will be done on the surface of the deck, and the
works for the diver underwater to make will be reduced to a minimum and simple form.
11- There will definitely be a communication possibility between the diver and the diving supervisor, the camera will
be used by establishing communication with the phone.
12- The health and morale status of the divers will be checked on the morning of each dive day, and if possible, their
pulse and blood pressure will be checked and recorded.
13- The diving supervisor will definitely give a briefing before the dive and describe the work to be done under water
and record the dive report in writing.
14- Considering the possibility of the diver catching nitrogen narcosis in deep dives, necessary measures will be
evaluated before diving and divers will be warned in the briefing given before diving.
15- Diver assistants will be at least one diver except stand-by diver.
16- During the dives, wind intensity and sea currents status will be determined before the dive. If the current speed is
1.5 knots (3 km/h) and above or if the wind speed is over 25 knots (50 km/h), the diver will not be allowed to dive,
and in compulsory situations, diving will be carried out by taking special arrangements and protective measures.
17- 2-year periodic inspection of diving equipment will be made and certified by the provincial Port Authority and
copies of these documents will be given to the Occupational Safety Unit.
18- It will be certified that respiratory gases (Air, HeO2, Nitrox, Oxygen) comply with purity standard.
19- During the diver's raising from the bottom to the surface, the ascending speed to surface will be complied with, and
in case of fast surfacing, the missed decompression procedure will be applied.
20- In dives deeper than 12 meters, divers who will dive using a hookah kit or a surface-fed diving suit kit will be
equipped with a SCUBA tube carried in the back for an emergency in addition to the air hose.
21- In case of poor underwater vision, underwater projector will be used and communication will be established.
22- Diving will be limited to a short deep underwater time.
23- If there is no other reference, diving and surfacing will be done by guiding through a guide wire or rope thrown to
the dive point.
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24- It is detected if the water to dive is dirty (Biological, chemical, Radioactive waste, Physical sharp cutting, piercing
metal parts, etc.), and, in case of such situations, diving will be allowed after cleaning and securing the diving
environment by taking the necessary safety precautions.
25- If dives will be made deeper than 39 meters, they will be made through OPEN BELL or UNDERWATER LIFT.
26- In dives deeper than 40 meters, the diving company will declare a treatment center "at a distance that will have the
patient diver to be treated can be taken under pressure within a maximum of 30 minutes" and will bring a contract
letter stating that it will provide service from the said diver treatment center. ("Professional Divers/Underwater
Men Regulation")
27- Divers will be employed as insured.
28- In systems with gas supply from the surface, the non-return valve on the diving head will be subjected to air smoke
test before each dive day and the result will be recorded and filed.
29- Divers who are not in good health (In the upper respiratory tract infections, Flu, Sinuses or Ears are blocked or
Psychologically corrupted) are not allowed to dive.
30- Before the dive, inside of diving head and the regulator and diving masks will be disinfected with a germicidal
solution.
31- The dive supervisor or supervisor will have a task distribution chart on a board at the dive site during the operation
briefing to be given before the dive. In this chart will be written the alternating duty relay of divers, stand by diver,
and if any, the pressure room operator and internal assistant, outfitter, emergency repair officer, diving safety
observer.
32- After the decompression diving, repeated diving will be avoided on the same day.
33- The dive registration forms of the divers will be filled by the dive supervisor during the dive, and at the end of the
day of the dive, “times at the bottom (deep underwater times)” will be recorded in the dive book and signed.
34- During the dive period, “A” dive flag or international dive flag will be hoist up to the pole to be seen from around
and will be hoist down when the dive is finished.
35- Nearby boats and ships will be informed of the dive operation. Boats passing close will be warned by calling from
VHF ch 16 and announced that there is a diver's work.
36- On the deck, measures will be taken to prevent the floor to be slippery (by sandy paint, rubber with suction cups,
dry and clean surface)
37- The compressor, generator, welding / cutting tools and other materials on the deck will be fixed with a sea tie, and
prevented from slipping if and when the boat is swaying.
38- The procedures to be followed and implemented regarding the emergencies described below will be submitted to
the Project Management as a Written Document attached to a letter.
39- In diving suits with surface gas-fed,
In case of air oxygen mixture gas shortage,
If respiratory gas rates are wrong,
In case of excessive moisture in the breathing air,
In case of air hose burst,
If the diver fails to show up the surface,
If the diver is missing
The methods for the emergency procedures to be followed will be presented together with the documents in the file.
General Instructions
40- Obey all caution and warning signs throughout the entire project.
41- Be sure to follow the construction site rules, instructions, as well as work health and safety and environmental rules
described in the training.
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