Surface supplied commercial diving equipment on display at a trade show
Commercial diving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering, maintenance or other commercial purposes which are similar to work done out of the water, and where the diving is usually secondary to the work.
In some legislation, commercial diving is defined as any diving done by an employee as part of their job, and for legal purposes this may include scientific, public safety, media, and military diving.[1] That is similar to the definition for professional diving, but in those cases the difference is in the status of the diver within the organisation of the diving contractor. This distinction may not exist in other jurisdictions. In South Africa, any person who dives under the control and instructions of another person within the scope of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, is within the scope of the Diving Regulations, 2009.[1]
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Commercialdiving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering...
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diver may dive on breath-hold (freediving) or use breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface-supplied diving, and the saturation diving technique...
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civil engineering, pearl shell diving and other commercialdiving work, and similar naval diving applications. Standard diving dress has largely been superseded...
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jurisdiction. In South Africa a commercialdiving instructor is registered by the Department of Labour for the class of diving they are considered competent...
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decompression chamber, which is commonly referred to in commercialdiving as the diving bell and in military diving as the personnel transfer capsule, PTC (Personnel...
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atmospheric pressure are provided for diving-related applications such as saturation diving and diver decompression, and non-diving medical applications such as...
Glossary of underwater diving terminology for definitions of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving See the Outline of...
and issuing certifications for commercialdiving skills. The ADCI was first established in 1968 by a number of small diving companies, contractors and professionals...
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