Competency Standard for diving, hyperbaric chamber, and remotely operated vehicle operations

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
Z275.4
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
03.100.30
03.120.99
Status:
Proceeding to development
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SDO Comment Period End Date:
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Scope:

This will be the fourth edition of CSA Z275.4. The Standard contains requirements and performance specifications for determining and measuring competency levels for divers and their associated team members.  The new edition of the Standard will include competency requirements for a new category of support personnel, the inshore diving safety specialist and will include specific competency elements for clinical hyperbaric chamber operators. In addition, the Standard will reference requirements for training in each category as established in 2005 with the publication of CSA Z275.5. The competency requirements for offshore air-diving supervisors will be revised. Retraining and recertification (requalification) in all nine diving categories and 18 dive support categories specified in this Standard will be considered. And finally, this new edition will include provisions for training, and assessing the competency of, pilots of and technicians for remotely operated vehicles.

Project need:

To update the Standard to reflect new technologies/stakeholder input.

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