Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsCommercial Diving Regulations, 202219. Life-support technician and life-support supervisor |
| (1) | An employer must appoint, in writing, a life-support technician with appropriate levels of experience and competency for a particular diving operation. |
| (2) | A life-support technician must, in respect of a diving operation in which he or she is involved— |
| (a) | perform the relevant duties and functions under the supervision of the life-support supervisor; |
| (b) | ensure that a record is maintained in the logbook in accordance with the requirements contemplated in Annexure A; and |
| (c) | have a valid medical certificate of fitness. |
| (3) | A life-support supervisor must, in respect of a diving operation for which he or she has been appointed— |
| (a) | ensure that it is carried out, as far as it is reasonably practicable— |
| (i) | without risk to the health and safety of all of those taking part in that operation and of any other person who may be affected thereby; |
| (ii) | in accordance with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on him or her by the relevant regulations; and |
| (iii) | in accordance with the diving operation; |
| (b) | ensure that the particulars contemplated in Annexure B are entered in the diving operations record and the saturation recompression chamber record in the course of the diving operation; and |
| (c) | ensure that a record is maintained in the logbook in accordance with the requirements contemplated in Annexure A. |
| (4) | A life-support supervisor may, while supervising a recompression chamber operation in respect of which he or she has been appointed, give reasonable directions to any person taking part in that operation to ensure that it is carried out safely. |