We need a minimum team size of five divers for a safe surface-supply diving operation. This team includes:
- Supervisor
- Working diver
- Stand-by diver
- Tender for the working diver
- Tender for the stand-by diver
We might have other team members on site to operate specialised equipment and to assist in an emergency.
Visit Diving at Work Regulations 1997 Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) for more information.
Our divers will go to a maximum depth of 50 metres (164 feet). This is in accordance with UK Diving at Work Regulations 1997 for air diving.
Some circumstances would require a two person, two compartment compression chamber to be on site ready for immediate use. This would be the case for dives with in-water stops that exceed 20 minutes.
Other scenarios would call for there to be a compression chamber within six hours of the dive site. This includes:
- Dives shallower than 10m with in-water decompression that is less than 20 minutes.
- Dives between 10m – 50m with in-water decompression that is less than 20 minutes, and a reduced risk of decompression illness (DCI). These risks factor in things like water temperature and number of dives.
Dives of up to 50m without in-water decompression have no requirement for a chamber, unless specified by the risk assessment or client.
Visit Diving at Work Regulations 1997 Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) for more information.
