Canadian Association of Diving Contractors

So you want to be a diver? Many commercial divers have begun their career as a recreational SCUBA diver, and it dawns on them that they might be able to make a career out of it! Others have been in a trade of some type and are looking for a way to carry their skill […]

The draft new edition of CSA Z275.4 (Diving Competency Standard) is now available for public review: https://publicreview.csa.ca/ To view the document on the PR site, just search for “Z275.4” or “Diving”. This will be a 60-day public review (starting today and closing on Aug. 1st). Please inform your affiliates and any other interested parties of […]

The Canadian Association of Diving Contractors (CADC) is currently reviewing the most current version of the CSA’s Diving Operations standard (Z275.2-20) to highlight the changes and new requirements of in the standard. “The new Z285.2-20 Occupational safety code for diving operations standard has some very important changes in its new edition. Significant changes in the […]

This year, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of national health and safety standards for occupational diving and hyperbaric facilities in Canada. Let’s dive into the story behind the six standards in place today. Following inquiries into several fatalities and serious accidents in the late 1960s, a decision was made by the diving industry and federal […]

With the new release of Z275.2-20 (Diving Operations) in effect Jan 2020, the Canadian Standards emphasizes the default use of a minimum four-person crew to be required on all occupational diving operations – with only rare exceptions possibly allowed under a completed onsite risk assessment. The key to crew size is the this completed onsite […]

Canadian OHS laws are based on the “Internal Responsibility System”. Under this system all workplace stakeholders from senior management to the deckhand are required to play a part in ensuring health and safety at the workplace. Therefore those, including supervisors, who fail to meet the requirements of the OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) laws may […]

The draft 7th edition of CSA Z275.2 is now available for public review. This will review will run to August 11th 2019 …. You are welcome to review this draft document and provide comments to the Technical Committee on our standards review site: http://publicreview.csa.ca/Home/Details/3461 To access this draft Standard, just enter its designation “Z275.2” in […]

In Part II of this two-part series, learn about inspection cooperation vs. self-incrimination, your right to ask questions (and which ones to ask), search warrants, and what your crew should know before inspections and how they should react to requests during them. By Bob Landry, R.W. Landry & Associates Ltd. In the previous article (reprint […]

“Good morning, I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” The inspector from the Provincial Labour or Workman’s Compensation Board and the way he or she helps you, is by conducting an inspection or investigation of your diving operation and issuing orders, tickets or charges for the contraventions that are found. I was […]

The CSA Diving Standards Group has unanimously approved an amendment to the Diving Operations standard Z275.2-15 that requires a minimum qualified and competent four person dive crew on ALL surface supplied diving operations. The crew shall consist of a Dive Supervisor, Diver, Standby Diver and a diver’s tender. (This is in effect Nov 1st 2018 […]