1) An employer shall, after consultation with the employees, ensure that an operations manual is compiled and made available to each diving team at the diving location before the commencement of each diving operation.
2) An operations manual shall contain directions regarding the health and safety of employees, including –
a) the assignments and responsibilities of each member of the diving team for each diving mode used;
b) safety procedures and checklists for each diving mode used;
c) procedures and checklists for the use, checking and maintenance of equipment for each diving mode used;
d) emergency procedures in the case of –
i) tire;
ii) equipment failure; and
iii) adverse changes in environmental conditions;
e) procedures for –
i) emergency signalling;
ii) emergency assistance under water and on the surface;
iii) decompression, including therapeutic recompression and decompression, and the availability of a compression chamber for such purposes;
iv) first-aid;
v) obtaining medical assistance, with specific reference to the need for consultation with a designated medical practitioner if decompression sickness should occur;
vi) calling for assistance from emergency services, including advance liaison with those services where appropriate;
vii) emergency evacuation of the work site; and
viii) the provision of emergency supplies.