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    • Introduction 

    • Responsibility and Authority of Personnel 

    • Safety Management 

    • Operational and Emergency Event Familiarisation for DPOs Working on DSVs 

    • Marine Interface 

    • DP Operations Risk Based Planning and Control 

    • DP Alert Responses 

    • Vessel Movement Limitations 

    • Diving Umbilical Management from Dynamically Positioned Vessels 

    • Shallow Water 

    • Diving Within an Anchor Pattern or Close to a Suspended Subsea Asset 

    • Diving Within a Swing Circle 

    • Subsea Structures and Wellheads 

    • References

    Date: Reason: Revision:
    Date:December 2023 Reason:Modifications made to guidance on drift trials & diver recovery trials within Section 11.1 Revision:Rev. 4.1
    Date:May 2023 Reason:Removal of guidance of the safe deployment and tending of diving umbilicals from vessels operating in DP mode. Subject now comprehensively covered in IMCA D078 Revision:Rev. 4
    Date:May 2008 Reason:Increased emphasis of the risks of diving within anchor patterns and other minor updates Revision:Rev. 3
    Date:July 2000 Reason:Revised for current practices Revision:Rev. 2
    Date:January 1998 Reason:Initial publication Revision:Rev.