Posts are available within HSE’s Hazardous Installations Directorate for Offshore Specialist inspectors with the following disciplines:
Category: Diving
Revised memorandum of understanding between HSE, MCA and MAIB
This memorandum of understanding between the Health and Safety Executive, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Firms fined £108,000 after diver fatality in canal lock
HSE highlighted the importance of safe practices when diving after a fatality at a canal lock.
Diving leaflet updated
Are you involved in a diving project at work? This leaflet explains, in simple terms, the main legal responsibilities of
Diving website - rebranded
New design, new features - Advice for people starting a career in diving, specific first aid advice and video highlighting the hazards of CO2 poisoning whilst diving.
Offshore Business Plan for 2009/10
sets out the contribution HSE’s Offshore Safety Division makes towards achieving objectives which in turn supports
Offshore - good progress on safety, sustained effort required
18 months on from the landmark KP3 report, a ‘snapshot’ review concludes that though the safety of the UK’s offshore
Offshore KP3 report - review of industry’s progress
The offshore industry has allocated considerable resource and effort to improve offshore assets and compliance with relevant standards,
Diving qualifications updated
The list of approved diving qualifications has been updated.
Administrator vacancy, Plymouth
The main purpose of this role is to provide admin support to the Principal Inspector and the team’s diving Inspectors.
Diving safety video: CO2 - the rebreather incident
This video made by SKY news shows real footage of an incident where a rebreather diver suffers from Carbon
Diving cylinders: internal corrosion, fitting valves and filling
This diving information sheet details the hazards of internal corrosion in diving cylinders and provides guidance
HSE to attend Dive 2007 event
NEC Birmingham 13-14 October - visit the HSE stand (1497) where HSE Diving Inspectors will provide advice and
Science and research outlook newsletter
The August 2007 edition of the newsletter is now available. Subjects covered in this issue
Diving qualifications updated
The list of approved diving qualifications has now been updated.
Treatment for decompression illness
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBO) is the standard and definitive treatment for
Diving events
Three trade shows will be attende by HSE Diving Inspectors to provide advice and
Diving at Work Regulations 1997
List of Approved Classes of Medical Practitioners. This document contains regulatory requirements; it is
Standard unmanned testing procedures for open-circuit ‘Octopus’ systems - RR492
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) often use an ‘Octopus’ system as an alternative air supply. The proposed procedure should be considered for inclusion in future diving apparatus standards including the next revision of BS EN 250.
Read the research report

