Company manuals are part of the company's management system and are mandatory. However, writing and updating such documents requires significant time, financial resources, and expertise: - It is essential to involve individuals who are accustomed to conducting such work to ensure that the published documents are fully compliant with national and international standards and based on relevant scientific and technical publications. - The cost of creating manuals is not fully controllable because their design is based on knowledge and reference documents that are sometimes not easy to find, organize, and explain. For these reasons, extra time is often required to write these documents, which must be easy to read and comply with both national and international regulations. This research and compilation time is usually very difficult to evaluate. - A system of updating must be in place, as the competent bodies regularly review their policies. Multinational corporations can implement the creation of dedicated safety and technical documentation without a significant impact on their resources, as their turnover is high enough to make this expense a relatively small part of their operating budget. In contrast, small organizations may find that creating such documents incurs a significant cost relative to their income. Additionally, employees assigned to this work are typically not specialized in it and cannot be utilized for projects where they have more skills. Consequently, there is a risk that, due to a lack of expertise, time, and resources, the documents produced may not address all the risks to which these companies’ personnel are exposed and may not fully comply with the regulations of the countries in which the company operates. This can lead to loopholes being exploited by unscrupulous individuals in the event of an accident, or the documents being rejected by the competent bodies responsible for evaluating them and subsequently by the customers themselves. To help small companies solve this problem at a reduced cost, CCO Ltd. has compiled a series of diving manuals based on recognized appropriate national and international standards and guidelines, as well as relevant scientific and technical documents. As a result, these manuals comply with most national and international regulations and can be utilized in part or in whole to: - Create company manuals from scratch. - Reinforce existing documents. In addition to the reasons outlined above, the purpose of providing these documents is to offer accurate references to people engaged in diving operations, who may include, but are not limited to: - Company managers - Project managers - Offshore construction managers - Diving & ROV superintendents - Diving & ROV supervisors - Divers & ROV pilots - Client representatives - Every person interested in diving and ROV procedures Of course, the responsibility for their use by companies lies entirely with those who choose to adopt them. These documents are available free of charge from the Diving and ROV Specialists website and by clicking on the images of the descriptions below:
Company manuals
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However, while the free documents mentioned above can serve as references, they remain generic copyrighted manuals based on diving and ROV systems that are similar but not identical to those utilized by the companies that adopt them. For this reason, we recommend developing specific manuals tailored to the actual needs of companies. Although this may result in higher costs, we have the expertise to deliver this at competitive prices. Tailored manuals offer the following advantages: - They are written in accordance with the diving systems utilized by the company, allowing personnel to use them effectively and preventing the mistakes that often arise when individuals face equipment that is poorly documented and unfamiliar to them. - The working practices outlined in the manuals are specific to the company and are evaluated by the manual authors for compliance with relevant standards, appropriate industry guidelines, and referenced scientific and engineering publications. - We can assist in obtaining approval for these manuals from national bodies if necessary.
Saturation diving handbook
This Manual, which comprises four documents and an appendix, is a compilation of elements from three publications, which have been considered suitable for their purpose by recognized diving specialists in addition to diving contractors and their clients. - The saturation diving manual CCO Ltd, which was 1st published in 2014. - The diving study #5 CCO Ltd “Implement Normam-15/PDC saturation diving procedures. - The document Diving & ROV specialists “Description of a saturation system”. It has been written to provide elements that can be introduced in company manuals and give information regarding the organization of saturation diving to people who are not lucky enough to work on such systems or people who have been involved in such operations during a period of their life but need to refresh their memory. For this reason, it is designed to be accessible to people with limited diving knowledge. This manual has been updated to the latest standards in August 2021. To download the documents, click on the photos of their covers.
Book #1 - Definition and elements for preparation. This book describes the scope of saturation procedures, the reason for NORMAM 15 PLC saturation procedures, and some elements to consider when organizing a saturation diving project, such as: - Team size and responsibilities - Maintenance of the diving system - Weather and currents - Means of communications - The surface supports that can be used - Diving procedures with Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) - Documentation and certifications
Book #2 - Gas supplies and chamber management This document describes safe practices and emergency procedures to manage the chambers and their supplies for safe and successful operations. It is composed of the following chapters: - Categories of saturation systems and elements controlled by the Life Support Technicians - Gas management - Chamber management - Chamber emergency procedures
Book #3 - Bell procedures This book describes the main rules for the organization of safe bell diving operations. It is composed of the following chapters: - Description of the bell and of the elements to control it - Diving operations - Emergency procedures
Book #4 - Diving accidents This document indicates and explains the accidents linked to saturation diving procedures and how to solve and avoid these accidents. It is composed of the following parts: - Summary of the diving accidents - Elements of anatomy and physiology - Accidents linked to saturation diving - Therapeutic tables COMEX - Medical checklists and records
Appendix This book provides heliox surface orientated tables that can be used to recover the divers faster than with the saturation procedure if the first compression must be interrupted for technical or another reason. The reason for providing them in the appendix is that they take too much space to be included in Book #2.
Surface supplied diving using DCIEM tables
This handbook is, for the moment, composed of 3 books: 1. Description and prevention of diving accidents. 2. Elements for preparation. 3. Air & nitrox diving using in-water and surface decompression. The reasons for selecting DCIEM tables for this edition are explained in book #2, and other books are planned to complement the techniques discussed.
Book #1 - Description and prevention of diving accidents This document describes the accidents linked to surface-supplied diving and the procedures to solve and avoid them.
Book #2 - Definition and elements for preparation The document describes the scope of surface supplied diving procedures, the DCIEM decompression tables, and some elements to consider when organizing a surface supplied diving project such as the necessary personnel, organization of the maintenance of the diving system, weather conditions, surface supports, systems of communications, work procedures with ROV, documents that must be available, etc.
Book #3 - Air and nitrox procedures using in-water & surface decompression This document describes procedures for safe air and nitrox dives using in-water air decompression, in-water nitrox decompression, in-water oxygen decompression at 6 m, and surface oxygen decompression.
Surface supplied diving using MT92/2019 tables
This handbook is, for the moment, composed of 3 books: 1. Description and prevention of diving accidents. 2. Elements for preparation. 3. Air & nitrox diving using in-water and surface decompression. The advantages MT92/2019 tables provide compared to other decompression models are explained in book #2. Note that other books are planned to complement the techniques discussed.
Book #2 - Definition and elements for preparation The document describes the scope of surface supplied diving procedures, the MT92/2019 decompression tables, and some elements to consider when organizing a surface supplied diving project such as the necessary personnel, organization of the maintenance of the diving system, weather conditions, surface supports, systems of communications, work procedures with ROV, documents that must be available, etc.
Book #3 - Air and nitrox procedures using in-water & surface decompression This document describes procedures for safe air and nitrox dives using in-water air decompression, in-water nitrox decompression, in-water oxygen decompression at 6 m, and surface oxygen decompression.
Basic rigging and lifting procedures handbook
This document aims to promote the essential principles for organizing the lifting of various loads to diving & ROV teams for the operations they may undertake during the construction projects they are involved in. It is based on national and international standards and guidelines such as ISO, EN, ASME, ASTM, OSHA, and HSE standards. Other norms are also used occasionally. It is based on two parts: 1 - The description of the lifting systems. 2 - The management procedures, elements to consider, and particular procedures such as personnel transfer. As suggested by its title, this document does not include details for the calculation processes of exceptional loads, which require complex engineering calculations by competent and experienced engineers and are not the responsibility of the diving and ROV teams.
These documents have been written with the consideration that technical documents must be pleasant to read: - The texts are written to be accessible to all the public. - New terms are explained in the text and not in a glossary at the beginning of the document. - Acronyms are reduced to a minimum and are explained in the text. - The guidelines from competent bodies are explained but never modified. Also, many official guidelines are inserted in the manuals to avoid the need to look for them in another document. - Drawings, charts, and photos are provided to reinforce the texts.
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