Information Notes
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Basic safety training – updated North Sea mutual recognition
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 09/13
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New Offshore Working Time Regulations will take effect in Germany on 1 August 2013
The new requirements apply to offshore workers in German waters, including the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The regulations will apply to personnel working on or from an offshore installation, including wind farms. So the changes will apply to technicians being transferred to wind turbines in the German sector. However,
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Changes to the UK Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
From 1 October 2013, changes will be introduced to the UK Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) that are intended to simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses, while ensuring that the data collected gives an accurate and useful picture of workplace incidents. The main
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New proposals on CO₂ emissions from ships
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 08/13, IMCA M 14/13
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ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006): Advice on Enforcement
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 07/13, IMCA C 06/13, IMCA M 13/13
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Safety statistics for IMCA members: Report for 2012
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 06/13
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Summary of 2012 safety statistics for IMCA members
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 05/13
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Working under hyperbaric conditions in the Netherlands
IMCA has received the attached information from the National Diving Centre in the Netherlands about the changes in ‘working under hyperbaric conditions in the Netherlands’. The note covers the new arrangements for personal certification of certain diving personnel to work in the Netherlands – both on a temporary basis (up
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Global navigation satellite systems: Availability during increased sunspot activity
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA M 08/13
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The inspection and auditing of manned and unmanned barges
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA M 07/13
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Changes to diver medic training validity period
There is an IMCA requirement for at least one member of the dive team, who is not diving (other than the supervisor), to be trained in advanced first aid – generally referred to as a ‘diver medic’. Diver medics usually attend an initial full diver medic training course and then
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Norwegian acceptance of British and Dutch offshore medical certificates
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 03/13
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Offshore Survey Personnel: Statistics for 2011
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA S 03/13
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Norwegian acceptance of British and Dutch diving medical certificates
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 04/13, IMCA D 02/13
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Evaluation of lifeboat hooks
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 02/13, IMCA M 03/13
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OGP publishes revised versions of geophysical position data exchange formats – the ‘P’-formats
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA S 02/13
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