Lifting Terminology: Appropriate Marking on Diving Equipment
IMCA’s Lifting and Rigging Committee received and reviewed comments regarding the terminology used in IMCA’s Diving Documents and on diving equipment that is being lifted.
The Committee noted that IMCA D018 Code of Practice for the Initial and Periodic Examination, Testing and Certification of Diving Plant and Equipment and IMCA’s DESIGN suite of documents should be reviewed and updated to reflect current lifting terminology.
Version history
October 2024 Rev. 0.2 – Addition of IMCA D023 and D037 to list of documents updated with lifting terminology
May 2024 Rev. 0.1 – Notification that lifting terminology in IMCA D018 has been updated
April 2024 – Initial publication
IMCA Contact
David Slater
Technical Adviser - Diving
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Information Note Details
Published date: 29 October 2024
Information note ID: 1665
Downloads
IMCA-InformationNote-1665Related Guidance
- Code of practice for the initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of diving plant and equipment
- Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for surface orientated (air) diving systems
- DESIGN for mobile/portable surface supplied systems
- IMCA international code of practice for offshore diving
- DESIGN for saturation (bell) diving systems
- DESIGN for surface supplied mixed gas diving systems
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