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Manuals & documents

Documents Diving & ROV Specialists The handbooks "Diving & ROV Specialists" and Diving Studies CCO Ltd. are based on scientific and technical documents stored in the various sections mentioned on this homepage. The topics covered include diving systems, the implementation of diving procedures, drug abuse policy implementation, lifting procedures, and more. These studies exist solely and explicitly to present guidelines that we consider relevant to commercial diving. The method used to write them is to analyze all available references for a given topic and select the most appropriate one. Thus, they can be used as components of company manuals or as references. Click the button below to access the folder where they are stored to read and download them.

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Videos and animations The videos and animations in this section are published by companies that produce or install equipment, national bodies, and professional organizations. They can be used to illustrate courses, studies, and reports. They are grouped into three sub-sections that can be opened through the button below: 1 - Lifting systems and winches, 2 - Renewable energies systems. 3 - Marine and ROV systems, and diving equipment.

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Diving & ROV procedures and standards This section, which can be accessed by clicking on the button below, contains current diving standards and guidelines adopted by national authorities or published by professional organizations. It also includes procedures published by highly qualified independent authors that can be used as references. In addition, links are provided to organizations that publish paid-for documents often used or imposed on contractors, although we believe that any standard or norm imposed on contractors should be free.

The documents listed chronologically in this section are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Guidelines • Regulations and laws • Decompression tables This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Historical diving This section groups diving standards and guidelines that national bodies adopted or professional organizations published but are no longer in force because new versions have replaced them. They have been separated from the documents currently in use to avoid confusion and can be accessed by clicking the button below. Maintaining obsolete documents in a database is essential because they can serve as references for analyzing the evolution of standards or guidelines. Additionally, they constitute our collective memory and should not be ignored.

The documents listed chronologically in this section are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Guidelines • Rules and acts • Reports • Decompression tables This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Scientific papers This section provides scientific documents published from the beginning of the diving industry to the present day. The studies are classified by year of publication, enabling a researcher to follow the evolution of research on a topic from the earliest to the latest study. Scientific documents are essential, as they form the basis on which diving manuals should be written and referred to. This is the approach we use when writing documents. You can access the scientific paper database by clicking the button provided below.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Barotraumas • Cardio-Respiratory • Decompression • Gasses • Thermal • Other topics This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

First aid This section provides articles and books related to first aid procedures during underwater operations and in any work facility. These documents include manuals from official bodies and reports and studies from doctors and emergency teams. Some are directly linked to products presented in the "Medical Equipment" subsection of "Logistics" (see the navigation bar). You can consult and download these documents by clicking the button below.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • General guidelines and rules (standard procedures) • General studies (universally applicable documents) • Diving guidelines and studies (documents specific to diving operations) This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Studies of ROV and AUV concepts This section gives access to engineering studies regarding new ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) concepts. These documents come from scientists, universities, and ROV manufacturers. Therefore, they can be considered scientific studies. Some proposed solutions have been adopted by the industry, and others will be adopted later or forgotten. Whatever has happened and will happen, it is interesting to read them. These articles, which can be accessed by clicking the button below, are classified according to the years of publication.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Propulsion • Manipulation and grabbing systems • Sensing and visualization • Navigation and localization • Communication and controlling • New general design studies This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

United Nations conventions & national laws This section, accessible by clicking the button below, links to publications from specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) or the International Labour Organization (ILO), as well as maritime and labour laws published by countries. Awareness of and understanding of publications from the United Nations and states is essential for people organizing underwater operations. Please note that we provide tools to access some United Nations databases easily. Click on the button below to open this section.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions and guidelines. • International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and guidelines. • National and supranational organizations' laws and guidelines This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Technical documents - Vessels This section provides publications that discuss vessel design, maintenance, and management rules. These include guidelines from the US Navy, classification societies, states, and professional organizations, as well as documents from vessel designers and various engineering studies. You can view and download them by clicking the button below.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Guidelines. • Rules and acts • Studies This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Technical documents - Diving systems This section links to publications that discuss rules for conceiving, constructing, and maintaining diving systems. Documents published by the US Navy, manufacturers, and classification societies are chronologically stored in our database, which can be opened by clicking the button below.

Underwater construction This section provides descriptions of offshore, harbour, port, and river facilities, such as platforms, floating structures, seabed oil and gas structures, wind turbines, tide turbines, and many others, in addition to methods for installing and maintaining them. These documents are sourced from manufacturers, engineering offices, national and international bodies, etc. They are classified by year of publication. The database can be accessed by clicking the button below.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Procedures and studies for the oil and gas industry. • Procedures and studies for the renewable energy industry • Procedures and studies for the tunneling industry • Procedures and studies for all subsea work

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Non Destructive Testing (NDT) This section links to publications discussing non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques applicable underwater and at the surface, as we must remember that such procedures are also used during mobilizations. Documents from various organizations, including the UK HSE and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are provided to help readers understand the methods employed based on their technical level. They are classified by year of publication, and the database in which they are stored can be accessed by clicking the button below.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Presentations of principles used by NDT techniques • Guidelines for NDT operations at the surface • Guidelines for NDT operations performed underwater • Various studies Click on the cover image to open this PDF file.

Underwater mapping This section provides publications that discuss methods and tools for designing 2D and 3D maps and positioning job sites, vessels, underwater vehicles, and divers on these maps. Note that the progress of the industry results in autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) often being used to establish maps and locate targets. Therefore, some documents in this section could be considered AUV procedures. Click on the button below to access these papers.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Overview presentations of various systems. • Acoustic imaging. • Image treatment. • Positioning & localization. • Autonomous systems. This PDF file can be downloaded by clicking on the cover image aside.

Environmental studies Environmental studies is a complex and interdisciplinary academic field that delves into the intricate interactions between humans and their environment. This field integrates principles from diverse areas such as physical sciences, philosophy, sociology, law, and economics, among others. This section focuses on studies that analyze the impact of industrial and underwater activities on rivers, lakes, and the marine ecosystem.

These documents are also categorized in the index file under the following subheadings: • Descriptions of specific elements of fauna and flora. • Underwater noise pollution. • Other types of pollution. • Positioning & localization. • Various studies related or unrelated to the above. Click on the cover image to open this PDF file.

The following database has been created to group free documents related to underwater activities, aiming to save researchers time. However, these papers remain protected by copyrights. Consequently, individuals utilizing them may reproduce them in their entirety or in part for use in manuals, studies, or reports as long as proper recognition is given to the copyrights and the authors' names are cited. For convenience, the records have been organized in chronological order according to their main topics. Nonetheless, supplementary research tools, such as the search engine below and lists in PDF format that categorize the papers by subtopics, can assist you in your search. Additionally, it is essential to note that the most recently added documents are indicated in the relevant sections on the homepage.

Editors' Databases directory

Although our database is extensive and regularly updated, it may not fulfill the needs of all research. In such cases, we recommend exploring the editors' databases available through the link below:

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