page_title: Commercial diver registration in South Africa
section_title: Classes of diving supervisor
hierarchical_section_title: Commercial diver registration in South Africa / Application for registration / Classes of diving supervisor
caption_attribution_description: English: Class 4 diving supervisor registration card SA Department of Labour 2007
context_page_description: Commercial divers as defined in the Diving Regulations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 are required to be registered with the Department of Enployment and Labour. The Department of Employment and Labour has jurisdiction only within the national borders of South Africa, and therefore registered diving schools are required to operate within the borders of South Africa where the Diving Regulations apply. A registered diving school is required to comply with the Code of Practice for Commercial Diver Training, and the training standards for divers, supervisors and instructors respectively.
  Conditions for registration as a commercial diver in classes 1 through 6, as a diving supervisor in classes 1 through 4 and diving instructor in classes 1 through 4 are that the applicant is medically fit in terms of Regulation 20 and registered on the SAUHMA database, is in possession of an in-date first aid certificate to the specified standard, and has been assessed as competent against the training standard that applies to the class of registration by a commercial diving school registered with the Department of Labour.
context_section_description: The following classes of diving supervisor are defined in the training standards:
  Class 1 Supervisor
  Class 2 Supervisor
  Class 3 Supervisor
  Class 4 Supervisor
  There are no supervisors limited to class 5 and 6 diving operations. Class 4 supervisor is the default minimum for these.
  To register as a supervisor a person must, in terms of the training standard, first be competent and experienced as a diver of the same class and as a supervisor at the next lower class, except for Class 4 Supervisor, which is the initial level for diving supervisors. The class of supervisor relates to the type of diving work that may be supervised, not the class of diver that may be supervised.
caption: Class 4 Diving Supervisor registration card: SA Department of Labour 2007
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