Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-127 - Prevailing wage › Section 296-127-01316 - Diver and diver tender

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of the Washington state public works law,
				chapter
				39.12 RCW, divers perform
				a variety of underwater applications and operations such as structural repair
				and demolition, underwater welding and cutting, dredging, debris removal and
				excavation. Diver tenders aid and assist divers by coordinating activities. By
				classification, this work includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Diving master/supervisor. Is the
			 designated person in charge (per Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
			 regulations) during operations requiring multiple divers in the water/liquid
			 medium. Is in charge of and responsible for all aspects of the diving operation
			 and supervising all personnel in the dive team.
(2) Diver. A person who wears a type of
			 diving gear that directly supplies compressed air or other gasses for breathing
			 purposes and who personally enters and descends below the surface of the water
			 or other liquid medium to work at ambient pressures encountered therein;
			 including a person working in a one atmosphere bell/vehicle; to inspect,
			 repair, remove, or install equipment or structures. The diver:
* Descends into water with the aid of diver tender and
				communicates with surface by signal line or telephone; and
* Inspects docks; and hulls, fittings, and propellers of ships;
				or
* Repairs vessels below waterline, replacing fastenings and
				adding or repairing hull fittings; or
* Caulks leaks in ships or caissons; or
* Guides placement of pilings for structures, such as docks,
				bridges, cofferdams, oil drilling platforms, and storm water/sewerage outfalls;
				or
* Lays, inspects, and repairs underwater pipelines, cables and
				sewers, using hand tools; or
* Cuts and welds steel; uses air bladder lifting devices for
				working underwater; or
* Cleans debris from intake and discharge strainers; or
* Places rigging around objects and hooks rigging to crane
				lines; or
* Rigs explosives for underwater demolitions; or
* Places recording instruments below surface of water
				preparatory to underwater tests or experiments; or
* Sets sheet piling for cofferdams; or
* Drills holes in rock for blasting purposes at bottom of
				liquid medium; or
* Photographs underwater structures; or
* Places sandbags around pipelines or base of cofferdam to
				provide structural support.
(3) Diver tender. A person who works from
			 above the surface of the water or liquid medium to:
* Aid and assist the diver by coordinating topside
				activity;
* Aid in dressing and undressing the diver;
* Maintain communications with the diver; or
* Generally maintain the diving equipment on the job
				site.
(4) Assistant tender.
			 A person who acts as an extra tender available to assist the diver's regular
			 tender.
(5) RCV/ROV
			 pilot-controller. A person who uses remote controls to fly/drive remotely
			 controlled vehicle(s) during underwater functions, and performs routine field
			 maintenance of the RCV/ROV.
(6)
			 RVC/ROV tender. A person who assists the RCV/ROV pilot-controller.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  39.12 RCW and
				  RCW
				  43.22.270. 08-23-082, § 296-127-01316,
				  filed 11/18/08, effective 1/1/09.