This association provides some code and guidance that we need to follow. Actually all related jobs must follow this rules & guidance from IMCA. There are a few rules & guidance from international organizations related to this field : International Marine Organization (IMO), Association of Diving Contractor (AODC), Det Norsk Veritas (DNV). And the focus more to Air & Sat Spread and Diving Support Vessel (DSV).

Mostly in Petronas, Murphy, and others tender, they will put this IMCA requirement for all equipments and machineries for subsea construction.

Code that focusing on diving in IMCA are :

i) IMCA D014
(IMCA International Code of Practice for Offshore Diving)
ii) IMCA D018
(The Initial and Periodic Examination, Testing and Certification of Diving Plant and Equipment )
iii) IMCA D023
(DESIGN for Surface Oriented (Air) Diving Systems)
iv) IMCA D024
(DESIGN for Saturation (Bell) Diving Systems)

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